MEDIA coverage of health and medicines issues is frequently plagued by limited understanding of scientific rigour and principles of balance and risk-management with scientists often afraid to speak with the media for fear of being misquoted, according to Monash's health activist Adjunct Associate Professor Ken Harvey.
To help address some of these concerns, the Monash Department of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences is conducting a one day interactive course designed for media, research and academic personnel to clarify the paradigm of evidence-based medicine.
Visit med.monash.edu.au.
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