Evolution in teaching

Interesting editorial in the Feb. 6, 2008 issue of JAMA. Written by an attending physician regarding how the information revolution has changed his approach to teaching interns and residents, he observes, " I increasingly find myself teaching less about the current state of information and more about how things have changed and how our understanding of an illness or treatment has evolved to where it is currently.... I am more likely to point out how scanty the evidence actually may be when making a decision." He sees his role as helping to integrate and synthesize overwhelming amounts of clinical data and interpret them in the context of the patient as a whole and complex individual. Here's the link if you want to read the article: http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/299/5/497?etoc