Too much medicine by BMJ talk medicine published on 2022-05-26T18:16:30Z “Do no harm” is a mantra that is drummed into medical students from day 1 of medical school. Most of us have gone into medicine as we believe medicine to be a force of good. However, too much medicine is capable of causing harm to patients and generating unnecessary waste. In this episode, we spoke about overdiagnosis, communicating risks and benefits with patients, and why you shouldn't take that free lunch sponsored by drug companies. Recommended reading: •Preventing overdiagnosis: how to stop harming the healthy. Link: https://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e3502 •Who pays for the pizza? Redefining the relationships between doctors and drug companies. 1: Entanglement. Link: https://www.bmj.com/content/326/7400/1189 Expert guest: Dr Martin Brunet (@docmartin68 on Twitter) is a GP and a GP trainer at Guildford. He is also the author of The GP Consultation Reimagined: A Tale of Two Houses. Check us out on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/BMJStudent Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bmj_student/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BMJStudent/ This podcast is produced and edited by Dom Byrne and Duncan Jarvies. Comment by Pat Beaven started following - so interesting! i've just launched a book called FAKE PATIENT, Two Decades of Simulating Pain, Sickness, and Dementia. It's about my experience as a standardized patient, working in Toronto Canada. Medical Students don't always know a lot about this "job no one knows exists"(!) ... and perhaps it might be interesting to talk about the differences in the use of standardized patients in medical education in different countries. Love to be a guest if you think your listeners might be interested! patbeaven@live.ca! 2022-06-12T23:15:52Z