Karen A. Becker, MD

Education

Medical School: School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University

Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Interests

Nutrition, the microbiome, influence of industry on evidence, patient-centered EBM, medical decision making

Expertise

Evidence-based medicine, information mastery

Active Projects

Preparing grand rounds on statin guidelines and presentations on evidence and industry and patient-centered EBM for STFM

Course

Information Mastery for Social Medicine, half-day seminars on:

Introduction to EBM & Course Overview; Medical Information Strategies

Observational Studies: Case series, Ecological, Cross-sectional, Case-Control, Cohort

Clinical Questions

Introduction to Biostatistics

Clinical Trials Part 1

Systematic & other Reviews

Guidelines

Presentation of SMP Literature Searches

Evidence and Industry: deciding what to believe

Patient-Centered EBM

Hunting and Foraging

Grand Rounds:

Vitamin D: Just another supplement fad, or a key to reducing health disparities

Tuesday morning teaching seminars:

Constipation

Anemia

Drug treatment of Type 2diabetes

Vitamin D update

Other teaching presentations:

Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia

Pharmacotherapy of depression