For those working in the medical field or aware of reliable medical YouTube:
What YouTube channels reflect Evidence-based medicine (EBM), what is example of these channels to suggest for patients?
If you can also specify what medical specialty that YouTube channel got and if other languages are available, that would be even better.
Thank you for sharing your insights to support patients and their families!
Thank you for posting this interesting question. Although there are some medical videos on YouTube that are useful for patients, I do not routinely recommend using this resource without checking the content beforehand.
It is useful and provide reliable information but not all the time! You need to use othere evidence-based resources to come up with definite conclusions.
I would not recommend YouTube because the information posted there are usually not validated (ie. Anyone with an account can post). This is not to say that all the info/videos are invalid. But a patient who is desperate can do things he/she sees on YTube even if the information received may not be trustworthy.
There are some sites that provide the kind of information you are seeking, including videos and animations that simplify scientific content for the general public, where the data is provided by licensed medical practitioners so you can be assured of the validity and authenticity of the information provided.
A quick google search might be able to find one relevant to your region and local vernacular.
These sites may not be relevant to your region but might give you some ideas:
- http://vikaspedia.in/health (Government based)
- https://www.medtalks.in (Private)
While youtube might be a useful way in which to gather information quickly unfortunately that information is not unbiased and is not of a quality that can be thoroughly relied. I do feel however it has a place in which to give a general overview for patient information but should be in conjunction with other credited sources.
I do not recommend. It's does not fit the acupuncture even I do not know how there are many Evidence based acupuncture researches be published.
I did comment a researcher on RG who asked why the Evidence Based acupuncture researches cannot be duplicated it's results? Once force it to acupuncture, it will be a big misleading to let people do not treat this great treatment that can solve many nowadays no clue diseases in a cheaper way to let people regain original health. Even, can reverse the aging process.
Thank you for posting this interesting question. Although there are some medical videos on YouTube that are useful for patients, I do not routinely recommend using this resource without checking the content beforehand.
The discussion is very nice and my information improve. Thank you my good friends.
Thanks dear colleagues for your input.
What about the TedMed video channel?
https://www.youtube.com/user/tedmed
Yes, if you are a medical doctor, you should provide YouTube channel for your patients. The reason, YouTube is an internationalized media that can provide information. For example, if you have short sight problem, you can go to here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZaYge3-FJc
Interesting thread to sneak into.
Talking about 'reliability', its near impossible for a Youtube video to stay up-to-date in its content according to the changing medical concepts and assure the authenticity of contents unlike web-based text/media resources like Uptodate, WebMD, Medscape. Nevertheless, supposing this question to be solely asking for patients' information, a few of them do provide valuable content which can make patients well-aware about what they are going through and what they will face. Apart from informing, they also relieve patients from the anxiety they face before a scheduled investigation or procedures. Reluctantly mentioning some trusted channels,
1. Nucleus Medical Media: https://www.youtube.com/user/nucleusanimation
2. Mayo Clinic: https://www.youtube.com/user/mayoclinic
3. Standford Health Care: https://www.youtube.com/user/StanfordHospital
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