We welcome our first guest from the United States - Professor Dave Slawson. Dr Slawson currently serves as the Chair of Family medicines for Atrium Health Carolinas medicines Center and is a Professor of Family Medicines with the University of North Carolina amongst many other positions. He is an international lecturer in evidenced-informed decision making and Information Mastery.

We chat to Dave about the concept of Information Mastery, and his trip to Cardiff in 2005. We talk about the 5 harms of overdiagnosis, sustainability, clinical jazz and the time Jamie met Captain Spock. This is one for all who are interested in how we access and use information to best effect in an age when it can be easy to be overwhelmed.

Our micro discussion is on Reducing overuse by recognising the unintended harms of good intentions https://ebm.bmj.com/content/26/2/46.

Steve references a podcast that discusses the recent decision by the FDA to grant approval to Aducanumab. You can listen to the podcast here; https://therapeuticseducation.org/episode-483-aducanumab-for-alzheimers-forget-about-it/

As with all our guests we ask Dave to pick his ‘Desert Island Drug’, a career defining anthem and a book that has influenced his work. You will not be disappointed with the choices...

You can view the Aural Apothecary Library here; https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/31270100-paul-gimson?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=the-aural-apothecary

You can listen to the Aural Apothecary playlist here; https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3OsWj4w8sxsvuwR9zMXgn5?si=tiHXrQI7QsGtSQwPyz1KBg

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