Speaker 1:
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Welcome to the MedEvidence Monday Minute Radio Show hosted by Kevin Gettings of WSOS St Augustine Radio and powered by Encore Research Group. Each Monday morning, dr Michael Coran calls in to bring you the latest medical updates with insightful discussions. Medevidence is where we help you navigate the real truth behind medical research, with both a clinical and research perspective. So sit back, relax and get ready to learn about the truth behind the data in medicine and health care. This is MedEvidence.
Speaker 2:
0:32
Every Monday morning we spend some time with Dr Michael Coran, as we've been talking about this morning. He of course with Encore Docs. He's a medical doctor, a cardiologist, research scientist, big part of our family here at WSOS and just a great resource for us as we try to deal with all sorts of news, including this Dr Coran. So a study out over the weekend it was published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine a good read for us. Regular folks says that if it feels like your doctor isn't listening, you're right. It found that doctors on average only spend about 11 seconds listening to patients before interrupting them.
Speaker 3:
1:14
You know it's really hot out there. Kevin, are you wearing your hat appropriately and wearing your sunscreen?
Speaker 2:
1:19
You literally interrupted me at 11 seconds into the story, so is this something? That's part of medical school or something you guys have like a little timer.
Speaker 3:
1:30
Yeah, I think so. You and I have to work on our comedy routine a little bit, yeah that is pretty funny though. It's all about timing, they say.
Speaker 2:
1:38
Yeah Well, I saw that study this morning, though, and it made me immediately, early this morning, think of you guys, because at Encore Docs, of course, you guys are involved in clinical research and people right here in St Augustine and St John's County can participate Offices right there near Flagler Hospital and because I've been a participant in some of these studies. It's exactly the opposite with you all. I mean, you spend a lot of time listening to us patients, because that's how you collect data right.
Speaker 3:
2:05
Absolutely. It's a great point and thank you for making it so. The truth is that doctors are really under the gun these days. In clinical practice we have to see more patients than ever. We have to get to the point and sometimes we do interrupt our patients and don't allow them to articulate what they're trying to get across.
Speaker 3:
2:24
But in the research setting it's completely different. We have a responsibility actually to collect everything that's happened to the patient, including little things that may or may not be important. So, for example, if you're no-zitches when you eat chili, well, we're going to report that. If your bowels have changed during the course of the study, we're going to report that. So the nice thing about clinical research is it's a very nurturing process where we really listen, we really try to get to the bottom of things and ultimately have to create reports that again they don't use your name or anything. These are aggregate reports that eventually go to the government to describe what happens when patients are involved with taking particular medications or devices or whatever it is that we're doing in the clinical trial.
Speaker 2:
3:07
Yeah.
Speaker 2:
3:07
Have you just hopping in your vehicle or turning us on. That's the voice of Dr Michael Coran. He, of course with Oncore Docs. You can go to oncoredocscom for more information. That's spelled E-N-C-O-R-E, oncoredocscom. And yes, they have clinical trials that they are recruiting for right now here in St Augustine. An opportunity to get amazing health care and also be on the cutting edge of science and not be a guinea pig. It's a great experience. Highly recommend that. I've participated in it. Karen from our team have been in studies as well, so go to that website, oncoredocscom. And this morning you're calling us live from New Orleans, the only place on the planet more humid than Florida.
Speaker 3:
3:46
I would say that's an accurate assessment. Kevin, it was difficult walking across the street today because the humidity was so thick.
Speaker 2:
3:53
Yeah it's amazing. So you're there for a special meeting right of other doctors.
Speaker 3:
3:57
It is. One of the things that I do is actually train other physicians, and I'm here in New Orleans because there's a large medical conference called the National Medical Association, which is the largest conference of African-American physicians. So we're gonna talk to my African-American colleagues about what we're doing in clinical research and ways for them to get involved and also really, in the current times when there's so many racial issues and discussions, we really just want to be objective. You know there are differences between different groups of people, but they're actually more similarities than differences. So in our research we want to understand what's different and what's the same.
Speaker 2:
4:35
Yeah, Well, once again, if you have any questions about what's going on at Encore Docs, go to EncoreDocscom. And, of course, when Dr Coran goes to these meetings and other meetings, it's all about, you know, getting information out there, quality information, because, gosh, in this day and age of social media and the internet, there's so much bad information out there, especially about health-related matters. Check out this website too MedEvidencecom. That's MedEvidencecom. And if they go to that website, Dr Coran, what are they going to find?
Speaker 3:
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We break down medical issues through a series of podcasts and other presentations to help people understand what we know about a particular issue, what we don't know about a particular issue and what we're trying to learn through clinical research and other exploratory efforts. And the truth is is that there's so much confusing information out there. As you point out, most of it is biased, based on somebody trying to sell you something. Here we're not trying to sell you anything other than getting the information and, of course, talking about the value of clinical research. So people have complimented the website quite a bit, saying it really explores things in a way that you won't see any place else on the internet and hopefully it'll provide a unique experience for the people that seek it out. So, medevidencecom, check it out.
Speaker 2:
5:49
Yeah, medevidencecom. Medevidencecom, dr Michael Coran, we hope you have a good meeting in New Orleans and have a safe trip back here to our part of Northeast Florida. Okay.
Speaker 3:
6:00
I appreciate it, Kevin. Talk soon.
Speaker 1:
6:03
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