Category: N=1

Reflection by Chris Worsfold on N=1

What singular question could be more pressing for clinicians today: how do we prepare the way for the return of the P-E-R-S-O-N in contemporary healthcare amidst rife healthcare commodification and the mechanical one-size-fits-all approach that is EBM? Continue reading “Learn to stop worrying and love Evidence Based Medicine”

Reflection by Frank Zenker on N=1

Interesting, stimulating, in fact fun, if passing so very quickly! What struck me most about the n=1 workshop was the insight, itself completely new to me, that causal relations relevant to individual human health might have to be formulated not, or not only, at the micro-biological and the quantum-physical level, but also, and perhaps especially, at the social level Continue reading “Social causes?”

Reflection by Tobias Lindstad on N=1

Philosophers often argue that it is virtuous to be informed by psychology. Psychologists however, might accept philosophy as a source of inspiration, but may only reluctantly admit being informed by it.  Continue reading “If statistics don’t get me, then what?”

Reflections by Junaid Hassan on N=1

I am a PhD in systems microbiology. Academically, the only link between N=1 Conference and my background is my M. Phil. thesis, wherein I used dynamic modelling to elucidate and critically examine bio-psychological theories of anxiety-related disorders. I developed interest in this field due to my anxious brain, which has to be managed through medication. N=1, thus, was not just another conference for me, but a discussion of my personal problem. Continue reading “A somewhat well-informed patient’s thoughts”

Reflection by Anne Rose Røsbak Feragen on N=1

Some people hold on to a romantic understanding of the professional, maintaining that there is a je ne sais quoi that separates the good professionals and the best. Continue reading “Articulating professional discretion”

Reflection by Roger Kerry on N=1

Having different disciplines discuss matters of common importance is not necessarily an easy task. Continue reading “Looking forward, together”

Reflection by Karin Mohn Engebretsen on N=1

Reflecting back on two interesting days filled with good presentations and plenum discussions I’m sitting here wondering how all this input fits in with the article I am about to write. Continue reading “Thinking about holism”

Reflection by Neil Maltby on N=1

The overwhelming theme of the conference was the contrasting inattention to powerful individual narrative in healthcare (highlighted by case study of Matt Low and Anna-Luise Kirkengen) compared to the expensive RCT’s transiently ‘scaffolding’ outcomes (Carlo Martini) and leading to pathology rather than person-centred guidelines (Roger Kerry). Continue reading “The clinical challenge”

Reflection by Elise Arnaudo on N=1

The N=1 workshop has been a great occasion to reflect on two crucial questions: where does medical evidence come from? and what kind of evidence is useful in clinical practice? Continue reading “One size does not fit all”

Reflection by Alex Broadbent on N=1

One of the difficulties of contemporary philosophy is its relevance, or lack of relevance, to things that people apart from philosophers care about. Continue reading “The importance of interdisciplinary dialogue”