Teaching medical students how to tackle misinformation

The Covid-19 pandemic has shown an exponential increase in the amount of fake news or misinformation circulating around the world. — Filepic

Patients have long been told to turn to their doctors for accurate, trusted health information.

But in recent years, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, doctors’ voices have sometimes been drowned out by social media users who blast misinformation across the globe, leading patients to make questionable – and sometimes, dangerous – choices about their health.