Category LITFL
LITFL CCC SMILE2 340

Learning by Spaced Repetition

Learning by spaced repetition is a useful strategy for long-term knowledge acquisition in medicine. But what is spaced repetition and how can you put it into practice?

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You don’t know about the stones?

I really like the tropical tales ("parasites and people") of the late Dr Robert S. Desowitz, who was Professor of Tropical Medicine at the University of Hawaii and worked with the World Health Organization.

Ultrasound LIBRARY 340 1

Lung point Case 005

This thin young man presented with left sided sharp chest pain worse on deep inspiration. You take a quick look on either side for pneumothorax. What do you see?

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Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 285

Language is a powerful tool. Authors, poets and orators are celebrated in their fields around the world. And although eponyms are been used with reducing frequency, medicine is still able to use the language of multiple cultures in its rich tapestry...Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 284

Sir William Osler (1849- 1919) 340 2

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Sir William Osler was a man of not inconsiderable talent. A pathologist and clinician. A professor successively at McGill University, the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University and Oxford University. Historian and bibliographer of medicine. A naturalist, microscopist, proponent of…

Ultrasound LIBRARY 340 1

Lung Metastasis Case 001

A patient with a history of COPD / severe emphysema presents with weight loss, some pleuritic chest pain, and an exacerbation of their shortness of breath. What does this ultrasound clip demonstrate?