Robert Greene on Mastery
Robert Greene talking about his book on Mastery, as recommended by Scott Weingart in his SMACC talk on "The Path To Insanity".
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Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 279
FFFF 279 is a selection of passages from Ancient Classical Literature, which make reference to Emergency Medicine.
Becoming an Oslerphile
Learning about the life of Sir William Osler (1849-1919) is perhaps the ultimate lesson in how to live life and practice medicine. Yet, he doesn’t go to war, he doesn’t fight or kill anyone, he doesn’t change the Fates of…
Lessons from our past
Thanks to Holly Tucker from Wonders and Marvels for re-stimulating my love of medical history. There is a wealth of information hidden in chronicles from the past – with much of it still pertinent to medicine today. Just wanted to…
Non-Medical Medical Eponyms
To truly define the domain of eponymous prolixity we have to understand the 'Who' aspect of naming convention...
Sigbert Ganser
Sigbert Josef Maria Ganser (1853 – 1931) was a German psychiatrist. 'Ganser syndrome' an hysterical disorder he first described in 1898
EC50 and Spare Receptors
In relation to drug concentration and responses, what is the EC50 and what are spare receptors? Draw a dose response curve for an irreversible antagonist as the spare receptors become occupied.
Joseph Babinski
Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski (1857-1932) was a French neurologist. Multiple eponyms including Babinski reflex, Babinski sign, Babinski syndrome
Corrigan pulse
Corrigan pulse is the excessive visible arterial pulsations in aortic incompetence. Not to be confused with the palpated 'water-hammer pulse'.
Royal Prince Alfred Trial SAQ 2015
Trail exam produced by Royal Prince Alfred for the written fellowship. See more trial SAQs on LITFL and other fellowship resources.
Moschcowitz syndrome
Moschcowitz disease (1924) [aka *thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)]. Congenital syndrome characterised by thrombocytopenia, purpura, haemolytic anaemia, hyaline thromboses, renal failure and neurological symptoms.
How to give a ‘ripper’ talk
I’m neither Garr Reynolds nor Nancy Duarte. I’m not even Ross Fisher (sorry about the "even" Ross, but look at the company you keep!). Still, I’m going to hit you with some advice.