Letting Go
A few experiences in the last week or two have reminded me of the importance of Peter Safar's Laws for the Navigation of Life:
A Philosophical Death
It is sometimes forgotten that one of the most important goals of medicine is to help people achieve a good death. It is here that medicine and philosophy intersect.
Some days you just need to listen
Fixing stuff can be hard...
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?
UCEM OSCE SCENARIO 004
UCEM OSCE SCENARIO 004. You are the ED Consultant in charge of a tertiary hospital ED. You are approached by the red team night registrar to review a patient with a lower limb ulcer.
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.
Tox Tutes
This is the series of toxicology podcasts covering the most common presentations with world class toxicologists.
Zeff talks Toxinology for the Fellowship
Zeff Koutsogiannis explains the management of snakebite, spider bite and marine envenomation for the fellowship exam.
The Cretin and the Pharoah
Dr Duncan's legacy in a remote New Guinea valley
Six True Emergencies
Does your mind go blank at a code? “Whenever I turn up to a MET call, all I do is rule out six things." - the six true emergencies
Ultrasound Case 099
A 27 year old man presents with 10 hours of right testicular pain. He suffered minor trauma to the testis 20 hours prior to presentation and attributed the severe pain and swelling to that
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?