ED Registrar’s Guide to Clinical Teaching
A guide for emergency medicine registrars and residents on how to be an effective clinical teacher.
Forgetting the Unforgettable II
The man did not respond. No amount of verbal persuasion could make him lift his eyelids and the only noises he made were incomprehensible groans. He moved only to push away his loved ones and the hospital staff trying to look after him.
Cure for obstructive sleep apnoea?
Swiss start prescribing the playing of the didgeridoo as a treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea.
My chest is burning!
The Minerva section of the British Medical Journal was probably the only part of any medical journal I used to look at when I was a medical student.
Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Just finished reading an amazing manuscript... 'Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis: An Evidence-Based Guide to Recovery'. It was a real eye opener!
Me as the pimpee
The man who confesses his ignorance shows it once; he who conceals it shows it many times. Me as the pimpee
Pimping for the pimper
Part 3 of a 4-part series. The first two parts were “pimping in perspective” and “pimping for the pimpee“. In “pimping in perspective“, we learnt that pimping is a bit like the Force, in that it has a dark side.…
Pimping for the pimpee
There is little doubt that when pimping goes bad it can be a horrible experience. Malignant pimping can be humiliating for the pimpee, painfully uncomfortable for bystanders, and may even leave the pimper feeling guilty and apologetic if the consequences were unintended.
Pimping in perspective
Leaning on the landmark 1989 JAMA paper by Brancati, it provided an erudite discussion of the phenomenon of "pimping" in medical education.
A Motorcyclist’s Irreparable Injury
aka Trauma Tribulation 008 A 26 year-old male was BIBA after falling off his stationary motorbike at a set of traffic lights. C-spine precautions were removed following palpation of his neck and assessment of his sphincter tone. Initially, his only…
GETUP! #FOAMTox across the globe
LITFL's Joe Rotella speaks to Anselm Wong about GETUP! The Global Educational Toxicology Uniting Project supported by ACMT.
Medicina d’Emergenza Diagnosi e trattamento
Medicina d'Emergenza Diagnosi e trattamento - La quinta edizione di questo manuale, un vero successo internazionale, è stata completamente aggiornata ed ampliata, con l’intento di includere le più recenti linee guida basate sull’evidenza in medicina di urgenza e di emergenza