It goes without saying that the body is designed to work aerobically. The mind therefore, follows the same pattern. This essay by Rodway shows historical data and research about the changes in cognition as one goes further up into thin…
Sir Keith Robinson, TED, education and the death of creativity.
A guide for emergency medicine registrars and residents on how to be an effective clinical teacher.
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.
Swiss start prescribing the playing of the didgeridoo as a treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea.
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.
Just finished reading an amazing manuscript... 'Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis: An Evidence-Based Guide to Recovery'. It was a real eye opener!
The man who confesses his ignorance shows it once; he who conceals it shows it many times. Me as the pimpee
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.…
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.
Leaning on the landmark 1989 JAMA paper by Brancati, it provided an erudite discussion of the phenomenon of "pimping" in medical education.
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…