The value of tweeting. During presentations, I often ask how many of the audience uses Twitter. When the crowd is medical students, the number of hands in the air rarely exceeds about 5% of the audience. Having a trainee surgeon in operations is safe -study. Business Having a trainee surgeon in operations is safe: study Thu, Aug 16 00:09 AM IST (Reuters) - When a surgeon-in-training, or resident, takes part in an operation, the patient's risk of serious complications appears to be no greater than normal, according to a recently published U.S. study.
Looking at data about more than 60,000 surgeries conducted in the United States between 2005 and 2007, researchers whose findings appeared in the Annals of Surgery said that when a resident was involved, just under 6 percent of patients had a major complication such as severe bleeding or a serious infection. The rate was the same for surgeries in which no residents participated. "This shows that resident participation is safe," said Ravi Kiran, the lead researcher on the new study and a colorectal surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.
Most essential app for Physician Residents is not medical and is free. When my peers at Wake Forest University and other residency programs ask me about the top medical apps to download, I give them my usual list of reference apps such as Medscape and Micromedex.
I also mention a certain free cloud storage app as a good way to organize and increase efficiency in learning — essential in Residency training. What I’ve become accustomed to are peers coming back and thanking me for not only the medical apps I recommended, but telling me how the most essential app in their arsenal has become the cloud storage app I recommend. Professionals promoting professio... [Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011. Doctor and Patient: The Bullying Culture of Medical School. A Memo to The Families of Medical Students.
In the next two weeks, that child whom you have been nurturing for two decades will sign on to a new existence – one of a medical student.
ARJalali : HOT: Survey on Mobile Usage... ARJalali : HOT: Survey on Social Networks... Tips and techniques for getting published in Med Ed « The ICRE Blog. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine students have invented an app that checks your symptoms. Two fourth-year Johns Hopkins School of Medicine students, Craig Monsen and David Do, have recently created a website that is smartphone compatible and helps determine disease pathology based on symptoms that you input into the system.
Called Symcat, (symptoms-based, computer-assisted triage) the app allows the user to enter in various ailments such as a fever, cough, swelling etc. and receive an instant diagnosis. The app is currently available through their website, or can be accessed via an Android beta app. A version for the iPhone and other Apple products is said to be in the works. How can medical educators become better leaders? « The ICRE Blog. July 24, 2012 by Royal College ICRE recently connected with Dr.
Jonas Nordquist from Stockholm’s Karolinska Instituet around the challenges medical educators face improving their leadership skills. Dr. Nordquist will help lead the ICRE workshop, “Leadership in education”. Social Medicine (Reader) Healthcare Tweet Chats. MD Program. A Medical Resident Brings His Family Medicine Home. One year ago I began my journey from medical school at Albert Einstein College of Medicine into residency training at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.
Juan Robles, Albert Einstein College of Medicine graduate and Montefiore Medical Center resident Having grown up in the South Bronx, the opportunity to practice family medicine in my hometown was a challenge that I welcomed, though the responsibility to care for the area’s most disadvantaged was a bit overwhelming at first. The experience has been rewarding and humbling.
What I’ve learned is that being human and speaking to patients in a way that makes sense to them is often just as important as making the correct diagnosis or coming up with the perfect treatment plan. But sometimes the exhilaration that I’m on the right track is followed by the realization that I still have a lot to learn. Hey Doc, do you know how much that test costs? For our health care system to remain sustainable, scarce resources must be managed effectively both at the system level and on the front lines. In health care, decisions by doctors have a major impact on resource management in front-line care. But our health care system does not provide doctors with all of the information they need in order to manage front-line resources effectively. #asme2012. The influencers of #asme2012 around peak: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 Top 10 by Mentions. Institut de Cardiologie - uOttawa. 9 essential tips for new medical students.
Whether you’re starting medical school or beginning your second year, this post is for you. Will probably work just as well for PAs, NPs and any other health professional student who hasn’t started clinical rotations. Our former babysitter just graduated from medical school and the WhiteCoats are just as proud as her parents are. Then I started thinking, what advice would I give to students starting medical school? Aspire - Recognition of Excellence in Education. By Mike Sevilla, MD - Family Medicine Rocks Blog - Physician Social Media Guide.
How to Find Legitimate Medical Websites. Technology and the delivery of the curriculum of the future: Opportunities and challenges, Medical Teacher. Articles Technology and the delivery of the curriculum of the future: Opportunities and challenges 2012, Vol. 34, No. 7 , Pages 534-538 (doi:10.3109/0142159X.2012.671560) John Sandars* The University of Leeds, UK.
Hautement différente : la génération Y, un défi de taille pour l’enseignement médical. Pédagogie Médicale 2012; 13 (1): 9–25.
MMS: Error. Smartphone use during inpatient attending rounds: Prevalence, patterns and potential for distraction - Katz-Sidlow - 2012 - Journal of Hospital Medicine. Suit lets medical students experience symptoms of old age. The Age Man Suit, which has ear-protectors that stifle hearing and a yellow visor that blurs eyesight.
It's nothing if not depressing. I drop a coin on the floor and bend down to pick it up. The bending is laborious and with it comes the risk of toppling over. Eligibility, How to Participate & Expense Forms, FAQs. Starting July 1, 2012, medical students in the final two years of their program may receive up to $1,500 (taxes included) in travel and accommodation expense reimbursement for one rotation per academic year in an Academic Health Science Centre in Ontario that is 100 kilometers or further from the clerk’s home medical school.
This program applies retroactively to travel and accommodation expenses that were incurred since April 1, 2011. The goal of the Clerkship Travel Program is to: Improve distribution of physicians across Ontario by allowing exposure to a variety of practice settings; Enhance the mix of specialties by allowing clinical clerks to explore career choices outside of their local area; Continue to promote Ontario as a preferred location for postgraduate education. Resources Forms To complete the following form, open the form and go to File > Save As (or click on the Save (floppy disk) icon on the Reader toolbar at top left) and save a blank copy of the form to your computer. Why Medical Students Should All Have iPads – Part 2. Modified from Hiroyu Oka (Gantz’ Chapter 55: Naked King, 2009) It has been a while since I last posted about “why should all med students have iPads,” it is about time to add some other facts to that.
Now that you have decided to invest in an iPad (or any other kind of tablet for that matter), what can you do with it? For starters, what about having an entire medical library in your pocket? You could pull up the complete Gray’s Anatomy book with the touch of a button, not to mention the many apps available that feature highly detailed 3D human body models. Imagine yourself doing rounds during your internal medicine rotation and after an interesting case, you can immediately dig deeper on your digital copy of Harrison’s Principles of Medicine and build up on what you’ve just saw, then when it is still fresh in your head, no need to wait until you get home and maybe forget some details.
The reasons our future doctors are choosing medicine have changed. Anonymous | Education | June 8, 2012 Why would anyone want to become a doctor? Seriously. A R @ Université de Montréal. 4 ways social media can improve your medical practice. Although patients may appreciate social media for the active dialogue with physicians and access to trusted educational material, social media can provide value to physicians and their practices in ways doctors may not have considered. 2012-06-21 meded chat Transcript.pdf.
Mentoring_Strauss_+Academic+Med_1-2009. The Virtual Anatomy Lab: an eDemonstrator pedagogical agent can simulate student-faculty interaction and promote student engagement. DOI: The Virtual Anatomy Lab: an eDemonstrator pedagogical agent can simulate student-faculty interaction and promote student engagement. 50 Studies Every Doctor Should Know - Table of Contents. Learning styles: where’s the evidence? - Rohrer - 2012 - Medical Education. Top 10 free iPad Medical Apps for healthcare providers. Make sure to also check out our new list of the “Most Innovative Medical Apps of 2012 — the Future of Mobile Medicine” Follow Iltifat Husain MD on twitter @iltifatMD.
m55xb1EgGi1qz72ywo1_1280. 'Incompetent' junior doctors 'putting patients at risk' Save the Date - AIME Medical Education Day; April 5, 2013. A R @ Stonebridge Golf Course. MedEd Chat (Twitter) 2012-06-07 meded chat Transcript.pdf. Pavillon Vanier - uOttawa. Reviving the Art of Observation. The JAMA Network WebsiteToday's Content on the Future of Medical PublishingThe JAMA Network Website. Partnership for Clear Health Communication. Pavillon Roger-Guindon - uOttawa.
Introducing #medsm, a new unifying hashtag for the intersection of Medicine & Social Media. Physicians Should Be Part Of The Online Healthcare Discussion. 5 healthcare tweet chats you should have on your agenda. 2012-05-31 meded chat Transcript.pdf. Why Some Medical Students Are Learning Their Cadavers’ Names. Shortening medical training by 30%. [JAMA. 2012. United States Medical Licensing Examination. Update on planned changes to USMLE Step 3 examination Posted: April 11, 2012.
A July spike in fatal medication errors: a ... [J Gen Intern Med. 2010. Synchronous vs Asynchronous Communication and why it matters to you as a doctor. By Robert L. Smith, MD Communication between healthcare professionals can be difficult to say the least. With mobile devices and new communication methods appearing almost daily, the choice of tools available to physicians is truly staggering. The need to call a neurosurgeon for an urgent evaluation of possible cauda equina syndrome or simply send a cardiologist an updated EKG about a future consult does not always require the same traditional methods of communication.
This article will discuss the various differences between synchronous and asynchronous communication.The role for synchronous and asynchronous communications in healthcare is important due to the necessity of choosing the correct method at the right time for a particular clinical concern. Don't jump into Caribbean too quickly. Mooe87 : Drug Misuse sign & sy... Nextgenu.org. Viewpoint: Why the Clinical Ethics We Teach Fails Patients : Academic Medicine. The Supreme Court is right to hear life-support case. MedEd. Primary Care is A Conversation, Not A Lecture. Ob9obmtj Shared by HealthcareWen. DOCTORS 2.0™ & YOU, Paris 2012 · jbbc. Perspective: Guidelines for reporting team-based le... [Acad Med. 2012.
Scottkohlert.com. Medical Schools and Teaching Hospitals Take on the Blogosphere. Will the Future Need Doctors? – 2012 Health Foo Ignite. Meded.