The Social History and Long Case Histories I recently was chatting to some medical students about the importance of the Social History in their upcoming Long Case Examinations. We agreed that the Social History was important both in the exam and in clinical practice but that it can be hard remember to ask everything required. For example, … More Social History ‘Blitz’
Definitions What are the Definitions of ‘Simulations’ and ‘Simulators’? Simulation Simulation is an Educational Technique Allows the student to gain an emotive and immersive learning experience. Allows the recreation of a clinical experience without risk to patients. Simulator A device that attempts to create characteristics of the real world environment. Simulators vary from basic Part … More Simulation in Medicine
Hyperkalaemia – Calcium Resonium Calcium Resonium A Review on the role of this drug in Acute Hyperkalaemia (1) ‘There is Dubious Evidence for the use of this Drug‘ – Original Evidence for Calcium Resonium was in the 1960s (see below). – The resin was invented in the 1950s for industrial purposes and … More Calcium Resonium
The University Classroom in 2013 The modern teaching environment has changed significantly in the last ten years for both the teacher and learner. The student is faced with a large choice of information sources and they can often access much of their University or College materials online. Lectures are often available in advance online leaving … More FOAM
Inspired by the great SMACC conference last month I felt somewhat obliged to create a blog with a FOAM theme on Emergency Medicine and Professional Development. I hope it’ll be useful for sharing resources as per the Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM) Model as well as useful for my own Education…
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