In response to a recent conversation with @Prof_Elemental regarding an engagement to perform at the upcoming Utopian Conference of Waiting Room Medicine, the Council executive have urged us to re-post the UCEM concept of Waiting Room design
UCEM Medical Acronym Dictionary
May 17, 2011 By 19 Comments
It is intended that this hardly comprehensive, nor accurate collection of acronyms, phrases and astute observations will assist those not of medically sound mind to gain a pseudo-scientific insight into the inner sanctum of the glorified hallows of medical parlance.
Lessons from Osler 005
April 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
We turn to Osler to find out why examinations are necessary stumbling blocks in the path of the true student of medicine.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 049
March 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Studies show that 73.2% of people start to develop FFFF withdrawal symptoms 168 hours after receiving the previous dose. Thus it would be inhumane to delay any longer… Bring on the funtabulous frivolity!
Who Named It?
January 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A shout out for Whonamedit.com: a biographical dictionary of medical eponyms that aims to present a complete survey of all medical phenomena named for a person.
Adaptive parasitology and free parking
November 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Natural Killer Not Functioning to Combat Non-Presentation of MHC Due to Downstream Malfunction of Toll Like Receptor. A lesson in adaptive parasitology, and free parking. Full publication review from the Journal of Life as a Poor Science Analogy.
Odentophagia
August 18, 2010 By 1 Comment
Procrastination and Neologisation met in a bar. Eponyms and retrodiction lay idle as they were enveloped by the dankness of stagnant learning, draped in the predilection of Morpheus. They begat an heir ‘Odentophagia’
Where should I stick this?
May 4, 2010 By 3 Comments
Blogging, tweeting and online social communication has taken a back seat as I write the next editions of the medical textbooks. Researching the material for the texts is fun, but not as enjoyable as collaborating in the medical blogosphere.
Glandular Alphabetum
April 22, 2010 By 8 Comments
Pathology must be really boring sometimes…all that purple and pink and cold laboratory environment. So who can blame them for being excited when they chance upon a pareidolic experience, a Wolkenkuckucksheim if you like where the pathologist finally has the chance to say ‘Bad news: you have a tumor. Good news: it’s really cute!’
Honorary Fellowship of the UCEM
March 15, 2010 By 2 Comments
To maintain our ameritocratic Professorial ranking structure it is essential that we hand pick our nonpareil leadership and abstain from the randir of a common members vote.
