Learning by spaced repetition is a useful strategy for long-term knowledge acquisition in medicine. But what is spaced repetition and how can you put it into practice?
Resources for Ocular Emergencies
July 11, 2011 By 6 Comments
We review another misdirected and underdone ‘research’ article from the most recent issue of Emergency Medicine Australasia…
Lessons from Osler 004
August 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Osler teaches us to treat the patient, not the disease. Even if the patient is difficult.
Me as the pimpee
April 18, 2009 By 3 Comments
This post is the final part of a 4-part series. The first parts were “pimping in perspective“, “pimping for the pimpee“, and “pimping for the pimper“. Prof Koelmeyer, who I wrote of in great detail in “The Breakfast Club“, was a master of positive pimping. It helped that the pimpee couldn’t get away – the [...]
Pimping for the pimper
April 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Positive pimping is all about learning, fun, and safety. These objectives can be achieved by following proper positive pimping etiquette. Once again Detsky [pubmed] lays the foundations for these rules:
The Breakfast Club
April 7, 2009 By 6 Comments
In “See For Yourself” I briefly mentioned my most memorable teacher, forensic pathologist Tim D. Koelmeyer. As a medical student attending autopsies, as well as coping with the sights, sounds, and smells of the autopsy room and the presence of a recently deceased corpse, I had my mind blown apart by the enigmatic Dr Koelmeyer, [...]
See For Yourself
December 1, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Many doctors have vivid memories of their first tentative steps into the dissection halls of the anatomy class and their first anxiety-ridden attendance at an autopsy. Such moments are among the fabled rituals of burgeoning doctor-hood.
