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?
Banana Memories
July 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The associations that populate our minds are wonderful things. To what thoughts does your mind race on contemplation of this banana, I wonder?
A Pinch and a Punch
November 6, 2009 By
She lay on the trauma bed staring at the ceiling, wondering where she was.
Forgetting the Unforgettable
April 8, 2009 By 2 Comments
A young woman sat quietly in her hospital bed. Beside her the morning sunlight bathed her newborn son, asleep through the chatter of the cicadas outside. The doctor smiled. The baby was perfectly formed. “What’s your baby’s name?”, asked the doctor. The new mother looked down silently. The cicadas chattered on. She looked up, “I [...]
