A guide for emergency medicine registrars and residents on how to be an effective clinical teacher.
ED Registrar’s Guide to Clinical Teaching
May 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Lessons from Osler 003
April 11, 2010 By 2 Comments
The art of observation is central to the art of medicine, and William Osler was its greatest teacher. Here are some more lessons from the master.
A Change in Condition
October 28, 2009 By 1 Comment
It is easy to forget the growing pains of the student-to-doctor metamorphosis. For me, the once vague notion of becoming a doctor was made real when I traveled to Zambia to work on the wards of St. Francis Hospital (SFH) in Katete…
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:
Echo of the widow Dimanche
March 10, 2009 By 1 Comment
The registrar stood open-mouthed next to the professor. Before them was a twisted unicorn’s horn, an echo of that owned by the widow Dimanche, who sold water-cress in the streets of Paris. The patient was unmoved. Plans were made for the removal of the horn. The patient nodded and thanked the doctors. The registrar whistled [...]
