Archive for November, 2007
Rapid Chlamydia Testing
Reporting by Ben Hirschler The new Chlamydia Rapid Test (CRT) detects bacteria from self-collected vaginal swabs, which are much simpler to obtain than cervical swabs required by existing rapid tests. It is also up to twice as accurate. The test is able to detect chlamydia in less than 30 minutes — and often much [...]
How to Cope with Overload
I’m tired, and I feel like I have too much to do on my plate. Thankfully, I have a toolbox of tricks to help me deal with this. Here’s how I’m handling it. I list out everything I need to do and/or is weighing on my mind… I usually make a big list of [...]
Group IM Chat with Gmail
Here’s another reason not to commit to your .edu email acocunt exclusively. If using the Gmail web client, launch a chat with your classmate using the chat panel in the left frame. In the chat window you’ve just spawned, click Options >> Group Chat to invite a friend. Repeat the invitation process as much as [...]
How to Power Nap
By obtaining merely 20 minutes of sleep in the afternoon your body and mind will recharge and provide the extra push required to have a successful, productive day. research shows that a midday snooze can boost productivity and alertness But there is some controversy in the best way to take a nap. It may be [...]
How to Memorize Ordered Lists
From Wired’s How To Wiki: The Number/Rhyme Technique simple way of remembering lists of items in a specific order. It is an example of a peg system – i.e. a system whereby facts are ‘pegged’ to known sequences of cues This technique works by helping you to build up pictures in your mind, in [...]
How to Pay Off Debt
1. use online bill pay, which reduces the number of physical checks and stamps to buy. 2. When I receive a bill from a creditor, I send in a check for the “monthly minimum payment due”. 3. After making minimum payments (to all accounts), I then go about “attacking my debt” – by [...]
6 Tips for Clinical Rotations – Impress your Resident
These are just a few easy things that any medical student can do to make their resident’s day a little easier. Take initiative! Offer help! Your residents will thank you. 1. Round on your patient before your resident does. That way the pertinent, most pressing issues will be addressed first, and the resident doesn’t [...]
10 Basic Medical Definitions
These words are worth sorting out. A mix up can compromise your chart/testimony. 1. Abrasion = A superficial injury to the skin or other body tissue caused by rubbing or scraping resulting in an area of body surface denuded of skin or mucous membrane. 2. Incision = A cut or wound made by a sharp [...]
The Future of MRI
Ultra-low field MRI scanning MRI scanners …typically require fields of a few tesla. The powerful magnets necessary make scanners pricey and also dangerous for people with metal implants. The new device hits a sample with a 30 millitesla magnetic field, about 100 times weaker than is normally used in MRI. The device then uses [...]
Should Doctors Hug Patients?
Is hugging a patient professional? Does it exceed boundaries of professional behavior? Does it invade the patient’s privacy? Should doctors first ask the patient “may I hug you?” and wait for permission? #1 Dinosaur said Yes I hug,when I feel it’s part of the therapeutic interaction. My “protocol” is to say, “Do you need a [...]