Archive for January, 2009
Eating Out on the Cheap
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How to Schedule Clinical Rotations
Daniel Egan, MD: If you are certain about the specialty you plan to pursue, you should avoid scheduling a rotation in that clinical area first. During your earliest rotations, you will be learning basic medical practices, how to pre-round and round, how to write a note, and how to use the computer system. The best [...]
Managing the Stress of a Medical Career – Talking to Eachother
George Hossfeld, MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Illinois-Chicago, on is medical malpractice experience: It felt very personal when they asked for an award far more than my policy limits, and I, as the sole defendant, had to imagine the possibility of losing my house, retirement savings, and kids’ college fund. [...]
Perform Statistical Calculations Online: StatPages.org
StatPages The web pages listed here comprise a powerful, conveniently-accessible, multi-platform statistical software package. There are also links to online statistics books, tutorials, downloadable software, and related resources
Forum Filter: Should I Attend Lecture?
Jeff Wonoprabowo – I attended over 80% of lectures. It wasn’t because I had figured out that I learn better through lecture. It was because of fear. I had this paranoia that I would miss something important… Do you attend lectures? ELP – overall I’ve found that, when I have the self-control to actually study [...]
New Data Compare Aliskiren & HCTZ
The new direct renin inhibitor aliskiren (Tekturna, Novartis)—when given as first-line monotherapy—reduced blood pressure to a greater degree than one of the usually recommended first-line agents, hydrochlorothiazide, in a new year-long study of patients with essential hypertension. The results were published online January 12, 2009 in Circulation Schmieder and colleagues randomized 1124 patients with essential [...]
Cancer Patient Becomes Doc
“I wanted to work next to Dr. Mott and I wanted to train with him,” said Banka, a 28-year-old second-year oncology resident at Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital. “We have a very special relationship.” That relationship started in 1993 when a 12-year-old Banka was diagnosed with bone cancer in his right knee. Mott and his former [...]
Smoking Cessation Meta-Analysis
CMAJ. 2008; 179(2):135-44 We performed a meta-analysis to compare the treatment effects of 7 approved pharmacologic interventions for smoking cessation. RESULTS: Six of the 7 pharmacotherapies studied were found to be more efficacious than placebo: varenicline (odds ratio [OR] 2.41, 95% credible interval [CrI] 1.91-3.12), nicotine nasal spray (OR 2.37, 95% CrI 1.12-5.13), bupropion (OR [...]
How to Avoid Procrastination
What will happen if you don’t progress? It won’t hurt to scare yourself a little… Develop your plan, list.. Major, realistic steps – A project is easier when it is built in stages; How much time each will take – A schedule helps you keep a progress chart and reinforce that there are way-stations on [...]
How To Register For USMLE Step 1
Check out medliorator’s guest post at Scrub Notes entitled, How To Register For USMLE Step 1. While you’re there, don’t forget to visit Scrub’s newest post, My USMLE Step 1 Study Strategy… I repeated this pattern of studying for particular subjects for about 6 weeks, but I made sure to reserve the last week before [...]