Archive for July, 2009

Forum Filter: Simplify Cooking

by typography: I’d like to get into cooking but all my attempts so far have been defeated by one of three things: -Too much cleanup. -Too much time. -Too much equipment or too many special ingredients. Is there a cuisine I can learn that alleviates some or all of these concerns? Ritchie: I was going [...]

Guidelines for Surgical Rotation Success

Ted Melnick, MD If you are able to reduce a resident’s workload, he or she will likely think positively of you and will provide positive feedback to the clerkship director. First, arrive on time. Surgical rounds occur as a team. If you are late, the whole team will be waiting for you and will be [...]

Practice Guidelines – Infectious Diseases Society of America

The IDSA provides free practice guidelines that, while lengthy, are definitive. examples include Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Surgery Streptococcal Pharyngitis Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Practice Guidelines [IDSA]

Assessing Jaundice in Newborns – BiliTool

BitiTool assesses the risk of hyperbilirubinemia in newborns and provides American Academy of Pediatrics’ phototherapy recommendation. Available online and for iPhone. BiliTool is designed to help clinicians assess the risks toward the development of hyperbilirubinemia or “jaundice” in newborns. Required values include the age of the child in hours (between 18-168 hours) and the total [...]