Is the Physical Exam a relic of the past because our tools are relics of a prior era in medicine? A few months ago I wrote a piece about the physical exam and the importance of actually doing a thorough exam and teaching how to do a good exam. I cautioned Read more…
I always knew about podcasts, but felt that I was not an auditory learner and therefore was reluctant to use it. I would laugh at the jokes, and feel good listening to it. But I didn’t listen to it on a regular basis! To me, learning was reading Rosens, reading Read more…
I recently presented a vertiginous patient to my attending, after already having the discharge instructions printed and signed. Of course the attending comes back to me and states emphatically that the patient needs to be ruled out for a stroke! Through my exam, the patient had a peripheral cause of Read more…
If you have as much of a white cloud in CCT as I do.. you often wonder how to possible entertain all the medical students whom seem to flock towards CCT? In fact, I have had to often juggle three medical students, with literally 4 admitted CCT patients and nothing Read more…
See One, Do One, TEACH ONE Welcome to the new blog titled See One, Do One, TEACH ONE with obvious emphasis on TEACH ONE! At Kings County Emergency Medicine residency, we are taught to believe in the power of the clinical monster. Majority of us can recall from interview day Read more…