In the digital era, we’re inundated with ways to access information. Take the smartphone for example. With a single, portable handset, we can consult colleagues via voice or video, carry full textbook and journal article libraries, and have access to the Internet – arguably the most powerful way of accessing…
Compared to how I studied for anesthesiology, the topics I’ll cover in critical care will be far different and more in depth. Yes, both fields have overlap in terms of knowledge base (hemodynamic management, mechanical ventilation, pathophysiology, pharmacology, overall acute care topics) and procedural skills (airway management, line placement, etc);…
I’ve always known that my true calling as a physician was to be a teacher in academic medicine. To do this effectively, I must distill complex topics down to their very essence in a way that first-time learners can grasp. A firm mastery of the topic at hand is required to have…
Our anesthesia program’s senior residents are required to give a 30 minute presentation on a topic of their choice at our department’s weekly Grand Rounds. My presentation is in six weeks, and I’ve spent the last few weeks collecting articles pertaining to my topic – evidence based challenges to dogmas…
Over the years, I’ve had colleagues who swore by study plans and schedules. They spent ridiculous amounts of time constructing detailed outlines of chapters/lectures to cover each day. These study schedules were very static and often did not account for varying levels of time commitment to other activities.
I was going through some old pictures in my blog’s media library and found a hysterical progression in my studying habits over the last 5+ years.
This topic is WAY overdue, but I received this question from a follower on Instagram.
I’m two months into my CA-1 year and only just beginning to learn how to study clinical anesthesiology. In other words, the last two months have been filled with rapid fire knowledge and on-the-spot learning interspersed with some didactic sessions on Mondays and Wednesdays – I feel like I’ve not…
Today was my first shift in the Ben Taub emergency center (EC), and first real workday as part of the surgery rotation. From 9am to 5pm, a classmate and I helped man the shock rooms. :-)
Medical school. Inundating us with knowledge. Some of which is interesting. A lot of which is tedious. All of which is important.