Medicine can be really overwhelming sometimes. Thankfully, it makes sense (well, mostly) and alot of things can be learnt relatively easily. IMO, the limiting factor in learning medicine (or CME) is time. It takes time to integrate mental processes into working memory. Put simply, practical knowledge takes time to absorb. Books tend to overwhelm/inundate the reader with too many facts and verbal overshadowing.
This blog takes a different approach to learning medicine. It features the following:
- Emphasis on keeping it real. Only real life scenarios are used.
- Small learning points in each scenario that could be easily integrated into your working memory
Difficulty is measured NOT by how difficult a learning point is to understand. It is measured by how intuitive the post will be to the reader. Many third year medical students could probably narrate ECG changes seen during an acute myocardial infarct; but few would be able to integrate the principles of managing an infarct that easily.
- Level 1; 3rd year medical students will find it easy to integrate these concepts. Also the basic stuff you just need to memorize and take to heart.
- Level 2; Bog standard medical practice points. Most doctors should easily visualize and understand this.
- Level 3; Judgement calls made by senior medical officers.
- Level 4; Judgment calls made by consultants.
Specialty labels are given based on what specialists were consulted in order to make judgment calls. If a particular case required a call to the renal physician, it will be labelled as a Nephrology case. If it also required an O&G consult then it also be labelled as such (r Nephrology, r OnG). I've decided to label things this way to prevent confusion as a simple pneumonia would qualify under Pneumology and Infectious Diseases. Cases that did not receive any specialty consult will be labelled under General Medicine unless they are suitably labelled as Emergencies.
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