We had one of the local radiologists giving a lecture to the students on abdominal radiology and he made the point that clinical examination is dead; useless; irrelevant; a waste of time and energy. You must admit he’s got something … Read More »
Croskerry P. The importance of cognitive errors in diagnosis and strategies to minimize them. Acad Med. 2003 Aug.;78(8):775–780. PMID 12915363 [Via R&R in the fast lane of course] This is a hugely important topic, and one that I love thinking about. The … Read More »
Most of you will have seen this BBC show linked to by Life in the Fast Lane a few weeks ago. If so I can heartily recommend you watch it now. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8rKzUk1wPg&w=560&h=315] There’s a lot of talk about how … Read More »
For the non-Irish, remember that Northern Ireland has a total population of 1.5 million, and the 7 hospitals concerned are covering less than half of these (depending on how you read the numbers of course). You can drive across the whole province … Read More »
If I wasn’t in love with/ trapped by emergency medicine or if I had more than one life time (unless the reincarnationalists are right): an ENT surgeon (one of the ones who get to do all the complicated stuff and … Read More »