BACKGROUND Bedside rounds have long been a time-honored component of medical education. Recently, there have been various recommendations that residency-training programs further incorporate bedside teaching into clinical curricula. OBJECTIVES To compare these current attitudes regarding bedside education with the position of traditional Jewish law and ethics. METHODS Relevant medical journ...

INTRODUCTION Diagnostic reasoning is a core skill in teaching and learning in undergraduate curricula. Diagnostic grand rounds (DGRs) as a subform of grand rounds are intended to train the students' skills in the selection of appropriate tests and in the interpretation of test results. The aim of this study was to test DGRs for their ability to improve diagnostic reasoning by using a pre-post-t...

A 63-year-old male patient was admitted for catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). On echocardiography, the left atrial (LA) size was 48 mm and the left ventricular function was normal. After electric cardioversion, ipsilateral pulmonary veins (PVs) were circumferentially ablated in sinus rhythm using double-Lasso (Lasso, Biosense Webster, Diamond Bar, CA) technique.1–3 Both ...

As an alternative to available computer-based clinical simulations that mimic patient encounters, we developed a clinical case simulation that more closely resembles the patient record. Our system, implemented in a Macintosh program called Short Rounds, features rapid and customized case authoring by editing a structured text file, a dynamic user interface that presents a case-specific screen l...

In Internal Medicine, POCUS is gaining significant favorability. An increasing number of clinicians are interested in being trained for POCUS. The newer portable ultrasounds small and can be transported easily during rounds. Their design now a more intuitive use. Training Internists involves assessing patients utilizing technology residency. Here at Danbury Hospital, we have formal training. At...

A new programme to try and match the preferences of students and consultants in preregistration appointments has been designed after a survey of student opinion. It is based on five main principles: a standardized change-over date for posts; holding only one post in a teaching hospital; separate application for house physician and house surgeon appointments; application six months before the po...

The key learning points of Surgical Grand Rounds (SGR) are often not accessible at times of exam revision for students. We sought to use Twitter as an online teaching repository. A SGR Twitter profile was created. 23 SGR presentations were made accessible on Twitter over a 3 month period. 93 students were invited to complete a questionnaire assessing usage of the repository. 84 (90%) in total r...

Send comments/questions via email [email protected], fax 800-556-3288, or web CompendiumVet.com HISTORY A 12-year-old quarter horse broodmare was admitted to the University of Minnesota Veterinary Teaching Hospital for evaluation of a uterine mass. The mare had delivered a healthy filly 45 days previously with no apparent difficulty. Ultrasonographic examination of the mare’s uterus at h...