Archive for the ‘Medical Training’ Category

Mouth-to-Mouth Not Necessary for Effective CPR

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

                                       CPR, also known as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, is well recognized as being a potentially life saving technique when performed quickly on somebody who has a sudden cardiac arrest(stopping of the heart).  A simpler version of CPR where one administers only chest compressions without mouth-to-mouth resuscitation may be just as effective ...

In Choosing a Research Health Career, Mentoring is Essential

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

                                        Careers in academic medicine can be very rewarding, particularly if a discovery translates into the design of better health care strategies or clinical treatments.  With so many new diagnostic tests and methods available, this can be viewed as an ideal time to enter a research field.  For example, the ...

Are surgical residents forgeting how to do open sugeries?

Friday, November 9th, 2007

With the advent of and increasing use of laparoscopic surgery (operating through small ports with the aid of cameras to avoid large incisions) for many types of operations (especially cholecystectomies or gall bladder removals), the question was posed whether current surgical residents are being adequately trained to do traditional "open" ...