Archive for the ‘Medical Training’ Category
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 ...
Posted in Cardiology, Cognitive Dysfunction, Emergencies, Medical Training | 106 Comments »
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 ...
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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" ...
Posted in Medical Training, Surgeries | 34 Comments »