Medical Education
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Pterygopalatine fossa🧵- inspired by ?s from med students in neuroanatomy lab & a resident w/ case of perineural tumor spread on same day! #meded #FOAMrad #medtwitter #medstudents #...
Do you properly measure JVP like this [or using similar instrument(s)] in routine clinical practice? (to document in the chart, facilitate patient management; not talking about tea...
1/ Attending: “Sam, what is the level of bilirubin at which scleral icterus is noticeable?” Sam thinking: [1. I can make a guess, but 2. Who cares?] Seem like a familiar scenario...
ESR-CRP discordance,a #MedTwitter #tweetorial First off, let’s talk about ESR physiology. ESR is the rate at which RBCs settle in plasma of an anti coagulated blood sample. (-)...
1/ Why is cranial nerve 6 uniquely affected by⬆️ intracranial pressure? Why is it special? A common question after the CN6 tweetorial. Here is a maybe #tweetorial, but maybe a🧵abo...
1/ It is rare a patient tells you where their pathology is—but they do when they tell you they have a cranial nerve palsy—you just have to know where to look! A #tweetorial about t...
You see a patient on the ward with an exacerbation of heart failure. The team has inserted a urinary catheter for fluid monitoring. What would you do? Open this thread and I'll s...
1/ *Case presentation of MSSA osteomyelitis* ... Expert 1: Clearly we should treat w/ IV ceftriaxone Expert 2: WHAT?! I would never use ceftriaxone to treat this ... 💭Trainee in th...
1/ My fellows complained they hate memorizing classifications, like LeFort. I thought, “There must be a better way—maybe understanding instead of memorizing.” A #tweetorial abou...
1/ Wanted to share a new addition to the pocket card set (https://t.co/KnE3oXVIId)! This one is on inpatient management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus as well as some insulin pearls....
1/During case conference (& on rounds), we often see master clinicians come up w/ brilliant diagnoses before the HPI is even finished. But how did they get there? And how can you...
Rheumatologic diagnosis through hand exam by Dr. Sarah Chung @ACPinternists #rheumatology #rheumtwitter #MedEd #rheumatoidarthritis #BJHM #Hospitalmedicine #IM2022 #MedTwitter 👇🏽 h...
🩸NEW PHARMACY🚑EDUCATION BOARD🩸 ✨A tale of WARFARIN reversal✨ Let’s talk KCENTRA (aka 4-factor prothrombin complex concentrate)-in particular, when it comes to serious bleeding in...
Next up in the #Tweetorial series based on my Hemodynamic Rounds Live lectures I’ll be discussing the basics of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) 📚 There is a lot of info to co...
Learning and executing bifurcation stenting techniques has never been easier! Kudos to team @CBBL_UNMC for creating these incredible educational videos. Thanks to @YChatzizisis fo...
1/8 A young man presents with dyspnea. We start with his hands. My hand is gloved in the second photo (for frame of reference, I can palm a basketball). Our patient has a findin...
Everything "Aspiration Pneumonia" for the incoming IM interns 🤮🫁: 3 major types of aspiration sequelae! 🫁 Mechanical obstruction (straightforward) 🫁 Chemical pneumonitis ("aspira...
It's important to understand the difference between "heart attack" (myocardial infarction requiring inadequate blood flow to the heart) and "sudden cardiac death" (heart stops beat...
Differential diagnoses of ⛈️Thunderclap headache⚡ are indeed thunderous. Here is a brief 🧵. @AaronLBerkowitz @caseyalbin @rabihmgeha @DxRxEdu @sargsyanz @AnnKumfer @rav7ks @gabif...
1/🧵 Ever wonder why rheumatic heart disease almost always damages heart valves? And why is the mitral valve by far the most commonly affected? The answer involves a case of mist...
Yesterday, I discussed a pt who had subacute chest pain and dyspnea w/a group of learners A pivot point in the case gave me some insight into the process of teaching reasoning I'...
#ثريد Types of shock https://t.co/zgZTw7vmdM
Another #CriticalCare #Tweetorial! 🫀Left Ventricular Assist Device for the non-cardiologist🫀 Join me on a journey through LVADs with some #FOAMcc highlights useful for #CritCare...
1/ Are you struggling to get buy-in from learners/administrators who prioritize learning "real medicine" (i.e. medical knowledge) > "soft skills" (e.g. patient-physician communicat...