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As a doctor, the ward is full of potential dangers, risks and potential for cock-up. Avoiding pitfalls are a daily event for many junior doctors! But things were a lot worse many years ago. In the January edition of Casebook Sarah Whitehouse trawls through the medicolegal archives for some historical horror stories to see what [...]
Let’s test your endocrinology knowledge with this teaser. As ever, leave your answer as a comment. Answer will be given in a few days. Which of these symptoms of hypoadrenalism will distinguish between primary adrenal failure and secondary (pituitary) adrenal insufficiency? a. Postural Hypotension b. Weight Loss c. Fatigue d. Hypoglycaemia e. Skin Pigmentation
Student Surgery: You’re a medical student conducting a surgery list under supervision from your GP trainer. Your next patient is a retired GP who has been booked in by his wife for concerns about his memory. A 74 year old retired GP, Dr Wallis comes to see you.His wife reports that his memory is not [...]
We here at medical educator keep an eye on a number of blogs an postings about medical student life to try and keep our finger on the pulse of what’s going on in the world of medical students. We used to worry when we got letters from the Student Loans Company. The CIA would make [...]
Medical Educator has been donated a copy of the 1910 (second edition) of the Students Handbook of Operative Surgery. The second edition comes complete with hand written medical student notes and diagrams of common surgical procedures from back in the day. The edition, written by William Ireland Wheeler was designed to help students understanding of [...]