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We here at medicaleducator.co.uk are currently checking out he use of predominantly free iPhone apps on for medical students. So what we would like are three things. Why not email us at iphone@medicaleducator.co.uk if you have a point of view on any of our points below. We’re keen to supply our users with a free [...]
A medical student is practising for her OSCE exams on the ward…
She examines a 19 year old female patient admitted with asthma on the medical assessment ward for revision purposes.
The patient has a past medical history she has the occasional migraine, and eczema.
The observations are as follows.
BP 128/70
Pulse 98 regular
Fingerprick blood glucose 8.3
Oxygen Sats 97% [...]
The answer is….. b. Warfarin
Based on NICE Guidance 36 (AF) and the CHADS 2 scoring system.
The CHADS2 score is an excellent aide memoir to anticoagulation in AF. It is based on:
CHADS2
Stands for
Score
C
Congestive heart failure
1point
H
hypertension
1point
A
Age>75
1point
D
Diabetes Mellitus
1point
S2
Previous stroke/ TIA
2 points
SCORE
2 or over=Warfarin
1= Warfarin or aspirin
0=aspirin
This [...]
A 76 year old man presents with atrial fibrillation which is permanent. He is lucid and has specifically made an appointment with you to discuss the best way of stopping him “dying ” as a result of the AF.
PMHx:
Hypertension (treated), Mild COPD. Nil else of [...]
At Medical Educator we are always looking to push the boundaries of what we can do on the web to further medical student e-learning in preparation for medical student finals.
We’re pretty excited about the potential our new technology (in collaboration with the kind folks at iSpring) has to offer medical students an even richer learning [...]
Is it possible to have an international site for medical revision? There is a diverse range of assessment methods in place in today’s medical marketplace, ranging from the familiar MCQ exam, to the OSCE format that may not be so familiar to some medical students in the US or in other parts of Western Europe [...]
We’ve published our latest averages on our subscription site topic by topic. This helps our users compare things with other people subscribing. Remember, people revise for their exams in many different ways so it doesn’t allow you to make a direct comparison, but it will give you some idea of how people are doing in [...]
Looking at the early stats from our poll, it seems that today’s current media savvy medical students want more mobile revision material to prepare themselves for what are crucial exams in a world reeling from the credit crunch.
So far all of our users polled have supported the need for mobile friendly web material: that’s exactly [...]
Finally you can have access to a site that will allow you to revise on the move:
Do you have a web enabled mobile phone? If so then you can use it to revise when you’re on the move. Do our our questions, videos and PDF guides from your mobile phone. It couldn’t be easier.
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Our free trial has now been taken by international students. Our questions are deliberately tough. Why not try a sample of the questions from the site and see how you compare to the rest of the students sitting the questions.
Our current average on the trial questions (20 marks) is
46%
That’s because our questions are tough. They’re [...]