Performing a literature review
A necessary skill for any doctor . What causes disease, which drug is best, does this patient need surgery, and what is the prognosis? Although experience helps in answering these questions, ultimately they are best answered by evidence based medicine. But how do you assess the evidence? As a medical student, and throughout your career as a doctor, critical appraisal of published literature is an important skill to develop and refine. At medical school you will repeatedly appraise published literature …
All UK final year medical students should sit the same exam, says Future Forum
The implementation of a national standardised examination for all final-year medical students …
Sexual health and the older adult
Trends show that doctors must be more vigilant. A 56 year old man has trouble with his “waterworks.” A 61 year old woman reports lower abdominal pain. The …
To tweet or not to tweet?
Social media is changing healthcare, and Twitter is how to keep track. The popularity of Twitter among doctors and medical students has grown rapidly since its launch in 2006. This …
An older man who has fallen
Mr X, an 85 year old man, was an inpatient recovering well from community acquired pneumonia. While on the ward in hospital, he tripped and fell. On primary survey he maintained …
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