Doctor Hacks
Creating a personal culture of focus
Zen Habits wrote a great post recently on how to get more done by using laser sharp focus. I would recommend reading the entire post, but I was particularly inspired by the suggestion to “Feng Shui my workplace.”
Author Jonathan Mead is not talking about new-age spirituality, but rather using your place of [...]
Online Filesharing for Doctors
In my review of Dropbox, I suggested it could be used to share files, such as PDFs of your published articles. However, there are better methods for simple file sharing, particularly if collaboration is not so important.
Online file sharing sites offer this service. You can think of them as Flickr for files - [...]
How to study a surgical procedure
As a final addition to my study advice, I want to share my schema for studying a surgical procedure. This is inspired by my format for studying a medical condition. I imagine this is only useful for those studying to become surgeons. Certainly, in Australia, this detail is not required for non-specialty [...]
The DrCris “Just don’t look stupid” study plan
I have been reading a lot of med student blogs recently, so I am inspired to share my “Just Don’t Look Stupid” Study plan. I still use it regularly when planning my surgical study. I also browbeat any students I come across to try to make them into disciples of the plan. It is my [...]
20 ways Surgeons should use Evernote
I have previously raved about how useful Evernote is in medical research. It is also a great resource for doctors. EfficientMD has already posted a series on using Evernote in a medical practice, including suggestions for using it as a Electronic Health Record. I would like to extend these ideas, and provide [...]