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How to prepare a medical slide presentation

I am not an expert on presentation skills. I don’t think many medical people are. Medical people often aren’t practiced at slide presentations. It’s not something we do every week, but we do have to do it every few months. Most of us never get to be highly skilled or highly practiced, [...]

Comparison of Papers and Bookends

After a long pause, I have started to write articles again, and therefore needed to reinstall Endnote. Then I realized that Endnote is horrible, and there is surely something better. Enter Bookends, which can import Endnote libraries, plays nicely with OSX apps, and seems the answer to all my problems. I also [...]

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 [...]

Medical Grand Rounds 4.51

Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start. When you sing you begin with A, B, C. When you read about medicine, you begin with Do, Re, Mi.

Congratulations to all participants this week. I enjoyed reading your posts. My favourites this week are here, here, here, [...]