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http://usmlefasttrack.com/ Best set of flash cards for USMLE Step 1 from first aid for the usmle step 1 review book. Best way to study for your exam in a fla...  

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About 15% of patients with Lyme disease develop peripheral and central nervous system involvement, often accompanied by debilitating and painful symptoms.  

I was recently fortunate enough to speak at the the Emergency Medicine Educators Conference in Coventry on a subject that continues to interest me, that of gestalt, judgement and clinical decision making. As I get older I increasingly realise that simply acquiring more knowledge and skills is not enough. What’s really important is how we use that information, how we make decisions, how we make mistakes and how we get it right. I’m also deep in my preparations for a talk at #SMACCUS on ‘Guess, Gestalt or Genius’ and so I’m always on the look out for studies in this area (as there are surprising few). In my talk in Coventry I used the question of when to activate the Major Haemorrhage Protocol (1:1:1 resuscitation as per PROPPR) in trauma patients. Clearly not all patients need it and there are potential harms if we use it on the wrong patients.  

A discussion about a paradigm shift from focus on patient satisfaction to one of patient care experience. Some simple changes can have a large impact!  

A "groundbreaking" cystic fibrosis therapy could profoundly improve quality of life, say doctors.  

This video tutorial outlines the definition, classification, signs, symptoms, pathophysiology, investigation and management of pneumonia.