Monthly Archives: July 2011

Mike Cadogan posted this video on LIFTL.com and I watched it mesmerised. The world is bigger than this damn exam, and I want to get back out into it… Please watch this – personally I turned the sound off and … Continue reading →

“…Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; no more; and by a sleep to … Continue reading →

Hobart and Tasmania, that felt the pain of Port Arthur, and still do, send love and solidarity to the people of Oslo and Norway on the morning after their day before…

Cadel is in the Maillot Jaune for the run in to Paris – the one that counts! “Cadel Evans has had numerous set backs over the years but he is the finest cyclist in the world. He was born with … Continue reading →

I love this: http://edwinleap.com/blog/?p=1735 The principle goes for any consulting service – don’t tell me how to do my job, and I won’t tell you how to do yours, AND, I am not your resident, so don’t try to use … Continue reading →

I urge you to explore this link – it is a wonderfully wrought little graphic indicating our place in the scale of things, from Galaxies to Strings: http://primaxstudio.com/stuff/scale_of_universe/ I think it is beautiful!

Just added a bunch of EBM links to my list to the right. BestBets, the Cochrane Database, and the TRIP database.

http://emcrit.org/misc/imaging-in-pe-diagram/#comments http://lifeinthefastlane.com/2011/07/pe-pain-puzzles-and-perc/ http://emcrit.org/blogpost/a-debate-on-pe-decision-rules/

Yet another review highlighting the skew that incorporating revascularisation into primary endpoints gives to cardiology research using these composites (instead of sticking to the two that really matter to patients: dying and having a big heart attack). When are they … Continue reading →

The biggest problem with studying for this damn quiz (apart from wasting time blogging of course) is that there are now SO MANY fantastic resources out there. This has several problems – the interesting stuff does not necessarily nail you … Continue reading →