Synopses & Reviews
“I went home early, as teaching was cancelled, nothing was happening and I was bored”
Here are 101* of the best ideas to make the most effective use of your time on the ward. Over 250 contributors, including students, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and therapists from 18 countries, help make you the finest doctor you can be!
On the ward, you are surrounded by a multitude of learning opportunities. This book will help you develop your own skills to make the most of this ward time. Written by experienced medical educators, in collaboration with medical students, doctors, nurses and allied health professionals, each tip will provide you with an appropriate overview of the topic and prompt you to think outside the conventional textbook learning methods.
Grouped by theme, you will gain an insight into techniques for learning, followed by tips on clinical examination, practical procedures, prescribing, and data interpretation.
Features include:
- Tasks to work on individually, with fellow students, or with patients
- Tasks you can complete in a few spare minutes or half a day
- The equipment you need for each task
- Further reading for each of the themes
Pocket-sized for 'dipping into' during a spare moment or a couple of hours on the ward, this short guide is ideal for medical students on rotation or junior doctors who wish to boost learning and motivation. Clinical teachers, who are looking for novel ways to engage their students, will also find this an invaluable resource.
*There are actually 100 ideas. Now it’s your turn to develop tip 101! Submit your ideas to www.101things.org
Review
“This is an easy-to-read, quick guide to spare-time activities that enhance learning for third-year medical students about to begin clinical rotations. It is not intended as a formative text for rotations.” (
Doody’s, 17 August 2012)
Synopsis
Here are 100 tips to make the most of your time in the hospital, when you are surrounded by opportunities to learn, challenging you to develop your own 101st tip. Developed by experienced medical educators in collaboration with medical students, each tips is supplemented with an appropriate overview of the topic, placing them all in context and prompting you to think of other situations where they could be applied.
Synopsis
Here are 101
* of the best ideas to make the most effective use of your time on the ward. Over 250 contributors, including students, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and therapists from 18 countries, help make you the finest doctor you can be!
Pocket-sized for 'dipping into' during a spare moment or a couple of hours on the ward, this short guide is ideal for medical students on rotation or junior doctors who wish to boost learning and motivation.
*There are actually 100 ideas. Now it's your turn to develop tip 101! Submit your ideas to www.101things.org
About the Author
Dason E. Evans, MBBS(Lond), MHPE(Maastricht), fHEA
Honorary Senior Lecturer in Medical Education,
Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry,
Queen Mary, University of London
Speciality Doctor in Sexual Health, St George’s NHS Trust
Nakul Gamanlal Patel, BSc(Hons), MBBS(Lond), MRCS(Eng)
Plastic Surgery Specialty Registrar East of England Deanery Norfolk
and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
St Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns,
Broomfield Hospital, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust
Lister Hospital, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Table of Contents
Foreword vii
Abbreviations and Medical hierarchy viii
Introduction x
Acknowledgements xiv
Table of tasks xix
Section 1 Teaching, Testing and Learning 1
Memory aids and mnemonics 2
Building quizzes 5
E-learning resources 8
Section 2 Clinical Communication 12
Narrative – the patient’s story 15
Preparation 20
History taking 22
Observing communication 26
Section 3 Physical Examination 31
Peer practice for physical examination 33
Examining patients – systems examinations 36
Examining patients – holistic assessments 40
Spot diagnosis 44
Exploring around the patient 45
Section 4 Practical Procedures 49
Know your equipment 50
Peer practice of practical skills 55
Hidden teachers, hidden opportunities for practical skills practice 63
Infection control 70
Section 5 Prescribing 75
Navigating around the drug chart 77
Preventable human errors in prescribing 83
Your peripheral brain – the BNF (British National Formulary) 86
Hidden teachers in pharmacology 90
Transition to junior doctor 93
Section 6 Being Curious 95
A doctor’s best friend: the nurse 99
Who are the players? 102
Communication 107
Section 7 Data Interpretation 110
Patient notes 111
Patient ECGs (Electrocardiogram) 115
Imaging 118
Section 8 Getting Teaching 123
Motivating people to teach you 123
Finding other teachers 126
Section 9 Effectiveness and Efficiency 129
Knowing your own motivation 130
Fun and fl ippant suggestions 133
Never too early to think about your future 136
Organisation and effi ciency 136
Section 10 Over to You 143
Task 101 143
Index 144