One of my favorite things while taking an exam is to see a question that I have no clue about. Let me give you some of the characteristics of a test question that make me the happiest: • I don’t even understand what they’re asking. • I don’t recognize any of the answer choices. • The … [Read more...]

A while back, I was studying social studies with my older kid. One of the Vocabulary terms we were covering was “harbor.” We’ve been using the term “harbor” at home more than you’d normally think to hear in a suburban, landlocked household because we’ve been playing a ton of Settlers of Catan … [Read more...]

Some days, I’m amazed at what I get to do. The other day, I got to navigate beside the carotid and slip past the esophagus to help remove a degenerative disc from the spine of a patient with numbness and weakness in their hands. Under a powerful microscope, we delicately placed a bone graft and … [Read more...]

Have you been training? You use your memory the way you always have. Pore over information. Hope it sticks. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Wonder why it doesn’t work that well. Repeat. How much time have you devoted to training yourself about memory? Are you using the same techniques now that you … [Read more...]

It’s Friday, so how about some questions? * What type of mosquitoes carry malaria? * Should diverticulitis always be admitted? * Define pellagra. * By what age should a child be able to sit up? * What is the first line IV inotropic agent when dealing with cardiogenic shock? Okay, I … [Read more...]