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Orthopedics six years after residency training, what now?
I just came back from an orthopedic fellow’s convention and the Ruby Anniversary (40th) celebration of my former orthopedic training institution. Aside from the maxed out celebration with former (tor)mentors and… Read more
EBM Tools : Ten Ways of Improving Journal Clubs
Our department has been conducting evidenced based journal clubs for its orthopedic staff since last year. We implemented a relatively standard, EBM style “format” of presentation that encourages thorough, analytical… Read more
Going under a knife to mold a surgeon
I must admit.I’m a bit compulsive and freaked whenever a close person get sick or will undergo a surgical procedure. In our family, I’m the only medically “knowledgeable” person. Being… Read more
Superspecialists or super generalist orthopods?
This question was thrown to us by one former orthopedic mentor during our lively deli-beer-ations post surgery. The discussion came about as we were thanking them for extending time and… Read more
Challenging teaching methods in Orthopedics
In just about a year and half of teaching orthopedic residents, I became interested in finding out which of the more familiar teaching styles works best for our crop of… Read more
SMS -remote-controlled orthopedic surgery, anyone????
This interesting news caught my attention just today. A British doctor volunteering in DR Congo used text message instructions from a colleague to perform a life-saving amputation on a boy.-… Read more
Hip or Knee surgery have excellent long term outcomes
We knew these long term symptomatic relief (quality of life) offered by total joints surgery for quite sometime already. But why isn’t it given as an option to osteoarthritic patients… Read more
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