Archive for January, 2011
Biomedical Imaging Fellowship Opportunity
5 Comments Published by Vijay January 18th, 2011 in Friends, Medical Education, Medical Research, Medical blogs, Medicine, News, Other Bloggers, Radiology…
via Paul Levy’s blog post…
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Here’s a great fellowship opportunity in biomedical imaging being offered by the Madrid-MIT M+Visión Consortium program. Applications are welcome from people of all nations, and with a variety of backgrounds. Here is an excerpt from the description:
With a focus on accelerating innovation in biomedical imaging, promoting translational research, and encouraging entrepreneurship, [...]
LITFL: Ten Commandments of Emergency Radiology
5 Comments Published by Vijay January 9th, 2011 in Friends, Medical blogs, Medicine, Other Bloggers, Radiography, Radiology…
Shamelessly copied verbatim from this post by Chris Nickson of the LITFL team.
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The ‘Ten Commandments of Emergency Radiology’ according to Touquet et al (1995):
Treat the patient, not the radiograph
Take a history and examination before ordering a radiograph
Request a radiograph only when necessary
Never look at a radiograph without seeing the patient, and never see a patient [...]
MCI Attempts To Overhaul Medical Education
4 Comments Published by Vijay January 3rd, 2011 in Healthcare, Life in India, Medical Education, Medicine, News…
Three news articles in the first two days of the new decade indicate that the Medical Council of India is contemplating a major overhaul of medical education in India
Beginning with undergraduate medical education (MBBS).
The Hindu: MCI suggests major reforms in undergraduate course [my comments in bold italics in parentheses]
The MCI has recommended major reforms in [...]
