Tag Archives: education
Outline for Surgical Airway Lecture
From ClinicalBrainTraning.com, the blog of Dr Jeff Young For my lecture on airways, and surgical airways. Enjoy podcast at bottom of page. Airway Tactical thinking Can the air get into the trachea? Can the air in the trachea get into … Continue reading
Complications and Rescue
From ClinicalBrainTraning.com, the blog of Dr Jeff Young Very interesting paper in New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM 2009;361:1368-75, Variation in hospital mortality associated with inpatient surgery) that hospitals have widely variable mortality rates, but surprisingly very similar complication rates. … Continue reading
Scenario Training: How to get the most out of it…
From ClinicalBrainTraning.com, the blog of Dr Jeff Young. This podcast follows the latest blog entry. How do you get the most out of scored evaluation and training scenarios. This training and testing mechanism has become the most important tool in … Continue reading
Scenario Training: How to Teach Them and How to Make Sure People Learn From Them
From ClinicalBrainTraning.com, the blog of Dr Jeff Young Teaching How to Do Scenarios and How to Learn From Them (BACKGROUND FOR THIS WEEK’S PODCAST) While checklists are good, teaching people to perform medicine where 100 proscribed motions and words are … Continue reading
You Could be Reading this Full Article
Ransomized Clinical Trials Today I purchased four songs on iTunes and no surgical literature. Next week I’ll do the same even though my digital life is filled with links to excellent research. Sort of. Surgery Unnecessary in All Cancers: A … Continue reading
SCORE Curriculum Published
The Surgical Council on Residency Education (SCORE) completed its update in August, listing patient care and medical knowledge topics essential to training in US surgical residencies. The council, a nonprofit consortium formed by the principal organizations involved in U.S. surgical education, … Continue reading
Dr Katie
Featured Surgeon, late summer 2011, in Women in Surgery First-year surgery resident Dr Katie has been sharing her educational experience online since undergraduate school. OnSurg is grateful for her participation in our Q & A: What’s your story? I first knew … Continue reading
Surgery Subspecialties Described – A Career Resource from AWS
Collaborative partners at the Association of Women Surgeons have made several articles available for re-publication at OnSurg. The articles describe the training requirements, case types, and research opportunities available in surgical subspecialties. OnSurg plans to further develop pages for each … Continue reading




