AndresTo

Medicine, music, art.

[mednerds]

“The brain is more than an assemblage of autonomous modules, each crucial for a specific mental function. Every one of these functionally specialized areas must interact with dozens or hundreds of others, their total integration creating something like a vastly complicated orchestra with thousands of instruments, an orchestra that conducts itself, with an ever-changing score and repertoire.”

— Dr. Oliver Sacks

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To battle! (via Emma_The_Ward)

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It was the cat! (via Kaijohnson_19)

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[humor-n-shit-blog]

this is so fucking stupid i hate how much i’m laughing

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[the-absolute-funniest-posts]

Thanks Betty white

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[wareshtra]

This is why I love downtown in every country

[medicallybrunette]

Reason why doctors have "Doctor handwriting":

Because in medical school they had to keep up with all the random ramblings of their professors because god forbid the minute detail they didn’t write down would be on the exam (which you know it always was). And then they had to keep doing that during clinicals when they got a long list of patients to see and then had to write notes on said patients as the patient was reciting the narrative of their life and they were too worried they would miss a crucial detail so they wrote everything down so they could sort out the important stuff later instead of thinking “oh shit! What was that medication they were taking?! I wrote down what they had for lunch three years ago but I didn’t think medication was important?! Oh yeah I was hungry so of course lunch was priority. Speaking of lunch, when is that happening? Oh and speaking of happening, what was the room number for my next patient? Let me check the EMR. Wait. Why can’t I log in? Crap. I forgot my password again. I should have written it down. Oh wait. Hold on. Yes. There it is. In that little tiny corner of a piece of paper that I scribbled it on for a moment like this. Now what the hell does this say?!”…. *inhale* But I could be wrong.

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[wareshtra]

Mr robot

“¿Hay algo que sea real? O sea, mira esto. ¡Míralo! ¡Es un mundo construido sobre la fantasía! Emociones sintéticas en forma de pastillas, guerra psicológica en forma de publicidad, químicos que alteran la mente en forma de comida, seminarios que lavan el cerebro en forma de la prensa, burbujas aisladas controladas en forma de redes sociales. ¿Real? ¿Quieres hablar de realidad? No hemos vivido nada remotamente parecido desde el principio de siglo. La apagamos, le sacamos las pilas, comimos una bolsa de organismos modificados genéticamente y tiramos los restos en el basurero creciente de la condición humana. Vivimos en casas con marca de corporaciones, construidas con números bipolares, que suben y bajan en pantallas digitales y nos hipnotizan en el más profundo sueño conocido por el hombre. Hay que buscar mucho, muchacho, para encontrar cualquier cosa que sea real. Vivimos en el reino de la mentira, un reino en el que has vivido demasiado tiempo. No me digas que no soy real. No soy menos real que el maldito pedazo de carne en tu hamburguesa” (“eps1.9_zer0-day.avi”, 1.10.)

[coffeemuggermd]

10 Axioms for a Lifetime of Learning in Medicine (taken from my radiology textbook)

If you like it, you’ll learn it; so learn to like it. 

Principles are as important as fats. If you master the principles, you an make up the facts.

You learn better when you know your goals. If you don’t know where you’re going, says the Talmud, all roads will take you there. But if you do know, you’ll get there much quicker. 

Follow your cases. I’ve learned and remembered more by follow-up than any other way. 

Like sex, learning is better if you are actively involved. When you read, talk back to the author. Be skeptical. Don’t follow authorities too closely or you may become a Brown Nose Duck, he can fly as fast as the leader, but can’t stop as quick.

Reinforcement is essential for acquiring knowledge. But don’t reinforce by simple repetition: use some other method other than the original way you learned it. See a case, look it up, read an article, ask a question.

Reward is important for learning. Show off what you know. Brag a little. Speak up in class. Tell your spouse or sweetheart, tell your colleagues, don’t bother telling your friends - you won’t have any. 

Different people learn by different methods. Figure out your own best method and cater to it, whether it be reading, listening, observing, or doing, or a combination of these. Don’t depend on great teachers. They are as rare as great students.

Quick retrieval of once acquired information is crucial. The home computer is ideal but other good retrieval methods are available. Create your own personal modification ad keep improving it. Without a recall system you are a “loser” , an old man with a stuck zipper.

Divide your study time into prime time, work time, and sleepy time. Biorhythms vary widely among students, so develop your own study schedule. Don’t watch television during prime time and don’t read medicine during sleepy time. 

You can find the text book here. It’s actually amazing for learning chest imaging. 

By Felson, B. Humor in Medicine, 1989; RHA Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

[wordsnquotes]

I hide because there’s more to me than what you see and I’m not sure you’d like the rest. I know that sometimes, I don’t like the rest.

Iain Thomas, I Wrote This For You  (via wordsnquotes)

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In related medical breakthroughs, doctors performed the first ever penis transplant in the U.S. this week. The science behind it is pretty amazing.

Follow @the-future-now​

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Echa un vistazo al Tweet de @MostFamousQuote:

[quotemadness]

It is true that I miss intelligent companionship, but there are so few with whom I can share the things that mean so much to me that I have learned to contain myself. It is enough that I am surrounded with beauty.

Jon Krakauer (via quotemadness)

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