Month: May 2021
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History Taking Through Heart
I was trying out the Daily Rounds app on Android and came across a case description “Unilateral limb swelling in a 51 year old lady. No comorbidities. KFT normal. How to proceed to diagnosis?” This reminded me about how clueless I was about history taking during medical school. I think if I’ve learnt anything well…
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Why Researchers Who Care About Equity Should Use Zotero (and Not Mendeley)
If you are a researcher, chances are that you write papers. And if you write papers there is a good reason for you to use a reference manager (also called citation manager?). If you use a reference manager and you care about equity, there is a good reason why you should use Zotero. Why use…
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How To Stay Sane Online in 7 Simple Steps
The sheer vastness of information online can disorient some people. Fake news and hate makes it even harder for them. These techniques are what I personally use to keep my mind “blissful” despite what is going around me. And yet I get to enjoy all the goodness of internet too. #1: Be ruthless in cutting…
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What Patients Don’t Know About Medical Schools
There are people who assume that doctors who get into medical school through reservation end up as bad doctors. They have no clue how medical school works. I won’t go into the reasons why reservation (or affirmative action) exists. That is one of the easiest ways for governments to “do something” towards inequity in the…
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Want to Predict COVID? Ask the medical officers or lab managers
From the beginning of this pandemic I’ve had very accurate predictions of COVID surge, lull, and fall from two kinds of people – PHC medical officers and lab managers. The PHC medical officers see anywhere upwards of 200 sick people per day and they get to see how many people are coming in with COVID…