Thanks to My Students & Colleagues!
Thanks to My Students & Colleagues!
I recently updated my lecture on cough, given to third-year medical students and residents. It presents an algorithm I developed based on the omnibus supplement published in the journal Chest and other sources. Here is a quick summary of key points that are often missed by primary care physicians…
I concise version of the lecture is available as a podcast.
The lecture handout is available in PDF format.
Always start with the standard questions applied to the patient’s Chief Concern(s): Location/Radiation; Quality/Severity; Duration (total/episode)/Frequency; Aggravating/Relieving Factors; Associated Symptoms/Effect on Function.
It is useful to think of the secondary history as a Focused Review of Systems (ROS). These questions often bring out information that supports a certain diagnosis or helps gauge the severity of the disorder. Unlike the primary history, a certain amount of interpretation (and experience) is necessary.
The tertiary history brings in elements of the Past Medical and Family History that have a bearing on the patient’s condition. By the time you get to the tertiary history you may already have a good idea of what might be going on. Read More…
Canvass ARS is a flexible and scalable program for polling a live audience. Instructors have the choice to use it as a stand-alone presentation tool, or integrate it with presentation software such as Powerpoint. It blends easily with other instructional technologies such as teleconferencing, streamed video events and Webinars. The audience is not limited to a single physical location. You can also use it to record votes during a meeting. In fact, you could run an entire presentation with audience responses from your smartphone! Read more…
I have begun using Twitter for links to articles and other sites on a daily basis.
My Twitter address is: http://twitter.com/richardrathe
My personal twitter address is: http://twitter.com/richard_rathe
See example posted on posted on the MedInfo site.
Welcome to my “revised” site.
I’m in the process of switching from my old static site to WordPress.
The main page from the old site is now the About page for this site.
You may also be interested in my personal Reading Room site.
As they say, “Please pardon our dust!”
RR