Standardized Patient Case: A Troubled Soldier

A STANDARDIZED PROCESS OF PATIENT HANDOVER : Improving

A Case of Phlegmasia Dolens in a Soldier

[A case of melioidosis in a Japanese soldier in Malaya].

I was consulted by a soldier in November, 1943, who was admitted in our Military Hospital Sungei Patani, Kedah, in Malaya. His chief complaints were an eczematous ulcer and phlegmon in his left thigh with high temperature and slight jaundice. He looked to be in a critical condition. Finally he proved fatal in general prostration on the 9th day from the onset of the disease. Whilst giving him tr...

Rhinoplasty Education Using a Standardized Patient Encounter

BACKGROUND Comprehensive aesthetic surgery training continues to be a challenge for residency programs. Our residency program developed a rhinoplasty-based objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) based upon validated methods as part of the residency education curriculum. We report our experience with the rhinoplasty-based OSCE and offer guidance to its incorporation within residency pr...

A bridge over troubled waters.

Lung transplantation (LTx) remains the only therapeutic strategy for the treatment of end-stage respiratory failure in selected patients [1,2]. However, clinical scenario of LTx is rapidly changing. Two aspects still characterize LTx in comparison with the transplant of other solid organs. First, only a limited number of lung grafts is considered suitable for transplant within the donors’ pool....