DundeeChest 3.0

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Hello to the community pharmacists who attended Ninewells tonight for their protected learning, this time on Oxygen therapy.

The acute oxygen prescribing page is here. You can see the local implementation of the national guideline here.

Just a quick note to commend DundeePRN to you all. I helped set up the site last year with a group of second years. The site is going very well – the 3rd years are now up and running with their materials this year, and things are going from strength to strength. There’s 3 podcasts this year, already!

What the site really needs is some 2nd years (and 1st, 4th and 5th years) to get involved in writing content, posting comments, and making things happen. Head over to the site, register, and start contributing.

If you want some assistance with recording podcasts, writing content, etc, just let me know.

NIV Sessions Cancelled

We had planned to hold an ITA session in Non-Invasive ventilation next week. Although this is not core curriculum, it is interesting, and worthwhile, so we thought we’d try to fit it in. Unfortunately we simply do not have the numbers of doctors to cover this session as well as everything else, so we’ve had to cancel those sessions. This means you all have a block of private study one day next week. You can look at the East Block timetable and pick something else to do if you wish, or you can use the time however you feel it is most useful.

MDT Moved

Due to the cancellation of the NIV session, we can now do the MDT session in the ITA. This is a far better place to hold the session, so overall I think things will turn out well. The MDT session is one of the new items in the block – I think it is the most exciting addition, and I’m looking forward to going over things with you.

Reminders

I have had a couple of people asking why there are conflicts in the timetable between DundeeChest and BlackBoard. As I said in the first lecture last week, we will update DundeeChest rapidly, first and as a priority, then Blackboard will be updated later. This is a test of change to use a more accessible system, to keep you updated more easily, and in a timeous manner.

The Medical School Office have also been in touch saying that they are receiving queries about timetabling, and tutorials, and all that. Please don’t make their lives any more difficult than they already are – post your questions and queries on the blog, and one of us will reply as quickly as possible. Issues have been raised, and we can sort them quickly – the medical school office are not as rapidly updated on the changes as the website is.

This site has a wealth of information on it. People are still asking me what time clinics are, and when the bronch lists are, yet there is a page up there with the timetable on.

Please make the most of Ask DundeeChest. We are sat around, waiting for your questions on today’s lectures, comments on respiratory medicine, or anything you want. This service drops off significantly at the end of the Respiratory Block, so if you have something to say or ask, do it now, before you lose the opportunity.

We have discovered that the PCs in the first IT suite need to have their software upgraded to the latest version of Flash, to enable the ITA material to function correctly. The IT people are carrying out the upgrade tomorrow morning.

Sorry to those who have run into problems with the flash videos, you should be able to visit them after tomorrow morning, whenever you wish.

Confused by the anatomy of the thorax? Professor of anatomy at Warwick University Peter Abrahams has made a nice series of videos for iTunes to explain the anatomy of the thorax, and more.

You can link to the iTunes movie here, and I’ll upload the file when I work out how to embed MP4 video into the site…..

Slightly late, I know, but here’s the study guide for week 1.

As I am away next week, Richard will work on the study guide for week 2, and get it out to you as soon as possible.

Cheers
Respiratory Study Guide 2010 Week 1

So, sorry about the pharmacology lecture. Dr Wilson assures us that he will fit everything in tomorrow, and I’m sure he’ll be available to answer questions in both real life, and on the blog.

The questions are starting to come into “Ask DundeeChest”. I can answer some of them, but as I’m not a respiratory physiologist, I will ask Dr Khogali to answer the more technical of questions, particularly as he wrote the lectures!

Dr Goudie has kindly pointed out that there are a couple of mistakes in the Week 1 “ITA” session material. A case of an arrow the wrong way around, two figures swapped around, and a typo. The material is created quite quickly, and despite proof reading, these mistakes do occasionally slip through. I can’t edit the changes from home, so I’ll try to sort it tomorrow, and get the corrected version up by Friday.

Many of you are asking for the study guide. Apparently you’ve been told that there isn’t one – this isn’t strictly true. There is one, but I am trying to make some changes to it to bring it up to date. I suspect I’m going to have to give you the week 1 part now, then the other weeks as we go along. I’d rather get you things that make sense, than last year’s materials, which are a little out of date.

I know that we are still waiting for a couple of the lectures to go online. We are aware, and we’re hunting down the culprits. They know who they are.

I hope you’re enjoying the course, and things are, apart from the above-noted, going smoothly. 1431 hits to the site today!

Hopefully the first day of second year went without too many glitches. I was certainly encouraged by the number of people who approached me at the end of the lectures to ask about SPSSCs, getting involved in e-learning opportunities, and more.

Apologies to group A4 who went without a tutor for their Practising Medicine session, but I understand that Dr Smith will try to see you all later in the week. Get back to me if you need another session.

A second year came to my clinic yesterday afternoon! Hopefully he found it useful, and will come again.

And finally, my hit counter says we had 1200 hits to the site yesterday. And they can’t *all* be Richard and me….?

2nd year group A4’s practising medicine session on Monday 13th September, with Miss J Smith, has had to be postponed – Miss Smith is not able to make this session due to clinical commitments. I am trying to organise an alternative session for group A4 later in the block.

Other things are available on Monday afternoon – see the timetable for further details, but you can always come along to:

Bronchoscopy List – East Block
Dr Fardon’s Clinic – East Block
Dr France’s Clinic – East block
Ward work – Ward 3
Pulmonary Function Suite – East Block

Feel free to come along to any of these things, and I will sort out an alternative practising medicine session for you.

Over the Summer Vacation David Smith, one of the new 3rd year medical students, spent 6 weeks working on an interactive tool to improve awareness of ionising radiation doses associated with commonly requested radiological investigations.

The tool is now viewable here. This is a fantastic resource – I wholly recommend it to medical students, junior doctors and even consultants as a refresher!

Well done to David, on a fantastic piece of work.