The History of Clamps
During an operation, it’s common to have to put a clamp on blood vessels in preparation for suturing. In this episode Sunpreet Cheema will review a fe…
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The History of Surgical Scissors – Mayo and Metz
Today, medical student Sunpreet Cheema explores the fascinating histories of surgical innovators who developed some of our most indispensable surgical…
Nontechnical Skills in Surgery
After this episode, listeners will be able to: • Define and describe the importance of nontechnical skills in improving surgical outcomes • Articulate…
Facial Nerve Palsy Part 2
The objective of the podcast is the following: ● Develop an approach to the history and physical examination of patients with facial nerve pals…
Facial Nerve Palsy Part 1
After listening to this podcast learners will be able to: 1. Describe the basic function of the facial nerve 2. Outline a differential diagnosis for f…
Cholesteatoma
In this episode Mauz Asghar, a second medical student at the University of Saskatchewan, is joined by colleague Maauz Asghar, a first year medical stu…
Mandibular Fractures
In this episode Mauz Asghar, a medical student at the University of Saskatchewan, is joined by his colleague Muaaz Asghar to discuss mandibular fractu…
Felon Infection
After listening to today’s podcast learners should be able to: 1. Identify the key features on history and physical examination of felon …
Interview with Dr. David Lesniak (Oncoplastic Surgeon)
In this episode Ryerson Seguin, University of Alberta medical student, interviews Dr. David Lesniak, oncoplastic breast surgeon, about his training, c…
Postpartum Problem Series – Postpartum Hypertension
In this podcast, 4th-year medical student Mandy Litt from the University of Saskatchewan discusses Postpartum Hypertension. After listening to this po…
Trainee Involvement and Ethics in Global Surgery
This is the 3rd and final episode in a 3-part series on global surgery, brought to you by Betty Yibrehu, a 3rd year medical student at The George Wash…
How Global Surgery Works
This episode of Surgery 101 is the 2nd in a 3-part series about global surgery, and is brought to you by Betty Yibrehu, a 3rd year medical student at …
Introduction to Global Surgery
In this episode of Surgery 101 Betty Yibrehu, a 3rd year medical student at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., will discuss global …
OER (Open Educational Resources) – “Rehab” Parody
This video is a Parody of Amy Winehouse’s song “Rehab” and uses changed lyrics to share the benefits of open education. We hope you …
Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME)
This video on CBME features a panel discussing the new way of teaching medicine that the Royal College is introducing in Canada for residency programs…
Feedback
In this video a senior LEGO resident gives a junior resident some tips for giving feedback to students to help them improve. This work is licensed und…
Why Teach?
In this video a LEGO resident explains the importance of teaching medical students and how easy it is to start teaching. This work is licensed under a…
Patient Handover (SBARR)
In this episode the wise parrot explores the do’s and don’ts of a proper patient handover as demonstrated by residents, Winnie and Glen, a…
One Minute Preceptor
In this video one resident offers advice to another on the One Minute Preceptor model of teaching. OMP allows the student ownership of the clinical sc…
Just Press Play (RIME)
In this video a senior resident gives a framework on how to teach medical students to take concise histories and relay the important information to th…
Coffee Talk
In this video a junior resident seeks advice from his senior on small teaching sessions over coffee. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons At…
New Student Day
In this video a resident is feeling inadequate when it comes to teaching medical students and seeks advice from his senior resident. This work is lice…
LEGO Surgery – CanMeds
In this episode of LEGO Surgery Dr. McBurney gives a brief overview of CanMeds to his medical student intern. With a short explanation of all of the 7…
The Surgery 101 Study
In this episode, Dr Jonathan White describes a study looking at how medical students use Surgery 101. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons A…
The Making of Surgery 101
In this episode, Dr Jonathan White describes the process of making a Surgery 101 episode. Topics covered include: · Where does the idea for an episode…
The Origins of Surgery 101
In this episode, Dr Parveen Boora considers how Surgery 101 got started. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Shar…
What’s on the Exam? Construction of the Multiple Choice Examination
In this episode, Dr Jonathan White describes how multiple choice examinations for medical students are constructed. Topics covered include: Learning o…
Will it be on the Test? Assessment Techniques in Medical Education
In this episode, Dr Jonathan White considers the various techniques used in assessing medical students. Topics covered include: The ideal assessment t…
Meeting the Standard: Principles of Assessment in Medical Education
In this episode, Dr Jonathan White considers the principles used in assessing medical students. Topics covered include: “Assessment drives learn…
Near Peer Shadowing
In this episode, Thoracic Surgeon Dr. Simon Turner discusses Near-Peer Shadowing. He will describe: Different structures of near-peer shadowing Benefi…
Simulation in Surgical Education
In this episode, Dr Bin Zheng discusses simulation and its application in surgical education. After listening to this episode, learners will be able t…
The Return of Surgery 101
In this short episode, Dr Jonathan White reviews progress on the Surgery 101 project. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCo…
Surgery 101 at Celebrate!
This week, Surgery 101 was featured in the University of Alberta’s Celebrate! Teaching Learning Research event. Our Muppets made it onto the big…
“Aviate, Navigate, Communicate”
In this episode, Dr Jeremy Stone considers the parallels between medicine and the aviation industry. Recommended podcast links: ShortCoat Therapeutics…
Eye Movements in Surgery
At this week’s pre-Christmas Surgical Education Rounds, Dr Bin Zheng discussed “Eye movements in surgery: A literature review” by He…
Grand Rounds in Surgical Education
Today saw our first Grand Rounds in Surgical Education at the University of Alberta. This event is supported by our industry partners Covidien, and wi…
Transfer of Skills in Simulation
At this month’s Surgical Education Rounds, Dr Bin Zheng discussed a recent paper entitled: Prospective, randomized assessment of transfer of tra…
“Learning Under the Gun”
At this month’s Surgical Education Rounds, we discussed a classic paper by Musselman et al on intimidation and harassment in surgical education.…
Ask the Surgeon!
In this episode, Susan Chaudoir explains our recent study called ‘Ask the Surgeon’, considering what pre-clinical medical students want to…
The Only Girl in the Room
At last night’s meeting of the League of Surgical Educators, we reviewed Hill & Vaughan’s paper on gendered medical student experience…
Video: Online Professionalism & Facebook
In this episode, Krista Lai discusses medical students’ attitudes to online professionalism and the use of social networking software. This work…
Video: Teachable Moments
this episode, Kerry Wong discusses the use of medical television dramas in the teaching of medicine and surgery. This work is licensed under a Creativ…
Video: “It’s on my iPhone” – the use of mobile computing devices in medical education
In this video episode, Dr Jonathan White considers the advantages and potential challenges associated with using mobile computing devices such as the …
Video: Who Writes What? Team-based assessment in Surgery
In this week’s video episode, Dr Jonathan White discusses the use of team-based assessment of medical students, considering “Who Writes Wh…
Video: Surgery 101 TEDMED Live talk
Here is the TEDMED Live talk I recently gave at the U of A FOMD100 event – enjoy! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non…
Marketing Surgery 101
In this episode, Shannon Erichsen, Charlotte Chan & Peter Jaffray discuss the recent collaboration between Surgery 101 and the School of Business …
Disruptive Innovation in Healthcare and Medical Education
In this episode, Dr Jonathan White discusses the topic of disruptive innovation and how it can be applied to healthcare and medical education. After l…
12 Tips for Clerkship Directors
In this episode, Dr Jonathan White considers what he learned from leading two surgery clerkships for 5 years, and offers tips to others starting out a…
Technology & the Body
Hi there I’ve just done a follow-up to last year’s talk on Surgery and the Singularity, entitled ‘Technology and the Body’. Cl…
Surgical Training
In this episode, Dr Jonathan White discusses recent changes in surgical training. After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: describe …
What is Surgery 101?
In this episode, Dr Jonathan White talks about the Surgery 101 series of podcasts. Find out what is it, how should you use it, and what are our plans …