Medical Pearls for Educators

Medical Pearls are a collection of free, email-based educational services for medical trainees (including medical students, medical residents and clinical fellows) that are designed to be used as an adjunct to a clinical rotation.

Those who sign up will receive an email each weekday that contains a clinical question and/or problem. The questions cycle every 2 months, in order to coincide with the length of many clinical rotations. The answer to each question, or the thought process that leads to the answer, represents a topic or concept which might otherwise be missed during the course of a clinical rotaiton.

Students are expected to try solving the question independently, and then review the answer with a supervisor.

At the end of each week, students will receive an answer set to the week's questions.

Getting Started

Students should be invited to subscribe to the Medical Pearls series you will be using. You should email them the appropriate subscription page prior to the start of the rotation and ask them to subscribe.

For Nephrology: http://www.medicalpearls.com/neph/nephsubscribe

For Cardiology: http://www.medicalpearls.com/cardio/cardiosubscribe

As the instructor, you should subscribe to the appropriate list below - the emails you receive will be slightly different and will provide more details about the program and suggestions on how best to use it as an educational tool.

Nephrology Instructors

Cardiology Instructors

Nephrology Instructors - sign up here:

E-mail address:
Rotation type:	Nephrology ward service Nephrology inpatient consultation Nephrology Outpatient Dialysis Rotation Transplant Rotation Nephrology Other General Internal Medicine rotation
Duration of Rotation:	<4 weeks 4-8 weeks >8 weeks
Level of Training:	Nephrology Staff Physician Resident Nephrology Fellow Internal Medicine Staff Physician Other Staff Physician Other
Sign up for Nephrology Pearls - Instructor's Version
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Cardiology Instructors - sign up here:

E-mail address:
Rotation type:	Cardiology Ward Cardiology Inpatient Consultation Cardiology Intensive Care (CCU) Cardiology Outpatient Cardiology Other General Internal Medicine rotation Other
Duration of Rotation:	<4 weeks 4-8 weeks >8 weeks >Not applicable
Level of Training:	Resident Cardiology Fellow Cardiology Staff Physician Internal Medicine Staff Physician Other Staff Physician Other
Sign up for Cardiology Pearls - Instructor's Version
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