Teaching Material Archive

Silhouette Sign: RML Pneumonia – CXR

Use the silhouette sign to localize a right middle lobe pneumonia and parapneumonic effusion on chest x-ray. (5 minutes)

Bacterial Pneumonia with Abscess – CXR

Use pleural fissures to determine the location of a right upper lobe pneumonia with a cavitary lung abscess. (5 minutes)

Atrial Flutter – ECG

Identify the key ECG findings for atrial flutter (AF) and use three key features to distinguish it from other SVTs. (5 minutes)

Atrial Tachycardia – ECG

Identify the key ECG findings for ectopic atrial tachycardia and use three key features to distinguish it from other SVTs. (5 minutes)

Pericarditis – ECG

Identify the key ECG findings (diffuse ST elevation and PR depression with PR elevation in aVR) for diagnosis of pericarditis - (5 minutes)

Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) – POCUS

An interactive talk cases to demonstrate the basics of obtaining and interpreting a Parastenal Long Axis (PLAX or PSLA) view. (10-15 min)

Shoulder (subacromial space) Injection

Teach a comprehensive approach to the shoulder (subacromial space) steroid injection through both simulation and clinical instruction. (45 min)

Tension Pneumothorax – CXR

Identify key features on a CXR that distinguish a tension pneumothorax from a simple pneumothorax on a (5 minutes)

Transplant Medicine

Learn about the principles of balancing immunosuppression, the differences between induction and maintenance immunosuppression and how this impacts common complications seen after transplant.

AKI in Cirrhosis

Differentiate hepatorenal syndrome from other causes of AKI, identify initial treatments and apply the framework through a series of brief cases. (40-50min

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