Welcome to my daily learning journal. My daily goal is to watch one Ted Talk and one cataract surgery. I also plan to read one journal article and read/listen to a book chapter, short story or significant work.
Here’s today’s list:
1. Ted Talk – Atul Gawande MD – How do we heal medicine? “Our medical systems are broken. Doctors are capable of extraordinary (and expensive) treatments, but they are losing their core focus: actually treating people. Doctor and writer Atul Gawande suggests we take a step back and look at new ways to do medicine — with fewer cowboys and more pit crews.” (ted.com)
“Having great components is not enough.” Many life lessons and teaching points in Dr. Gawande’s Ted Talk. “Humility, discipline, team work … Making systems work is the great task of our generation as a whole.” 19 minutes.
2. Cataract Surgery – Uday Devgan MD – Soft cataracts can be quite difficult. Great pearls.
3A. Journal article – Betsch D, Gupta RR. A Case of an Iris Cyst Not to Be Missed. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020;138(7):793–794. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.0571
3B. Shields J, A, Magrath G, N, Shields C, Mackool R, Eagle Jr. R, C, Grossniklaus H, E: Dissecting Aortic Aneurysm 55 Years after Diagnosis of Iris Flocculi. Ocul Oncol Pathol 2016;2:222-225. doi: 10.1159/000445719
The JAMA Clinical Challenge led me to the Shields et. al case report.
4. Book Chapter – Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. LoyalBooks.com, SparkNotes, and Gutenberg. Chapters 17.
