What it's like to study medicine at Cambridge (video)

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What is "the favorite" for medical students in the UK at the moment? Going into General Practice (at minute 2:45 of the video). They are also "very keen into going into a specialty such as pediatrics". This is a night and day difference compared to their counterparts in the U.S.

From Cambridge University YouTube channel: "At Cambridge, we offer two medicine courses - the Standard Course and the Graduate Course. With both, our aim is to educate students to become compassionate, thoughtful, skilled members - and leaders - of the medical profession.

Success in medicine requires application and hard work, both while studying and when in practice. However, it brings great rewards in terms of job satisfaction, involving as it does a combination of science and human interactions, and numerous career opportunities."

To find out more about Medicine at Cambridge, see http://study.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/medicine

Comments from Twitter:

Nick Bennett @peds_id_doc: Best medical school in the world. Seriously.

Medical School Life in Cambridge and Debrecen - @Berci compares the promotional videos http://goo.gl/BZm2w

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Surgeon folds and throws the paper airplane using da Vinci Robot (video)

From Swedish Hospital YouTube channel: Dr. James Porter, Medical Director of robotic surgery at Swedish folds a paper airplane with the da Vinci robot to demonstrate how this device gives surgeons greater surgical precision and dexterity over existing approaches.

With over 600,000 views, this video brings no doubt good advertisement to the hospital.

However, the robot costs on average $ 1.30 million, in addition to several hundred thousand dollars in annual maintenance fees. Surgical procedures performed with the robot takes more than traditional ones. Critics say that hospitals have a hard time recovering the cost and that most clinical data does not support the claim of improved results for the patient.

The manufacturer, Intuitive Surgical has sold more than 1,000 units worldwide.

References:

Prepping robots to perform surgery, the New York Times, May 4, 2008.
Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Comments from Twitter:

Meenakshi Budhraja @ gastromom: Cool!

Westby Fisher, MD @ doctorwes: surgeon folds throwaway paper airplane using da Vinci Robot (video) bit.ly/KG2EG6-fast, no manual?

PDara MD, FACP @ JediPD: da Vinci good for that

Skeptical scalpel @ Skepticscalpel: Finally a use. Maybe the planes might have hospital's logo on them. Folding a paper airplane. Amazing feat of a surgical robot? Don't think. My blog. is.gd/6tBcZp-folding a paper airplane. Amazing feat from the surgical robot?  http://goo.gl/cz7lC

Ravi Pellini @ ravrav0: surgical robot: small folding paper airplanes-CHECK. Actually improve clinical results-TBD. bit.ly/LEp3jg # medtech

Jenaro Fdez-Valencia @ JenaroFV_MD: after all ... does not fly! If he did a boat, that would work. Can try?

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Understanding Healthcare Attorney-Cleveland Clinic video

This is very important: Advance directives are legal documents that provide instructions on who should oversee medical treatment and what are your wishes for end-of-life, in case you are unable to speak for themselves.

Advance directives include:

-Health care power of Attorney
-The living will

Everyone over 18 years should consider assigning power of attorney to someone health care.

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