Δ  if APDX: no assignments
Δ  if HQ/PS: read BB's "High and Rising Health Care..." and "The Implications of Regional..."
Δ  NS: standby
Δ  GR/CD: complete "Understanding Yourself" at Careers in Medicine; optional MBTI at noon too
Δ  MDM: check BB on Monday for article
Δ  if COM: waiting on Drs. Roemer/Neely email
Δ  if ELSI: no assignments
Δ  if IG: read BB's "Acupuncture: Theory, Efficacy, and Practice"
Δ  PPS3: read BB's "A Medical Student on Call"; submit journal to BB's discussion group, your small group leader, and meded@northwestern.edu by Monday (format: "Last name, First name initial, PPS III, and the Month [e.g., Smith, J. PPSIII July journal]")



Pager Tips:

Δ  Pager Inbox: Remember, you can check your pages online if you think you've missed an important page. On the NMH Web Paging site, there's a "Login" button. Use your 5-digit pager ID (given to us on our blue card during ICC, or just search for yourself in the directory) as both the Page ID and Password, and then click on the "View Incoming Messages."

]]> http://www.cipherbook.com/2010/2008/08/august_22nd_idm_checklist.html http://www.cipherbook.com/2010/2008/08/august_22nd_idm_checklist.html announcements Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:53:09 -0600 CXR Survival (Matt L.)

Things to do:

Δ  if APDX: no assignments
Δ  if HQ/PS: read BB's "Executive Summary: Crossing the Quality Chasm..." and "The quality of health care..."
Δ  NS: read BB's "Is This Patient Malhourished", go to http://nim.unc.edu and do module
Δ  GR/CD: review AAMC's Careers in Medicine
Δ  MDM: check BB on Monday for article and patient description
Δ  if COM: waiting on Drs. Roemer/Neely email
Δ  if ELSI: no assignments
Δ  if IG: read BB's "Mind-body medicine..."
Δ  PPS3: submit journal to BB's discussion group and meded@northwestern.edu by Tuesday 7/22 (format: "Last name, First name initial, PPS III, and the Month [e.g., Smith, J. PPSIII July journal]")

Δ  Just Because: sing a broadway song to someone?

Access Tips:

Δ  PACS: Email pacs@nmh.org with full name, last 6 of SSN, and PowerChart username.
Δ  UpToDate: Email yourself an UpToDate article from the hospital and check 30-day trial box. Or go to www.nmh.org, click "Employee Login," change Access to NMConnect, and login with your PowerChart username (works best in IE).

]]> http://www.cipherbook.com/2010/2008/07/july_25th_idm_checklist.html http://www.cipherbook.com/2010/2008/07/july_25th_idm_checklist.html announcements Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:23:37 -0600 Hey everyone,

Just updated all of the sidebar links with some new sites. Of particular use will be the Northwestern M3 Main Page as well as the NMH Web Paging. In case you missed it, here's where you should be this coming Monday per your clerkship too:

M3 Clerkship Schedule

Don't forget to do your ICC/Faculty Evaluations (via the Clerkship Evaluations link at the side) and register for the IDM Careers in Medicine via Dr. LaBlance's email too.

See you all tomorrow at the White Coat Ceremony!

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]]> http://www.cipherbook.com/2010/2008/07/post_6.html http://www.cipherbook.com/2010/2008/07/post_6.html announcements Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:07:19 -0600 Hey 2010,

SBM is over! Congratulations to us, on our merry way to becoming newly minted M3's. I know everyone is getting ready to bunker down for Step 1 studying, but before you do, here are a few odds and ends that you might want to be sure are taken care of before you disappear.

   Δ SBM, PPS, STS, M2-Preceptorship Evals: click here
   Δ PBL 203 Evals: click here
   Δ MDM: turn in by June 6 if "incomplete"?
   Δ Financial Aid: all squared away?
   Δ PPD:: forms turned in?
   Δ VA: forms turned in?


And now to the USMLE Step 1 matters:

Δ  FA2008 Classic Findings: click PPTX or PPT
Δ  First Aid Corrections (firstaidteam.com): click here

Δ  WikiTestPrep (Sonal B.)
Δ  FlashcardExchange (Ellen S.)
Δ  USMLE Orientation and Practice (Oneil B.)
Δ  WebPath (Rachel F.)
Δ  Oneil Flashcards (Oneil B., Luke S., Taylor P.)
Δ  MDtruth.com Pathology

Goodluck everyone, I know you'll all rock it. See you on the other side.

-Martin

]]> http://www.cipherbook.com/2010/2008/05/sprint_to_the_finish_line.html http://www.cipherbook.com/2010/2008/05/sprint_to_the_finish_line.html announcements Sun, 18 May 2008 20:10:23 -0600 General weekend checklist to look over until school ends!

Important Dates:

   Δ MDM Exam: April 11th
   Δ Mask Fit Testing: by April 11th
   Δ Turn in MDM Final Projects: April 14th
   Δ ESS M3 Scheduling: by April 21st
   Δ M3 White Coat Sizing: by April 25st
   Δ PPD Screening: by April 30th
   Δ Unit 7 Exam: May 19th

Things to do:

Δ  MDM: do your daily homework?
Δ  PBL: (starts April 15th)
Δ  POM/VGS: do your weekly assignments?
Δ  CS: prepare for didactics or preceptor visits?
Δ  CS: sign up for your 3+ H&P visits?

Δ  USMLE-1: study, chill, relax, study?

Δ  Just Because: Don't forget that we are the most awesome class to ever grace the halls of Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. Rock it 2010.

]]> http://www.cipherbook.com/2010/2008/04/general_everyweekend_checklist.html http://www.cipherbook.com/2010/2008/04/general_everyweekend_checklist.html announcements Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:53:56 -0600 Lange Pulmonary Physiology (Ellen S.)

Things to do:

Δ  PPS: do any PPS Seminar assignments?
Δ  CS: prepare for Muscoloskeletal didactics or preceptor visits?
Δ  CS: sign up for your 3+ H&P visits?
Δ  HLU: document your Healthy Living triumphs and tragic losses?

Δ  Just Because: Make up a fun mnemonic and email it to peeps?

"Kartagener's will Kill ya with Cilia."
(defect in dynein arms = recurrent URI's, fallopian tube and sperm infertility; also known as immotile ciliary syndrome or primary ciliary dyskinesia)

]]> http://www.cipherbook.com/2010/2008/03/two_weeks_until_spring_break_w.html http://www.cipherbook.com/2010/2008/03/two_weeks_until_spring_break_w.html announcements Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:59:49 -0600 Human Heart Sounds and Murmurs (Ankur S.)
Heart Sounds and Murmurs Exam (Ankur S.)
EKG Tutorial (Ankur S.)
Pulmonary Atresia with VSD
AHA Pulmonary Atresia
Tricuspid Atresia
AHA Tricuspid Atresia

Things to do:

Δ  PPS: do any PPS Seminar assignments?
Δ  CS: prepare for Pulmonary didactics or preceptor visits?
Δ  CS: sign up for your 3+ H&P visits?
Δ  HLU: document your Healthy Living successes and dismal failures?
Δ  Other: do your FAFSA?

Δ  Just Because: YouTube "octopus vs shark" (below is "octopus camouflage")?

]]> http://www.cipherbook.com/2010/2008/03/better_finish_that_cardio_beca.html http://www.cipherbook.com/2010/2008/03/better_finish_that_cardio_beca.html announcements Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:29:29 -0600 Just in case you missed it at the Dessert Social, here was the slideshow video. Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Length: 6:45 min
Size: 19.7 MB
Music:
We the Kings - "Secret Valentine"
We the Kings - "Check Yes Juliet"

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(Neel N., "Martini Park 2/11/08, 11:30pm")]]> http://www.cipherbook.com/2010/2008/02/zolo_hero_of_the_moment_neil_b.html http://www.cipherbook.com/2010/2008/02/zolo_hero_of_the_moment_neil_b.html announcements Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:43:21 -0600

]]> http://www.cipherbook.com/2010/2008/02/no_subject_8.html http://www.cipherbook.com/2010/2008/02/no_subject_8.html announcements Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:26:05 -0600 goodluck tomorrow everybody (remember, we start at 8:30am!).

]]> http://www.cipherbook.com/2010/2008/02/spastic_colon_sundays.html http://www.cipherbook.com/2010/2008/02/spastic_colon_sundays.html announcements Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:43:34 -0600 Conjugated Bilirubin in Cholestasis (Annie K.)

Things to do:

Δ  PBL: do your PBL?
Δ  CS: prepare for Oral Presentations (no site visits)?
Δ  HLU: do Behavior readings?
Δ  2010: reserve Feb 11th @ 7:30pm for the Dessert Social?

Δ  Just Because: email someone a funny t-shirt?

]]> http://www.cipherbook.com/2010/2008/02/one_week_till_showdown.html http://www.cipherbook.com/2010/2008/02/one_week_till_showdown.html announcements Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:18:26 -0600