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Basic Review of Wave Physics (No Math)

17 minute read

Published: November 07, 2024

This is an excerpt from a set of lesson plans I wrote a while ago for a group of (very keen) middle school science students. I am attending a cardiac ultrasound workshop tomorrow, so I dug this out of my dusty pre-medical school Obsidian vault for review. Link to associated Google Slides. Read more

3 Lessons about Anki from MS1

5 minute read

Published: May 13, 2025

Contents

• 1. Make better Anki cards
• 2. Actually practice spaced repetition.
• 3. Quality-of-life improvements in Anki.

Test for CRH-producing adenoma in Cushings Syndrome

5 minute read

Published: March 12, 2025

• Test for CRH producing adenoma in Cushings-Syndrome
  • Workup for Cushing’s Syndrome
  • Application to peripheral CRH-secreting tumours
    • Summary table
  • References

Notes on Bladder Reflexes (Jan 29)

4 minute read

Published: January 30, 2025

In an atonic bladder, reflex contractions of the detrusor muscle are typically absent or significantly reduced

Notes on Neuroradiology Jan 27

5 minute read

Published: January 29, 2025

• The bright signal seen on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) of acute infarcts persists for approximately 10 to 14 days
• Persistent areas of hypodensity in the brain after an infarct may result from gliosis or brain necrosis replaced by CSF.
• Simple definitions of T1- vs T2-weighted MRI
• DWI MRI allows visualization of acute cerebral infarcts earlier than conventional MRI
• Use of CT for detecting hemorrhage versus ischemia

Intuition for T1 vs T2 weighting in MRI

1 minute read

Published: January 27, 2025

The overall signal intensity (S) of a spin echo sequence is: \(S = K \cdot [H] \cdot (1 - e^{-TR/T1}) \cdot e^{-TE/T2}\) Read more

Basic Review of Wave Physics (No Math)

17 minute read

Published: November 07, 2024

This is an excerpt from a set of lesson plans I wrote a while ago for a group of (very keen) middle school science students. I am attending a cardiac ultrasound workshop tomorrow, so I dug this out of my dusty pre-medical school Obsidian vault for review. Link to associated Google Slides. Read more

SGLT2 inhibitor induced eDKA and Exercise induced hypoglycemia

2 minute read

Published: November 01, 2024

Table of Contents

• SGLT2 inhibition-induced euglycemic DKA
• Exercised-induced hypoglycemia in the absence of exogenous insulin or medications

Thoughts on blood pressure and renin release

4 minute read

Published: October 24, 2024

Blood pressure

Osmolarity vs Tonicity

2 minute read

Published: October 09, 2024

Tonicity is the measure of osmotic pressure gradient between two solutions

MS2.2 FFM Case Review 1

25 minute read

Published: January 29, 2026

Today, I had my first FFM (focused family medicine) session and I thought there were some cases that I wanted to review and learn more about, so I am recording my notes of these cases here. Read more

Reflecting on MS2.1 and 2025

7 minute read

Published: January 04, 2026

Contents

• My approach to studying in medical school
• Resources I found helpful
  • Comments on Anki
• Summary and Resolutions