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How to prepare for the OSCE: a practical guide
What the OSCE really tests, the four skills that score, an eight-week preparation plan and the mistakes examiners see most often.
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Spaced repetition: the science of not forgetting in medical school
The forgetting curve, the testing effect and the spacing effect: what the largest studies of learning techniques say, and how to apply them in medical school.
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Clinical practice
PCOS in the 2023 international guideline: seven things every student should know
Rotterdam criteria kept, AMH as an alternative to ultrasound, separate rules for adolescents, metabolic and mental-health risk and the order of treatment — the essentials of the 2023 international PCOS guideline.
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Clinical practice
Clinical reasoning: how experienced doctors think, and how to learn it
Dual-process thinking, illness scripts, the one-sentence problem representation and the main causes of diagnostic error — and how to train all of it with cases.
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Technology and AI
AI in medical education: what works, and what to be careful about
Simulated patients, immediate feedback and adaptive questions — where AI genuinely helps; fabricated references, patient data and deskilling — where to be careful. With the WHO principles.
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Medical industry
Antimicrobial resistance: what a young doctor can do today
The global scale, the WHO AWaRe classification and seven habits of responsible prescribing — the fight against antimicrobial resistance starts with every prescription.
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