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Let's get a list going.

 

For internal, a must-know is What differentiates JVP from carotid.

A. JVP is multiphasic, occludable, non-palpable, decr with inspiration, decr with position.

 

In lap chole, was asked to name cystic artery, cystic duct, and calot's node.

 

In any ortho surgery, describe the fracture.

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Pimping is bad teaching.

 

Actually, its not teaching at all. It's arbitrary testing.

Depends what you consider pimping. Pimping to me is asking someone obscure stuff that has no educational value just to make the 'pimper' sound smart. If you quiz someone about important stuff, you give them a chance to show their knowledge, and you don't belittle someone by teaching something they already knew.

 

Some questions in IM that seem to come up all the time:

indications for dialysis

differential + workup for hyponatremia

Early goal directed therapy for sepsis

Antimicrobials for different types of pneumonia (CAP outpt vs inhospital vs hospital acquired etc)

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to add to the list:

 

charcot's triad

reynolds pentad

causes of AGMA

layers of the abdominal wall

approach to edema

ECGs are easy to pimp on (eg. S1Q3T3 for PE)

tx of UTI vs pyelonephritis

approach to acute renal failure

SIRS criteria

 

...that's all I can think of for now.

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