TURP animation video

Next time you will remember TURP (Trans Urethral Resection of Prostrate) better if you watch this video :-)

Study embryology with interactive flash animations

This is a wonderful site to study human embryology with running animations (Click on play button over the top left side of animation to see the animation) : http://www.indiana.edu/~anat550/genanim/latfold/latfold.swf

Myasthenia gravis:Use of Edrophonium and Pyridostigmine

Often you get confused between the use of these two drugs in MG. Remember:

• eDrophonium is used to Diagnose Myastenia gravis
• pyRIDostigmine is used to get RID of symptoms

Various picture mnemonics

These are various sample visual mnemonics from http://pictorialmnemonics.com/Sample_Mnemonics.html

Action of medial and lateral pterygoid muscles

Medial pterygoid closes your mouth - When you say "M" you have to close your mouth.
Lateral pterygoid opens your mouth - When you say "L" you have to open your mouth.

Medical scrambled word game for better memory

More scrambled words at StudyStack.com

Solve Medical Crossword

For people interested in quiz and / crossword solving, here's a very good idea. Solve a medical crossword. When solving the crossword, you tend to think a lot. At last when you finally get the right word, you won't forget that fact again. Also this game helps you to remember the spelling better. Try the crosswords below to get started:
http://o2demand.com/crossword.html

Flashcards and educational games by StudyStack

Drugs causing hepatic necrosis

Remember "Very Angry Hepatocytes":
Valproic acid
Acetaminophen
Halothane

Order of closure of heart valves

Remember " Heart is a Mighty TAP which closes in this order":
The order of closure of heart valves is Mitral - Tricuspid - Aortic - Pulmonary.

Download TopDoc - medical info provider software from Vanmu.com

This is a very useful FREE software to search, refer the normal lab values etc etc, fully customised for medicos. It is very hard to get such free software nowadays. All thanks to Vanumu.com for providing it. More apps for your iPhone can be reviewed / downloaded from http://vanumu.com/apps/.

Adhesion Molecules involved in Cancer Pathology

To remember the adhesion molecules involved in invasion by local cancer cells remember FeViCoL:
FibronEctin
VImentin
COllagen
Laminin

How to use your computer to study Anatomy : Dissection softwares

3D visualisation makes things very simple. A 3D is worth 3,000 words :-). So get hold of such a software as this while you study anatomy. Anatomy clearly requiresv a good spacial oriental to grasp the subject.
See this video here to know what I mean.
Take your anatomy textbook, read a topic and see the actual orientation using this customisable 3D view software. This software can be accessed online at a subscription fee. However, this is not thev only software out there.
Adams interactive anatomy  and Direct anatomy are alternatives.
If you want to get true anatomy pictures, here's a FREE ONLINE ANATOMY DISSECTOR site which gives step by step dissection as you do in your first year.
Well, if you want frog / cat / rat / cockroach dissections, try this website or get links of lots of biology dissections HERE.
To watch VIDEOS OF DISSECTION CLICK HERE (You need to install quicktime player).

Download lots of medical notes in .doc and other formats

If you are searching for medical notes, this is a must have! Lots of notes medical categorised, most of them in .doc format can be downloaded and printed out. Very useful notes from Raymond Cheong, MD/PhD student at Johns Hopkins University, currently working in the lab of Dr. Andre Levchenko in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

First year medical notes:
Molecules and Cells
Immunology
Developmental Biology
Human Anatomy
Neuroscience & Psychiatry
Epidemiology
Organ Systems

Second year medical notes:
Section 1 - Intro, Neoplasia, Blood
Section 2 - Infectious Disease
Section 3 - Immunology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Bone, Dermatology, Ophthalmology
Section 4 - Cardiology, Renal
Section 5 - Lung, Neurology, Pain
Section 6 - GI, Liver
Section 7 Reproduction, Sex, Psychiatry, Drugs, Shock, Geriatrics
General Resources - Clinical Skills, Pathology, Miscellaneous

Scarlet fever : Mnemonic notes

This mnemonic note was sent to me by Khairul Anwar (Thank you very much for the second mnemonic!). It's a really good mnemonic he has tried to remember many facts using the 'S'.