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	<title>Medical Educator - Medical students, revise for your OSCE medical student exam with our free MCQs, EMQs, videos, podcasts, downloads.</title>
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		<title>Answer to question of the day: Suspected bells palsy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We asked you about this case of a 37 year old intravenous drug user with suspected bells palsy. And after reading his case, the diagnosis is: d. Ramsay Hunt Syndrome Firstly this is a lower motor neuron (LMN) facial (CN VII) palsy: facial weakness of the whole of the face.* Bell&#8217;s is a lower motor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tweeting into trouble</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Use social networking sites with care, says Sara Williams of the MPS. The saying goes “what happens on tour stays on tour”, but when posting online bear in mind that what happens on Twitter stays on Google forever. Doctors should exercise caution when making entries on social networking sites – the internet is not a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Tweet me on that…. Trainees in Hot Water</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the 31st of October 2011, the General Medical Council in the UK launched a consultation to produce guidelines for doctors and healthcare professionals when using social media. Why is this needed, and why now? The simple answer is &#8211; to stop you from getting into hot water when using Twitter and Social Media! Top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question of the day &#8211; suspected Bells Palsy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A 37 year old intravenous drug user is referred by his GP for a suspected Bells Palsy. On examining his inner ear there are a number of vesicles visible on his ear drum. His cranial nerve examination reveals a weakness of the whole of the left side of his face. The most likely diagnosis is: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Students, leave your gun at home&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Medical student in hot water? We always enjoy stories about medical students getting up to fun and frolics over the festive period but it seems that an unfortunate incidence at the 9/11 memorial in New York has left one medical student in the US facing jail. Meredith Graves, 39, from Tennessee apparently had a permit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Average medical student debt at £24,092</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The average medical student debt on graduation has risen from £23,909 to £24,092, the British Medical Association (BMA) reports. Photo by upsuportsmouthPoorer medical students&#8217; debts have also soared. Those from low-income backgrounds graduate over £13,000 more in debt than better off students &#8211; graduating with a projected debt of £37,588 (up from £26,324 in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why communication counts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good doctors are good communicators – it’s that simple. The more traditional “communication skills” teaching has focused on the doctor–patient relationship, yet communication between colleagues in hospital and primary care settings is equally important. Photo by Skype NomadMPS’s experience over many years is that some of the biggest mistakes in hospitals are the result of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Answer to question of the day: Neurology exam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well done to those who answered correctly, and comisserations tho those who got caught out&#8230; the correct answer to this question was: g. Guillain Barre Syndrome See why it was Guillain Barre Syndrome below. Check your hypothesis against the clinical signs: Tone any sign of UMN lesion or hypotonia (cerebellar?) NO but there is some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicaleducator.co.uk/answer-to-question-of-the-day-neurology-exam.html</link>
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		<title>Medical Educator provides revision material for the MPS Facebook Pages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MedicalEducator.co.uk has teamed up with the Medical Protection Society to offer some free OSCE revision resources for their new Facebook pages. Best of all the resources are completely free, and require no login. One of our testing medical students said the following about the resources: “They are simple to use, well-structured and take you through [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicaleducator.co.uk/medical-educator-provides-revision-material-for-the-mps-facebook-pages.html</link>
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		<title>Question of the day: Neurology exam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A 44 year old builder presents with weakness over the past 48 hours. A neurological exam reveals the following (N=normal): Upper Limbs Lower Limbs Right Left Right Left Tone N reduced N N Power (MRC) 4/5 4/5 3/5 4/5 Coordination N N N N Sensation Fine touch Proprioception N N N N N N N [...]]]></description>
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