JULY Editorial

The answer to the JUNE Case of the Month is:
ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA OF THE TRACHEA

The JULY Case of the Month is that of a 44 y.o. HIV+ man  with skin lesions and a persistent cough.

At FSFB-CIDER we are in the process of updating our e-Book Pulmonary Radiology: Basic Concepts. This month’s Show and Tell Section presents the new chapter on the
MEDIASTINUM.

We invite you to enter the e-Book Section and Navigate the first SIX Chapters published of this 2nd Edition of our e-Book.

If you have an iPhone/iPod Touch, a Blackberry Storm, or an Android (Gphone) you will be able to access the Case of the Month Section at our address www.fsfbcider.org. For iPhone/iPod owners (Click) on the Mobile Phone Section for further instructions.

NB: The new address to the
www.fsfbcider.org

*CIDER is an integral part of FSFB, a private non profit Colombian organization.

“We are convinced that access to reliable medical knowledge should be freely available on the Internet.”

The FSFB-CIDER Editorial Board.

Lifelong Learning

All our programs at CIDER are based on the Lifelong Learning process. Lifelong Learning insures the solid acquisition of knowledge. It places the student in the center of the learning adventure, and makes him responsible for his education. The exacting tutor becomes a mentor to the student. Emphasis shifts from memorizing facts to understanding concepts. “Solo cramming”, and competitive testing are replaced by expressive sharing, and self-evaluation. The concept of Lifelong Learning is no stranger to medicine. Abraham Flexner’s writings(1), and The Yale System of Medical Education(2), are early Twentieth Century examples.

1.Flexner A. Medical Education. A comparative study. New York, NY: The Macmillan Company; 1925. p. 181-186.

2.The Yale System of medical education.
http://medicine.yale.edu/education/
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