Sarah Philp asked if I would post some of the teaching pictures I use as visual aids in clinical visits. I have a handful that I use a lot to support concepts or practices that are hard to explain. I've included these below.
I also use the MyEpic links to get me quickly to references I use during visits: BMJ clinical evidence, cardiac risk calculator, the GHC formulary, and FirstConsult.
Here are my teaching images:
Neti Pot. I'm a neti pot zealot, and recommend these sinus rinses to almost everyone with a nose. It is easier to show people pictures--first of the sinuses, then of someone using a neti pot--than to try to explain it. There are lots of pictures online, and some interesting YouTube neti pot videos, but I use this image: http://paxarcana.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/neti_pot.jpg
Sinuses. This is a nice lateral view of the sinuses, which I use mostly as supporting photo for the inevitable neti pot recommendation. http://www.sinusinfocenter.com/images/SinusPollenLarge.jpg
Eustachian tubes. I use this to help teach about ear pain, and dizziness. It is animated, but not helpfully so.
http://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/anatomy/images/Middle-Ear-Pressure.gif
Male GU. Helpful in explaining the prostate and why BPH does what it does. http://www.rush.edu/rumc/images/ei_0327.gif
Diet plate. I'm not sure how I really feel about this one. I was looking for a simple kind of diagram to drive home the concept "eat mostly plants" for thos who ask questions about dieting. My hope is to simplify the complicated mess that complicated diet books push on people. This image doesn't quite do what I want, it's too busy, but it is a reasonable teaching tool. http://www.food.gov.uk/images/pagefurniture/eatwellplatelarge.jpg.
I add and remove images regularly, depending on what kinds of things I think I want visual aids to teach. I use Google Images for searches.
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