The Debrief blog

What you learn on the wards, and how to keep it.

Evidence-based notes on memory, learning, and clinical training. Read the science, then debrief your day before it fades.

  1. Your residency application starts on the wards

    The best material for your ERAS application is the patient you saw this week. What to capture on rotations so you're not reconstructing a year under deadline.

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  2. Why you remember the patient but forget the lecture

    The cases that move you are the ones you keep. Here is the science of emotion and memory in clinical training, and what to do with the rest before it fades.

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