Whats Appening….1000 bronchologists and growing! posted on 2017-10-22
More than 1000 enthusiastic and forward-thinking users from 29 countries are benefiting from dozens of instant conversations and data sharing opportunities using the internet-based, cross-platform messaging service ‘Whats App’. This phenomenon is changing how bronchoscopists and interventional pulmonologists from around the world share educational information. ‘Whats App’ is a freeware, internet-based, cross-platform messaging service for [Read More]
Pillars of Knowledge 4+1 posted on 2017-10-02
I recently finished yet another (my third) reading of Roshi Philip Kapleau’s Three Pillars of Zen (Random House, 1980). This well known text is more than a simple introduction to Zen Buddhism, covering many facets of Zen practice and training. It was written almost forty years ago by one of the founding fathers of Zen [Read More]
Become a better teacher than your teacher posted on 2017-09-16
I have had the privilege of conducting more than 25 Train the Trainer workshops in over a dozen countries in the past five years. During these seminars, experienced educators share experiences, learn to use competency-oriented training materials such as checklists and assessment tools, master step-by-step teaching techniques for inspection bronchoscopy, and familiarize themselves with coaching [Read More]
Perception as an instrument of change posted on 2017-09-03
Perception (definition): a way of regarding, understanding, or interpreting something; a mental impression It doesn’t take a scientific study to say that practicing in a model is preferable to learning to perform medical procedures on patient after patient during on-the-job medical training. Yet few national bronchology societies purchase airway models to train their members. Indeed, [Read More]
Feelings are important posted on 2017-08-15
Oscar Wilde wrote that “experience is the name that everyone gives to their mistakes” (Lady Windemere’s Fan, Act III, 1892). Just as we are not expected to become champion tennis players without hours of physical training, coaching, and careful attention to our head game, doctors should not be expected to become competent bronchoscopists simply by [Read More]