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Thinking about each patient in particular and their environment is what allows us to think outside the box

DR. CARLOS GIORDANA

The Argentine cardiologist from Córdoba, Dr. Carlos Giordana, is a tenacious user of the Practicum Script clinical simulation platform. At the age of 42, he is the Head of the Cardiology Division of the Hospital Misericordia Nuevo Siglo, a position he combines with his practice at the Reina Fabiola University Clinic. He is also part of the teaching staff at the National University of Córdoba as an assistant professor. The 30 cases "have helped me experience real clinical cases of a wide variety of situations, offering an online opportunity for learning and deciding which approaches to take, comparing these approaches with those chosen by experts."

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It is very well structured, with a clinical foundation for the development of practical approaches to diagnoses and treatments

DR. VICENTE MIRÓ PALAU

Dr. Vicente Miró Palau, a physician in charge of the Ischemic Heart Disease and Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit at La Fe Hospital in Valencia (Spain), to which he has dedicated his career after residency, is a distinct user of the simulation platform Practicum Script Cardiology. His indicators prove that: 85% of coincidences in scenarios and 90% in hypotheses. In his favor is the fact that he audited a couple of cases for the course. From this position and as a resident preceptor and professor at the University of Valencia, he relies on the simulator as a method to develop medical criteria.

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It is very hard to say 'I do not know;' to exercise thinking skills is to help horizontal reasoning

DR. JUAN PABLO ESCALANTE 

The 35-year-old Argentine Juan Pablo Escalante has been a physician since 2008 and has spent four years teaching residents. He is specialized in heart failure (HF) and transplant and pulmonary hypertension (HP), and is a former member of the Heart Institute in São Paulo (Brazil) and Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles (USA). Upon his return from abroad, he participated in a prominent transplant in Argentina. Currently, he directs the HF service of the Cardiovascular Institute of Rosario and serves in the HF and HP Committee of the Argentine Federation of Cardiology. He sees Practicum Script as “an innovative way to learn, making it more real and applicable.”

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It helps us to be self-critical and up-to-date, and to anticipate future actions

DR. PAOLA COURTADE

"I work as a clinical cardiologist at the Ventura Lloveras Hospital, a center in the suburbs of San Juan, and I am also employed at Cimac, a private clinic where I practice in the areas of sports, smoking cessation, and stress test." This is the professional profile of the Argentine physician Paola Courtade. She informs us that in addition to having done a postgraduate course in sports medicine and cardiovascular rehabilitation, she is the head of Semiology practices at the Catholic University of Cuyo. She also integrates several FAC committees and carries out cardiovascular prevention campaigns, which led her to win an award from the Medifé Foundation in 2013. That same year, together with FAC and its then-president, Dr. D'Ovidio, she authored a paper on ventricular myxoma in a young woman with recurrent stroke.

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Testimonies

Congratulations for doing this type of continuing medical education course that leads to activate clinical reasoning. It is crucial especially when you do not attend public hospitals, where paraclinical costs are provided, and your are a first contact physician.

Dr. Juan Manuel Zaragoza Michel

Pediatrician at Clínica Médica Morealia in Michoacán de Ocampo (México)

These courses are amazing and over the years have had variants that have improved our learning capacity and help us a lot in our daily practice. I also thank the bibliography that Practicum provides for the differential diagnoses. I have taken all the courses. This has motivated me to take courses from the most prestigious universities in the world through Coursera and Edx.

Dr. José Luis Campos Pahua

Pediatrician in charge of his own practice in Zitácuaro (Michoacán de Ocampo, Mexico

From the beginning it seemed to me like an excellent tool to keep in shape of pediatric medical knowledge. Its system is very pleasant and dynamic and makes you think of each answer by applying the knowledge you already acquired during your professional practice, as well as by supporting yourself in the comments of the teachers who direct the subject. I highly recommend it and I hope Practicum keeps expanding their experience in this way to all pediatric physicians in the country.

Dr. Alfredo Isas Vázquez

Pediatrician at Hospital San José in Monterrey (Mexico)

Excellent support for all those involved in the health of our patients. It encourages us to continue updating ourselves to be more accurate and confident in our daily medical practice. Thank you for this opportunity that we are taking advantage of every day to enrich our knowledge for the complete well-being of our population.

Dr. Salvador Caballero Dimas

It makes me rethink about my attitude and safety in daily medical practice.

Dr. José L. Suárez

Head of the Cardiology Internment Room of the Hospital General de Agudos

I consider it is a practical method, quick and simple to get feedback on our knowledge, since often time flies and we can't be up to date as we would like. 

Dr. Rogelio Ochoa Aldana

Pediatrician, Sinaloa (Mexico)

It doesn't matter if I read that the experts' opinions are concordant with mine; in the end, what you get out of it is a lot of training. Remember that we physicians will always have discrepant opinions and the gray area in medicine is always very wide, so the most important thing is that day to day we keep our minds open to learning and knowing other physicians' or groups of physicians' opinions about particular cases.

Dr. Miguel Olivares Alcocer

Pediatrician, Guanajuato (Mexico)

I consider it is a very entertaining and interesting methodology; the comments of the experts help to consider the patients from a practical point of view. As the program progresses, the method of thinking in the diagnostic and therapeutic process changes.

Dr. Jacqueline Fierro Jara

Gastroenterologist pediatrician (Chile)

I really enjoyed this activity. It has helped me to reflect on innovative training strategies in medical education.

Dr. Carlos José Jaramillo

Professor in Cardiology. Medicine Faculty at Universidad de Antioquia in Medellín (Colombia)

Excellent continuous medical training tool, which promotes the flexibility of reasoning when facing the patient. It is an excellent exercise in clinical analysis.

Dr. Norma Isela Ramírez

Great. Even if I didn't reach 100 score points during the resolution of the cases, the objective is to learn. I appreciate the opportunity to complete this course, the cases are very well designed.

Dr. Ricardo Guraieb Ibarrola

Pediatrician at American British Cowdray Hospital in Distrito Federal (Mexico)

It is a challenge to think quickly and coherently. It speeds up your reasoning and links your theoretical and practical knowledge together. It is an excellent exercise. It is important for me to see how the more I practice, the quicker and better I respond

Dr. Ofelia R. Casas

Pediatrician and neonatologist. Argentina

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