1033 Docs in Toyland

Travel Medicine Podcast

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh round up whats new in the world of medicine, this time with an emphasis on the use of toys! Along the way they cover nostalgic children's shows, toys repurposed to medical equipment, gyroscopes, whirligigs, malaria and paper centrifuges, Lego for anesthesia and medical training, Roahld Dahl and hydrocephalus, model trains, neurosurgery and more! So sit back and relax as we explore the surprising ways toys have contributed to medicine!

Further Reading

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-016-0009

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200721/Lego-could-be-used-to-train-doctors-in-anesthetic-skills.aspx

https://www.aliem.com/idea-series-lego-residents-teach-procedural-skills/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3029661/

https://jfgm.scripts.mit.edu/littledeviceslab/publications-presentations/

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