Strong Medicine Courses

Summary Statements and Semantic Qualifiers - Strong Diagnosis

Learn to use semantic qualifiers to make patient case summaries concise while preserving details that shape diagnostic reasoning.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Diagnostic Frameworks and Differential Diagnoses

A discussion of how diagnostic frameworks and key features help clinicians formulate accurate differential diagnoses.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

An Approach to Acute Abdominal Pain

A clinical approach to acute abdominal pain that uses illness scripts and comparison to identify urgent causes and a possible surgical abdomen.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Blood Types - An Introduction to the ABO and Rh Systems

Explains how ABO and Rh blood groups are inherited and why they matter in transfusions and pregnancy.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

An Approach to Headache

A clinical framework for distinguishing tension headaches from migraines and recognizing headache red flags that warrant neuroimaging.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Thrombocytopenia: Hemostasis

Compare major causes of thrombocytopenia, with a focus on DIC, TTP, and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Acute Kidney Injury - Diagnostic Evaluation

Learn how laboratory results and urine measurements help identify the cause of acute kidney injury, including distinctions between prerenal and intrarenal injury.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Most Published Medical Research is Wrong

How bias, publication practices, random error, and conflicts of interest can undermine medical research findings—and recommendations for improving reliability.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Advanced EKGs - Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

Learn to recognize preexcitation on ECG and localize accessory pathways in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, including arrhythmias such as AVRT and atrial fibrillation.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Study in Medical School

Effective medical-school studying often feels harder than rereading: retrieval practice, spaced repetition, and varied practice challenge intuition about how learning works.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Advanced EKGs - The QT Interval and Long QT Syndrome

A focused look at the nuances of measuring the QT interval and recognizing its prolongation, including long QT syndrome and torsades de pointes.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Anticoagulation & Thrombolytics: Hemostasis

Explains how anticoagulants and thrombolytics act across the coagulation cascade, including reversal and effects on coagulation tests.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Asthma and COPD: Acute Exacerbations

Explains how to recognize and treat acute asthma and COPD flare-ups, including peak-flow assessment, breathing support, oxygen risks, and antibiotic choices.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Asthma and COPD: Stable Disease - Diagnosis and Management

An overview of diagnosing, staging, and treating stable asthma and COPD, including indications for selected medications.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

IV Fluid Resuscitation

Learn how clinicians select and administer IV fluids for shock, using responsiveness tests and comparing crystalloid, colloid, saline, and balanced solutions.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video