[11.05.2025] Updated content, Malleus Clinical Medicine (AU/NZ)/Stapedius, ID 3985889

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@mohsenz22 this is a bit of a rough one … I’m not convinced we need one here?

@braviboron Honestly the only reason I made one was because someone had written that ‘a mnemonic should be made for this card’ in the extra. I’d argue that having it in the extra just makes it an option for those who want to use it and is unobtrusive to those who don’t. If it clutters the extra too much we could just throw it in the additional notes. The list is a bit long so having an optional mnemonic wouldn’t hurt. You’re right in that the mnemonic is convoluted though lol, I’ll try and see if I could come up with anything more simple.

@mohsenz22 yes thanks for the effort. I am half inclined to make this one low yield and call it a day. Happy to keep it there for now. @Stapedius thoughts? I kind of think these extremely low yield cards are for < 1% of people and we can leave it for them if they want it, but we don’t need to spend much time on making it easier to learn.

@mohsenz22 @braviboron Personally I think the card itself is moderate yield (I certainly think this was tested in PassMed). I think recognising ‘red flag signs’ is actually quite useful in clinical practice but actually learning the list off by heart is not, hence why I think the mnemonic is fairly useless, but why I think the card should stay. In my opinion I think this sort of niche mnemonic should be reserved to the ‘personal notes’ field that is protected, especially if it has “unique memory” value.

I think that’s fair and reasonable @Stapedius . @mohsenz22 if you’re happy with that maybe we can move it to personal notes. If you come up with something beautiful feel free to resubmit but I it’s not a huge priority obviously.

@braviboron @stapedius Oh yeah most definitely. Like I said, I only made it because someone had requested a mnemonic in the extra.

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