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Published in: Pediatric Radiology 10/2020

01-09-2020 | Commentary

Emotional engagement in learning through humor and storytelling

Author: George A. Taylor

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 10/2020

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Excerpt

Early in my career, I spent much of my time as a pediatric trauma radiologist. One of the cases that has stayed with me was a young boy who came in to the hospital with increasing abdominal pain after a handlebar injury. He had taken his older brother’s bike without permission and delayed telling his parents about his pain for fear of worse retribution from his brother. The only finding on his abdominal CT scan was a 3-mm bubble of gas located anterior to the surface of the liver. After discussing the finding with his surgeon, he was prepped for a laparotomy. …
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Metadata
Title
Emotional engagement in learning through humor and storytelling
Author
George A. Taylor
Publication date
01-09-2020
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Pediatric Radiology / Issue 10/2020
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-020-04729-7

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