For some of my lectures I like to use a technique I call “Seder Style.” I adopted the style from the greatest teaching success I know, the teaching of the exodus of Egypt during the Passover holiday. If you ask a typical secular American Jew about Rosh Hashanah or Purim he will be able to give you a short answer about its meaning and underlying story, but if you ask about Passover they will be able to give a detailed and in-depth explanation that could fill out most of 10,000 word research tome. Why is Passover different? It’s because of the Passover Seder, a multi-media, interactive teaching experience performed one or two times during Passover. This is what I try to re-create during my small group sessions. Each student reads a paragraph or two and I comment, question and stimulate interaction. The study guide we read from is called the Haggadah.
You can download the handouts in one of three formats.
- The Pages document is the native, editable file so you can customize the handout to your preference. You will need Pages for iOS or Mac OS X to open these files. If you make signifigant changes send me a note at joel.topf@gmail.com. I always enjoy hearing how people modify and enhance the material.
- PDF. This is a straight copy of the primary document which is perfect for printing or viewing on an iPad.
- PDF booklet. This is a PDF with the pages reordered so that when printed double sided can be folded into a cute little booklet perfect to slip into a white coat pocket.
An introduction to sodium and water
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Fluid and Electrolyte Board Review questions
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Acid-Base work book
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Piss and Pus
Piss and Pus (unfinished handout on Hep B and Hep C associated kidney disease, ultimatly I want to add HIV and possibly a bit on post infectious GN) PDF (8.2 MB) Pages document (9.1 MB) ...
Rhabdomyolysis, a case report
Rhabdomyolysis, a case report PDF (1 MB) Pages document (1 MB) 10 8.5×11 pages with a cover ...
GFR, MDRD and K/DOQI CKD stages
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Adventures in Renal Imaging Haggadah
Adventures in Renal Imaging Haggadah (phosphate nephropathy, nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, contrast nephropathy) PDF (3 MB) Pages document (4 MB) 32 5.5×8.5 pages with a front and back cover, introduction, and table of contents ...
The Calcium Haggadah
The Calcium Haggadah PDF (11 MB) Pages document (44 MB) 28 5.5×8.5 pages with a front and back cover, introduction, and table of contents ...
The Potassium Haggadah
The Potassium Haggadah PDF Pages document (22 MB) 28 5.5×8.5 pages with a front and back cover, introduction, and table of contents ...
The Body Water and Dysnatremia Haggadahs
The Body Water and Dysnatremia Haggadahs This is the one I use for third year med students. Updated in 2020 with the SMARTly and SALT-ED data fluids, diuretics and body water (booklet, PDF) fluids, diuretics and body water (pdf) Pages document Sodium and Water (PDF) Pages Document ...
The Acute Kidney Injury Haggadah
The Acute Kidney Injury Haggadah PDF (37 MB) Pages document (39 MB) 28 8.5×11 pages with a cover, introduction, table of contents and answers Updated Feb 2024 Some really intelligent feedback from Swap Lots of work! Great handout butFacile, really? TMI: who wants MS3 to know about relevance ...
The Acid Base Haggadah
PDF (5 MB) Pages document (8 MB) iBook (10.5 MB) iBook file (22.8 MB) for iAuthor 27 8.5×11 pages with a cover, introduction, table of contents and answers March 2010: Minor changes to delta gap June 2011: Fixed error in Metabolic alkalosis (thanks Rakesh Lattupalli) and some spelling ...