The essay of all essays: The Biology of Emergency Medicine (1 of 2)

By |Aug 2, 2012|Categories: Medical Education|3 Comments

This post is based on one of the most interesting articles I have ever read in EM. The article written by Dr. Peter Rosen in 1979 and published in The Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians (later become Annals of Emergency Medicine) is a landmark piece. It defines the specialty with so much precision that even contemporary authors find very little discrepancy of what Dr. Rosen wrote and the state of EM in present time. [+]

Video: A primer on social media (ICEM 2012)

By |Jul 27, 2012|Categories: Medical Education, Social Media & Tech|Tags: |0 Comments

At the recent International Conference in Emergency Medicine (ICEM), the professorial Dr. Mike Cadogan (Life In The Fast Lane) gave a talk on Social Media in Medicine. Thanks to Dr. Andy Neill (Emergency Medicine Ireland) for recording this. See below for the 36 minute video. Well worth a watch. [+]

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Top 10 tips to building a productive academic team

By |Jun 18, 2012|Categories: Medical Education|Tags: , |0 Comments

 I have been meaning to share this list of great tips about building a productive academic team. Major projects often require an interdisciplinary team of experts who are equally motivated towards a shared goal. I was recently at the 2012 Society of Academic Emergency Medicine where Dr. William McGaghie gave an inspiring CDEM keynote speech. He has been on a myriad of successful academic teams and he shared with us his top 10 list of pearls for team-building. [+]

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Twitter conference notes: High Risk EM and Gaming Symposium

By |May 25, 2012|Categories: Medical Education, Social Media & Tech|4 Comments

Yesterday, I attended two fantastic conferences and so wasn’t able to make a new Paucis Verbis card: UCSF High Risk Emergency Medicine UCSF Gaming and Learning Symposium [+]

Shuhan He, MD
ALiEM Senior Systems Engineer;
Director of Growth, Strategic Alliance Initiative, Center for Innovation [+]
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KidsCareEverywhere-Vietnam study findings: SAEM 2012 meeting

By |May 16, 2012|Categories: Medical Education|Tags: , |0 Comments

  I recently had the pleasure of presenting our KidsCareEverywhere-Vietnam team's study findings at the national SAEM meeting in Chicago. Bottom line Despite knowing English as a second language, Vietnamese physicians were able to easily navigate an English-based, clinical decision support software (PEMSoft) after only a brief 80-minute training session, conducted by non-physicians. Their post-test exam scores improved by 84%!  

TED video: The happy secret to better work

By |Apr 30, 2012|Categories: Medical Education|Tags: , |0 Comments

If you have a few minutes, take a listen to this rather humorous and thought-provoking TED video about the "intersection of human potential, success, and happiness". The speaker, Shawn Achor, is the CEO of Good Think Inc, a Cambridge-based consulting firm which researches positive outliers -- people who are well above average, and author of "The Happiness Advantage". “If we study what is merely average, we will remain merely average.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLJsdqxnZb0

Resuscitation 2012 conference

By |Apr 26, 2012|Categories: Medical Education|3 Comments

What are you doing the rest of this week? Hop on a plane to Las Vegas and join me at the 2012 Resuscitation conference. It looks to be a great conference. I'll be giving a 3-hour (!) discussion session on "Tips and Tricks in Emergency Medicine" on Friday. Inevitably when I given this talk, I always come away with great ideas from the audience. I'll be sure to write them down and share on the blog.

Hot off the Press: Talking about Web 2.0 in Emergency Medicine

By |Apr 8, 2012|Categories: Medical Education, Social Media & Tech|Tags: , |2 Comments

I am humbled to be included and quoted in a recent Annals of EM commentary about Web 2.0 in Emergency Medicine. Hey, my "street credibility" just went up just by having my name in the same article with the likes of: Mike Cadogan (Life in the Fast Lane) Joe Lex (Free Emergency Medicine Talks) Chris Nickson (Life in the Fast Lane) Cliff Reid (ResusMe) Scott Weingart (EMCrit) You can read the whole article, which is free to download by the journal.

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Video: Khan Academy and digital whiteboards

By |Mar 19, 2012|Categories: Medical Education, Social Media & Tech|Tags: |0 Comments

Dr. Rob Rogers (University of Maryland) is at it again with another brilliant installment of his Medical Education Videos. This 10-minute video covers the Khan Academy and how you too can create an interactive digital whiteboard for education. He talks about Doceri ($50 single-user access) and Splashtop ($19.99 for the iPad app). [+]

Article review: New assessment method for medical students – A Script Concordance Test

By |Feb 13, 2012|Categories: Education Articles, Medical Education|7 Comments

What different ways can we assess learners? This fascinating study assesses a new tool – Script Concordance Test (SCT).   Assessing clinical reasoning skills in scenarios of uncertainty: Convergent validity for a Script Concordance Test in an Emergency Medicine clerkship and residency   [+]

Shuhan He, MD
ALiEM Senior Systems Engineer;
Director of Growth, Strategic Alliance Initiative, Center for Innovation and Digital Health
Massachusetts General Hospital;
Chief Scientific Officer, Conductscience.com
Shuhan He, MD