About Michelle Lin, MD

ALiEM Founder and CEO
Professor and Digital Innovation Lab Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

New guest blogger: Dr. Hans Rosenberg

Let’s make it official. Dr. Hans Rosenberg has been contributing great content for this site. We’re honored to have him officially join our blogging team!

Dr. Rosenberg did his residency at the University of Ottawa, graduating in 2009. He now works at the Ottawa Hospital Emergency Department as a Consultant Staff Physician and is an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa. His interests in medical education are specifically related to our interaction with technology and how we use it to learn, educate and improve our practice of Emergency Medicine.

By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-09-10T14:04:22-07:00Jul 29, 2011|Life|

“Your perceived failure can become a catalyst for profound reinvention.”
“No specific job or career goal defines me, and it should not define you.”
— Conan O’Brien

I found this inspirational 2011 graduation speech by Conan O’Brien at Dartmouth College. It is a great mix of silly, witty, inspirational, and profound. Check it out. For those in Medicine and medical training, your dreams may change over time… and that’s ok.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-01-28T22:36:32-08:00Jul 28, 2011|Medical Education|

Trick of the Trade: Making a beanie hat

Scalp lacerations are a common condition in the Emergency Department. Some require no bandage over once the injury is repaired. Because the scalp is so vascular, others require a pressure dressing over the site to minimize hematoma formation.

How do you bandage these patients? It is difficult to secure any wrap or square gauze over the site, because the head is round and the hair is slippery.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-01-28T22:36:18-08:00Jul 27, 2011|Tricks of the Trade|

It has just been announced that the upcoming 2012 SAEM annual meeting will feature a full-day Consensus Conference on Education Research in Emergency Medicine. In the past, Consensus Conferences have focused on such areas as “Interventions to Assure Quality in the Crowded Emergency Department” and “The Science of Simulation in Healthcare: Defining and Developing Clinical Expertise”.

There’s introductory information on the SAEM Facebook page. The format is a bit cluttered, so I am reposting here below:

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2016-11-11T18:52:37-08:00Jul 26, 2011|Medical Education|

Article review: Message for new generation of educators

An interesting article was published in Medical Education which you don’t see too often in journals. It’s a first-person reflective account of Dr. Ronald Harden’s long and internationally well-regarded career in medical education. No p-value. No sample size calculation. His experiences and lessons learned provide great insight. Here’s his advice to current and future educators.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2016-11-15T22:25:03-08:00Jul 25, 2011|Education Articles, Medical Education|

Paucis Verbis: Diagnostic testing tips for acute abdominal pain

In the most recent EM Clinics of North America publication, Dr. Panebianco et al. discussed the evidence behind diagnostic tests for acute abdominal pain. There were some really great teaching points in this broad-reaching topic.

My favorite pearl: A 3-way acute abdominal series is too insensitive to rule-out any major acute causes of abdominal pain with confidence. So stop ordering them routinely. If you are worried about a perforated viscus, order an upright chest x-ray instead — more accurate and less radiation.

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Reference

Panebianco N, Jahnes K, Mills A. Imaging and laboratory testing in acute abdominal pain. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2011;29(2):175-93, vii. [PubMed]

By Michelle Lin, MD|2021-10-12T16:23:35-07:00Jul 22, 2011|ALiEM Cards, Gastrointestinal, Radiology|

One of my favorite blogs, Better in Emergency Medicine, by Dr. Rob Cooney reviewed the 1991 article entitled “The Ten Commandments in Emergency Medicine”. These commandments are timeless and still hold true today. Rob gives a helpful review of each commandment’s relevance in today’s ED.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2016-11-11T18:52:37-08:00Jul 21, 2011|Medical Education|

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