Article Review: Barriers to effective teaching

I think there is no better or more rewarding job than being an educator, especially in the field of Medicine.

There are, however, significant financial, societal, curricular, and environmental barriers which prevent optimally effective teaching in Medicine. In a commentary piece in Academic Medicine, the authors review the barriers and some forward-thinking recommendations for our leaders in medical academia. While the focus of the article is on undergraduate medical education, many concepts apply to graduate medical education as well.
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By Michelle Lin, MD|2016-11-11T18:58:14-08:00Mar 21, 2011|Education Articles, Medical Education|

Article Review: Emergency physicians interruptions

What exactly do ED attendings do on shift?

This novel prospective, time-motion study tracks the activities of ED attendings at 2 academic and 2 community sites. All sites used paper charting in the ED and computerized medical records for labs and radiology results.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2016-11-11T18:59:17-08:00Mar 14, 2011|Education Articles, Medical Education|

Finding the right journal for your manuscript

When writing a manuscript, how do you choose what journal to submit to? You should factor in the journal’s impact factor and your manuscript content.

At the recent CORD Academic Assembly meeting, I learned of a website which helps you decide your journal.

JANE: Journal/Author Name Estimator

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-01-28T23:04:10-08:00Mar 8, 2011|Medical Education|

EMRAP Education Podcast: Educational Resources in EM

Dr. Rob Rogers has posted his 21st podcast on EMRAP Educator’s Edition. The topic is “Educational Resources in Emergency Medicine”.

Listen to why you need to know about these resources:

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-01-28T23:05:32-08:00Feb 10, 2011|Medical Education, Social Media & Tech|

Didactic videos for rotating residents the ED

Many academic Emergency Departments are staffed by non-EM residents. Dr. Amer Aldeen and his super-star team from Northwestern created NURRC Modules (Northwestern University Rotating Resident Curriculum). These modules allow the off-service residents, who all have different schedules, to learn key EM-based topics at their own leisure and convenience.

The positive effect of the curriculum on the off-service residents’ medical knowledge was recently published in Academic Emergency Medicine

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-01-28T23:05:54-08:00Feb 8, 2011|Medical Education|

Article review: How competent do trainees feel?

It is 2 a.m. You, the resident, have just spoken to your staff/attending, who told you to do a task. You have seen one, but don’t feel comfortable doing one independently.

Will you tell your staff/attending about how you feel?
What if the patient did poorly after that?

This study examines the perception of EM trainees of their competence and adverse events and how they feel about reporting them.

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By Stella Yiu, MD|2016-11-11T18:59:30-08:00Feb 7, 2011|Education Articles, Medical Education|

School Sucks: Building a new culture of teaching and learning

In his talk (subtitled “School Sucks”), Northwestern University Physics Professor Dr. Tae describes how he would improve math and science education. While this is directed at college studies, some of the concepts are applicable to teaching Emergency Medicine.

He shares a lot of great insight, but I wanted to focus on one concept in particular:

The secret to learning = “Work your ass off until you figure it out.”

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By Rahul Patwari, MD|2019-02-19T18:08:09-08:00Feb 3, 2011|Medical Education|