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

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.

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By Javier Benitez, MD|2018-10-28T21:19:03-07:00Aug 2, 2012|Medical Education|

Video: A primer on social media (ICEM 2012)

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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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-01-28T22:17:45-08:00Jul 27, 2012|Medical Education, Social Media & Tech|

Top 10 tips to building a productive academic team

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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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-01-28T22:21:18-08:00Jun 18, 2012|Medical Education|

Twitter conference notes: High Risk EM and Gaming Symposium

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

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-01-28T22:20:23-08:00May 25, 2012|Medical Education, Social Media & Tech|

KidsCareEverywhere-Vietnam study findings: SAEM 2012 meeting

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%!

By Michelle Lin, MD|2016-11-11T18:44:53-08:00May 16, 2012|Medical Education|

TED video: The happy secret to better work

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.”

By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-01-28T22:19:41-08:00Apr 30, 2012|Medical Education|

Resuscitation 2012 conference

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.

By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-01-28T22:22:20-08:00Apr 26, 2012|Medical Education|