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Today, the ALiEM team presented the Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) Series to the world at the 2014 International Conference on Residency Education. Along with student-researcher Daneilla Dmitri, I represented the team to describe the digitally engaging and educationally grounded environment that we have created in our monthly MEdIC cases. It was an honor to present our work at this international forum and to be featured as one of the Top 5 What Works presentations. In coordination with our presentation, we are releasing our first FREE MEdIC e-book!

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By Teresa Chan, MD, MHPE|2026-06-16T16:06:27-07:00Oct 25, 2014|MEdIC series, Social Media & Tech|

MEdIC Series | The Case of the Debriefing Debacle

Welcome back again this week to the Medical Education in Cases series. Last month we had a record breaking number of people join us for the case discussion, and we hope you will come back and share your thoughts with this one.

This month’s case centers upon Dr. Berner and his student Melanie as they both go through a Cardiac Arrest case. Consider their story and think about how you might approach this case.

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By Teresa Chan, MD, MHPE|2017-01-20T12:30:39-08:00Oct 24, 2014|MEdIC series|

ALiEM Bookclub: When Doctors Don’t Listen

“So what does this ideal medical care look like? The great Tip O’Neill, himself a Boston man, used to say, ‘All politics is local.’ We believe in its corollary, that all medicine is personal. The world of better medicine starts with the individual patient interacting with the individual doctor.”

-The October ALiEM Bookclub Selection:
When Doctors Don’t Listen¹,
by Leana Wen and Joshua Kosowsky

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By Scott Kobner|2026-06-16T16:06:15-07:00Oct 10, 2014|Book Club|

EM Match Advice: Making The Perfect Rank Order List

With interview season rapidly approaching in a few months (Nov-Feb), we gathered a few more of our favorite program directors to discuss the hot topic of making the rank order list. We feature Dr. Colleen Roche (George Washington), Dr. Jonathan Davis (Georgetown), and Dr. Brian Stettler (Univ of Cincinnati). Thanks again to Dr. Mike Gisondi (Northwestern) for spearheading this innovative and helpful EM Match Advice series for medical students.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2021-07-01T10:48:29-07:00Oct 7, 2014|EM Match Advice, Podcasts|

MEdIC Series: The Case of the Backroom Blunder – Expert Review and Curated Commentary

The Case of the Backroom Blunder presented us with an interesting scenario that riveted readers across the globe. In this case, Trevor the medical student overhears the conversation of two of his senior colleagues discussing and laughing about a recent resuscitation. The senior members of the team used terms like ‘frequent flyer’, ‘red underpants’, which greatly upsets Trevor. In his opinion: “A caring doctor would never talk like that. And the slang? That’s just awful.” What did the ALiEM community think of this case? Well, read on to gleam the summaries, or go directly to the blog discussion to read what people wrote!

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By Teresa Chan, MD, MHPE|2026-06-16T16:06:21-07:00Oct 3, 2014|MEdIC series|

MEdIC Series | The Case of the Backroom Blunder

Are you ready?? Season 2 of the ALiEM MEdIC series is about to begin! We are so excited to kick off the ‘school year’ with a riveting new case from our Medical Education in Cases series.

Join us now to discuss the case of the Backroom Blunder wherein Trevor, the 3rd year medical student, finds himself reflecting about the use of humor by his colleagues in the resuscitation bay.

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By Teresa Chan, MD, MHPE|2017-01-20T12:30:39-08:00Sep 26, 2014|MEdIC series|

ALiEM Bookclub: A History of Present Illness

“Late that afternoon, Quentin jogged along the Crissy Field promenade without paying much attention to the dogs frolicking on the beach or the windsurfers leaning low on their boards off Fort Point. Since Ralph was on call and not coming home, he reheated leftover spaghetti for his dinner and curled up on their bed with a textbook to study the surgical management of hip fractures. He would have liked to read about the nonsurgical management of hip fractures as well or, more important, about how to approach patients who can’t talk, or what to do when you’ve made an inexcusable mistake, but his book didn’t have chapters on those topics.”

– A History of Present Illness [1], Louise Aronson

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By Jordana Haber, MD|2016-11-11T19:22:42-08:00Sep 19, 2014|Book Club|