Powerpoint Slide Redesign: Best Examples from IEMTC13 Workshop

At the 2013 International EM Teaching Course yesterday, Dr. Stacey Poznanski and I gave a workshop on “Powerpoint Resuscitation” to address all the widespread pitfalls which cause “death by powerpoint”. Here are the winners from the workshop competition, illustrating great examples of the coherence, redundancy, and multimedia principles that we reviewed. The slide examples are in pairs in a before-workshop and after-workshop format. Amazing what star educators can get done in a 60 minute workshop!

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2017-03-05T14:18:37-08:00Oct 24, 2013|Medical Education, Social Media & Tech|

ALiEM Book Club: Reflecting on a Happy Coincidence

Coincidence can be very fortuitous. How exciting was it to have Shawn Achor deliver his keynote address about the Happiness Advantage at ACEP this past week? Three days after our Book Club Review was released? Best part of it all – none of it was planned. That definitely was a ‘happy coincidence’. :D

Though I was not there, my Twitter feed lit up with Happiness resounding from ACEP on that first day. It seems his message resounded with many in the audience.

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By Teresa Chan, MD, MHPE|2016-11-11T19:04:16-08:00Oct 19, 2013|Book Club|

ALiEM Bookclub: The Happiness Advantage

Introduction

Happiness at work. If you’re like so many of the seasoned physicians in my life, this might seem like an oxymoron. But that’s exactly what Shawn Achor suggests can be your status quo. The old axiom that if you are successful you will become happier is out-dated and, as it turns out, not evidence-based. It seems like many things in medicine, we may have had it backwards. Maybe, he suggests, if you find a way to make yourself happier – you’ll actually be a better doctor…

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By Teresa Chan, MD, MHPE|2018-01-30T02:47:20-08:00Oct 11, 2013|Book Club|

Residency Interview Tips

Interview season is an exciting and stressful time for applicants and for residency programs. Both sides are invested in finding the right fit, and the interview process is integral to the process. Unfortunately, being integral doesn’t mean its easy. Here are some tips to the interview process.

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By Nikita Joshi, MD|2016-11-11T19:03:57-08:00Oct 9, 2013|Medical Education|

Free Study Guide for EMS Board Exam

The faculty and fellows of the UCSF EMS/Disaster Fellowship Program met monthly over the past 2 years to to write a study guide for for the EMS Medical Board exam based on the National Association of EMS Physician’s (NAEMSP) seminal textbook Emergency Medical Services: Clinical Practice and Systems Oversight [Amazon link] (Kendall Hunt Publishers, David C Cone, Robert E O’Connor and Raymond L Fowler, Series Editors, 2009). We condensed approximately 1,800 pages into 69 pages with a simple format: summary of material and take home messages to help improve our EMS system. (more…)

By John Brown, MD|2016-11-11T19:04:10-08:00Oct 5, 2013|EMS, Medical Education|

MEdIC: The Case of the Facebook Faceplant – Expert and Community Response

On September 27th we posted the second case of the MEdIC (Medical Education In Cases) series facilitated by Dr. Brent Thoma (@BoringEM) and me (@TChanMD). The Case of the Facebook Faceplant involved a “resident at risk” who lashed out on Facebook about an experience with a nurse. Our readers were thrust into the role of a supervising attending physician who sees the post. Once again, we were overwhelmed by the number and quality of responses in the comments and on Twitter.

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By Teresa Chan, MD, MHPE|2026-06-16T16:04:18-07:00Oct 4, 2013|Expert Peer Review (Non-Clinical), MEdIC series|

MEdIC series: The Case of the Facebook Faceplant

Medical Education has taken social media by storm. Twitter, Facebook, the Blogosphere… Medical Educators have used these often misused and misinterpreted forms of social interaction to share resources and educate. However, social media is quickly merging our private and public personae. As educators, we must be savvy and up-to-date regarding our learners’ social media usage, since the worlds can often collide.

This week we present the case of Greg, a junior faculty member and attending emergency physician, who is experiencing a social media-mediated quandary.

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By Teresa Chan, MD, MHPE|2026-06-16T16:04:16-07:00Sep 27, 2013|MEdIC series|