ALiEM Bookclub Review: David and Goliath

What is the essence of the underdog? Are they truly disadvantaged? Or occasionally, are they disruptors that provides them with a brilliant new perspective on things? Therein lies the question central to Malcolm Gladwell’s latest New York Times Bestseller. This is the key concept behind the latest book by Malcolm Gladwell‘s book, David and Goliath [Amazon link], and the topic of this month’s ALiEM bookclub discussion.

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By Teresa Chan, MD, MHPE|2018-01-30T02:27:43-08:00Jul 11, 2014|Book Club, Medical Education, Social Media & Tech|

Welcome new ALiEM-EMRA fellow Scott Kobner

We are excited to announce our inaugural 2014-15 ALiEM-EMRA Fellow for Social Media and Digital Scholarship, Scott Kobner, who is a second-year medical student at New York University School of Medicine. Scott brings a unique perspective to ALiEM and the FOAM community. He has worn many hats in the past, which will serve him well towards being a more versatile and mature clinician. He has been an EMT and EMT trainer, a scribe, a child-life volunteer, and New York Free Clinic patient educator. His focus recently has been on improving patient education especially in the Emergency Department.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-01-28T21:50:20-08:00Jun 26, 2014|Medical Education, Social Media & Tech|

Welcome new ALiEM-CORD Fellow Dr. Sameed Shaikh

It is with great pleasure that announce our inaugural 2014-15 ALiEM-CORD Fellow for Social Media and Digital Scholarship, Dr. Sameed Shaikh, from Sinai-Grace Emergency Medicine Residency Program/Detroit Medical Center. As a PGY-2, he already has an impressive multimedia skill set, including website design, video editing, photography, and electronic music composition. He is currently using his skills for good rather than evil at his residency program to match medical education and medicine in general with currently available technological solutions.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-01-28T21:50:30-08:00Jun 25, 2014|Medical Education, Social Media & Tech|

ALiEM Hiatus

We are undergoing some server upgrades before our two fellowships begin on July 1. Let’s all cross our fingers and toes that we can move the 1,000+ posts and database safely over to a faster and more reliable server! Will hopefully be back in a week.

By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-09-10T14:03:14-07:00Jun 16, 2014|Life|

MED STUDENTS: The ALiEM-EMRA Social Media and Digital Scholarship Fellowship

HOT OFF THE PRESS! We would like to announce a great opportunity for U.S. MEDICAL STUDENTS. In collaboration with the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association (EMRA), we at ALiEM are launching the 2014-2015 ALiEM-EMRA Social Media and Digital Scholarship Fellowship for medical students! This is in parallel to the just-announced similar ALiEM-CORD fellowship for EM residents, except that this is for U.S. medical students, who are members of EMRA. The application process for this virtual fellowship is open as of right now.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-01-28T21:50:51-08:00May 13, 2014|Medical Education, Social Media & Tech|

Slide Redesign Competition Winners: International Teaching Course 2014

The International Teaching Course, now held twice annually in Baltimore, has a recurring Slide Redesign workshop and competition. Taught by Dr. Stacey Poznanski, this workshop addressed many of the widespread pitfalls which cause “death by powerpoint”. Here are the winners from the workshop competition, illustrating great examples based on Mayer’s multimedia learning theories. The examples below show the before and after slides. Congratulations to the winner, Badria Alhatali, and the close co-runners up, Nadia Awad and Kris Maday!

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2018-01-30T01:55:29-08:00May 13, 2014|Medical Education, Social Media & Tech|

Announcing the ALiEM-CORD Social Media and Digital Scholarship Fellowship

We very are excited to announce an innovative, joint initiative with CORD (Council of EM Residency Directors) in launching the 2014-2015 ALiEM-CORD Social Media and Digital Scholarship Fellowship! The application process for this virtual fellowship is open as of right now to U.S. Emergency Medicine residents.

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By Nikita Joshi, MD|2018-10-28T21:42:40-07:00May 5, 2014|Medical Education, Social Media & Tech|