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Filter it: Keeping up with digital information overload
I haven’t found a way of keeping up with all the information out there, even with textbook reading. I don’t know if there is way. Here are my thoughts.
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RIP: Ode to my textbooks
If you were to take a look at my bookcases, you would classify me as a book hoarder. Yes, it’s true I have been collecting book. Some have been with me since college. Books have so much information, and I have always felt a bit paranoid about throwing them away and then not having them for a critical piece of information that I need.
Welcome to the blog team: Bryan Hayes, PharmD
Have you been reading the mind-blowing pearls on Twitter by Bryan Hayes, PharmD, DABAT? He is taking world of ED pharmacology and toxicology by storm on Twitter as @PharmERToxGuy. If have not been following him, you are missing out. I usually end up hitting “favorite” for all of his tweets to review again later. So for purely selfish reasons, I asked Bryan to see if he’d be willing to expand his 140 character gems on this blog. Much to my delight, he said yes!
Conference: Faculty development and teaching course
The always-innovative, premiere educator Dr. Rob Rogers (Univ of Maryland) is hosting an international faculty development conference in November 2011. I’m guessing that this course is also open to U.S. physicians as well.
Sort me! Paucis Verbis cards now catalogued
After much recent feedback on the poll about the Paucis Verbis cards (thanks to all who responded!), I see trends:
- Several have commented that it is getting increasingly difficult to find a card that they are searching for. There are over 100 cards now! So, I managed to figure out how to embed a Google Doc spreadsheet into the blog, which now allows you to sort and search for particular cards (minor HTML coding necessary). This list will permanently live on the Paucis Verbis page.
Welcome to the blog team: Dr. Javier Benítez
It is with great pleasure that I introduce the newest member of the Academic Life in EM blog team — Dr. Javier Benítez. He is an extremely active EM Twitter educator (@jvrbntz), who can efficiently convey key concepts in 140 characters or less! Got a short attention span? Follow Javier’s Twitter feed.
Currently, Javier is posting “Question of the Day” tweets, which reference the Paucis Verbis pocket cards on this site. It is a perfect example of a bridge between blogs and Twitter for medical education. He’ll also be posting on the blog as well.