Need your input! PV cards becoming an app

It’s all about luck, opportunity, and timing.

I will be releasing the blog’s first ever Paucis Verbis (PV) native app this year. After a few years of brainstorming and lots of reader inquiries about an app, we were approached by two different app-building companies in the same week. I’m incredibly humbled to be approached by organizations, who can see the potential of these pocket cards (which started as actual index cards while I was in residency). It is an incredibly exciting time to be in the world of education and social media!

I need your help with step 1.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2017-03-05T14:14:30-08:00Mar 12, 2013|ALiEM Cards, Social Media & Tech|

Built a 20-person worldwide educator panel in two hours

Yesterday I had the pleasure of sharing my thoughts to an enthusiastic crowd of UCSF preclinical medical students on one of my favorite topics “Technology and Social Media in Emergency Medicine”. This is the perfect target audience to teach about developing a workflow habit for keeping up with digital information, since they are only starting to grow their clinical knowledge foundation.

On the morning of my noon talk, I regretted not recruiting some fellow FOAMed (Free Open Access Meducation) supporters to email me their thoughts about why social media is here to stay in medical education. How great would it have been to share the collective thoughts of leaders in this area?

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-01-28T22:04:39-08:00Feb 28, 2013|Medical Education, Social Media & Tech|

Cape Town Emergency Medicine YouTube Channel

In line with the philosophy and awesomeness of FOAM, Dr. Almero Oosthuizen and the EM Physicians at Cape Town South Africa have created the EM Cape Town YouTube Channe l for the purposes of demonstrating critical EM procedures. This great series was created with zero budget, limited time, and only with the use of an iPhone for recording purposes. This group is very passionate about teaching, and it shows through the videos.

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By Nikita Joshi, MD|2016-11-11T18:41:16-08:00Feb 6, 2013|Social Media & Tech|

There is a new free app called POC Ultrasound Guide [iTunes link], created by Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University.

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By Nikita Joshi, MD|2018-01-30T02:00:50-08:00Jan 26, 2013|Social Media & Tech, Ultrasound|

Website: Emergency Board Review

The emergency board in-training exam is a standardized exam that takes place every year in most if not all of the EM residency programs in the United States. It is administered on the last Wednesday in February. The exam is administered by the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM). The knowledge assessed by this exam is what’s expected from residents in their third year of residency. According to ABEM there is a strong correlation between the in-training score and passing of the boards.

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By Javier Benitez, MD|2018-01-30T02:01:52-08:00Jan 26, 2013|Medical Education, Social Media & Tech|

We are now a peer-reviewed blog. It starts today.

I have been frustrated (in a good way) by the recent social media discussions (see BoringEM.com) about how social media content is viewed with a skeptical eye by medical educators, academicians, and professionals because of the lack of formal quality-control mechanisms.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2017-03-05T14:18:33-08:00Jan 15, 2013|Medical Education, Social Media & Tech|

Twitter is the digital watercooler in Medicine

I just don’t have time to join Twitter. Are you serious, Twitter?

Being in the minority of medical providers who use Twitter for work, these are common responses I hear. I would make the counter argument that it has given me opportunities to learn, collaborate, and share on a much more efficient level.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2016-11-11T11:47:55-08:00Dec 16, 2012|Social Media & Tech|

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