Sketchcasting on What Drives Us

I recently came across a new means of online teaching and information delivery called sketchcasting. The premise isn’t new. It combines a podcast (someone speaking) with visuals (images). In sketchcasting, the images are instead someone drawing on a virtual whiteboard in real-time to convey information.

I recently found a sketchcast with stop-motion and speed-up effects, which really made the presentation dynamic and super-engaging. This sketchcast by Dan Pink (Author of “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us”) was created by the Royal Society for the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA).

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-01-28T23:39:21-08:00Jun 15, 2010|Social Media & Tech|

Joining the Research Blogging community

Yesterday, I posted a review of an Academic Medicine education article on how to prepare medical students for their clinical clerkships, based on the Kolb learning cycle model. My blog post is now also linked and searchable from the Research Blogging network at http://researchblogging.org. Thanks to Life in the Fast Lane, who told me about the site.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-01-28T23:43:54-08:00Apr 6, 2010|Social Media & Tech|

Work in progress: Poster on blogging

I need your help with a project!

My poster on blogging was accepted to the annual UCSF Academy of Medical Educator’s Education Day. Feelings of joy and validation were quickly followed by terror and inadequacy.

In order to get my poster costs reimbursed, I have to get feedback from my co-authors and incorporate that feedback into the poster. As you can see from the poster title on top, I have no co-authors! Since you are all my virtual co-authors, I thought I’d solicit for comments and suggestions.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2017-03-05T14:18:34-08:00Mar 16, 2010|Medical Education, Social Media & Tech|

EM blogger roll call

How do I keep up with the information from the myriad of Emergency Medicine websites out there? Blogs, Twitter, Journals, oh my.

Thanks to LifeInTheFastLane, you can check out all the current EM bloggers out there with their Twitter name and RSS feed links! I had no idea there were so many. I can appreciate how much time and effort it took to compile this list. Fantastic job, guys.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2016-11-11T19:01:33-08:00Mar 9, 2010|Social Media & Tech|

iPhone uses in the Emergency Department

Occasionally, I get a rare – “Hey congrats on the article!” comment from residents or students. It’s usually in reference to my ACEP News column that comes out every 3 months on Tricks of the Trade. However, I got about 3 shout-outs in the past 2 days. How odd.

Then I saw one of our office staff who was reading EM News. “Hey cool!” she said. Totally confused, I realized that I was quoted on the front page of this week’s publication about iPhone applications in EM. Many months ago, I had done a brief telephone interview with the writer.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2016-11-11T19:01:35-08:00Feb 18, 2010|Social Media & Tech, Tricks of the Trade|

Free videos and podcasts from "All LA Conference"

I recently discovered a little gem of a website, which houses video and podcast recordings of joint conferences by the Los Angeles EM residency programs since 2007.

http://AllLAconference.com/

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2018-10-28T21:19:22-07:00Sep 3, 2009|Social Media & Tech|

Hot off the press: Podcast on ED crowding and education

Dr. Rob Rogers (Univ Maryland) has come up with yet another podcast edition for the EMRAP Educator’s Edition website. In this recording, Rob interviews EM faculty about education issues. Go to EMRAP Educator’s Edition website to listen to podcast.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2016-11-18T11:11:09-08:00Aug 11, 2009|Medical Education, Social Media & Tech|