2 11, 2018

Teaming Tips Case 3: Ineffective Meetings | ALiEM Faculty Incubator

2018-11-01T22:46:05+00:00

November 2nd, 2018 | Faculty Development, Incubators, Medical Education |0 Comments

By: Rebecca Shaw, MBBS, FACEM, Carly Silvester, MBBS and Brandon Stein, MD |Editors: Sarah Krzyzaniak, MD

Many of you are asked to take a leadership role within your department: managing a research team, joining your administration, or spearheading a clinical effort. It is easy to feel unprepared for these roles, and there are many pitfalls waiting to sabotage your team’s productivity. The ALiEM Faculty Incubator has created a series of 10 case-based teaming problems to provide you with evidence-based advice and solutions for tackling some of the more common problems encountered in our professional team experiences.
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17 10, 2018

TLDR Book Review: “Talk Like TED”

2018-10-17T16:45:28+00:00

October 17th, 2018 | Faculty Development, Medical Education |0 Comments

By: Christina Shenvi, MD PhD and Neil Shenvi, PhD

Welcome back to TLDR, where our motto is: “We read books so that you have time for Netflix.” Our premise is that most self-help, parenting, education, and life-coaching books are like chicken nuggets: 2% meat and 98% filler! This month’s book is more like cafeteria meatloaf. No matter! We’re still committed to extracting a few nutritious bits from all those ground-up gym mats. We picked through the fluff and pulled out 5 gems that are worth sharing. In his book “Talk Like TED,” Carmine Gallo promises that you too can present like a TED speaker. How do you do it? Read on.

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15 10, 2018

ALiEMU 2.0 relaunches with a flexible coached team model

2018-10-17T17:10:37+00:00

October 15th, 2018 | ALiEMU, Medical Education |0 Comments

By: Michelle Lin, MD

After listening to feedback from educators, and specifically residency directors, who use the ALiEMU platform for asynchronous conference credit, we have decided to reconfigure our learning management system (LMS) platform to accommodate more fluid and diverse teams in flexible fashion. Residents and medical students within the same “class”? No problem. Pharmacy students doing peer-teaching around the world? No problem. Your program is not listed in our drop-down menu? We got rid of that requirement to form teams. The possibilities are endless.
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12 10, 2018

Teaming Tips Case 2: Resistance to Change | ALiEM Faculty Incubator

2018-10-11T22:27:25+00:00

October 12th, 2018 | Faculty Development, Incubators, Medical Education |0 Comments

By: Lexie Mannix, MD, Shawn Mondoux, MD, MSc, FRCPC and David Story, MD |Editors: Sara Krzyzaniak, MD

Many of you are asked to take a leadership role within your department: managing a research team, joining your administration, or spearheading a clinical effort. It is easy to feel unprepared for these roles, and there are many pitfalls waiting to sabotage your team’s productivity. The ALiEM Faculty Incubator has created a series of 10 case-based teaming problems to provide you with evidence-based advice and solutions for tackling some of the more common problems encountered in our professional team experiences.

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11 10, 2018

APPLY NOW: 2019 Essentials of Emergency Medicine (EEM) Education Fellowship Program

2018-10-10T22:49:04+00:00

October 11th, 2018 | Medical Education, Social Media & Tech |0 Comments

By: Derek Monette, MD and Michelle Lin, MD

The 2019 Essentials of Emergency Medicine (EEM) conference is in May, but opportunities start NOW. This conference is one of the largest live EM educational conferences in the world with over 2,000 attendees. The conference organizers, led by Dr. Paul Jhun, are again offering an amazing opportunity for EM residents anywhere in the world to serve as an EEM Fellow for the next EEM conference May 14-16, 2019.
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28 09, 2018

Teaming Tips Case 1: Project Leadership Pyramid | ALiEM Faculty Incubator

2018-10-11T19:28:46+00:00

September 28th, 2018 | Faculty Development, Incubators, Medical Education |0 Comments

By: Megan Stobart-Gallagher, DO, Laurie Mazurik, MD, FRCPC, MBA, MSc, DM, Elissa Moore, DO and Quinn Wicks, MD |Editors: Sara Krzyzaniak, MD

Many of you are asked to take a leadership role within your department: managing a research team, joining your administration, or spearheading a clinical effort. It is easy to feel unprepared for these roles, and there are many pitfalls waiting to sabotage your team’s productivity. The ALiEM Faculty Incubator has created a series of 10 case-based teaming problems to provide you with evidence-based advice and solutions for tackling some of the more common problems encountered in our professional team experiences.

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9 09, 2018

5 Tips to Developing the Daily Habit of Writing in Academia

2018-09-10T10:32:44+00:00

September 9th, 2018 | Medical Education |0 Comments

By: Cynthia Peng, MD and William Dixon, MD |Editors: Michael Gisondi, MD; Kimberly Schertzer, MD

As newly-minted education fellows, we are expected to be productive writers, and we wanted to share what we’ve learned so far about developing the daily habit – yes, habit! – of writing. For some people, writing seems easy. But not everyone can write non-stop, like they’re running out of time. Writing productively is an important skill to learn, especially if you have your sights set on an academic career. Here are 5 tips to get you started!

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