Article Review: Evaluating students using RIME method

How do evaluate medical students and residents, who are rotating through your Emergency Department? Do you have a structured framework for assessing their competencies?

Have you heard of the RIME method of evaluating learners on their clinical rotation? Dr. Lou Pangaro (Vice Chair for Educational Programs in the Dept of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University) published a landmark article in 1999 on his simple yet effective approach in evaluating medical students and residents. I had the pleasure of briefly meeting Dr. Pangaro when he gave CDEM’s keynote speech in 2008.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2016-11-11T21:41:13-08:00Jun 28, 2010|Education Articles, Medical Education|

Hot off the press: Journal of Graduate Medical Education

In 2009, ACGME has launched a new journal focused on graduate medical education, called the Journal of Graduate Medical Education (JGME). For those of you with education manuscripts in need of a “home”, consider this peer-reviewed journal. It publishes quarterly.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-01-28T23:38:52-08:00Jun 22, 2010|Medical Education|

Article Review: Impact of family presence in a code

Family presence in the ED resuscitation of a dying patient is a controversial topic. Some surveys suggest that families favor this practice and would repeat it again in a similar situation.

An article in Critical Care Medicine examines the impact of family presence on the ED personnel’s actions, rather than the impact on the families themselves. Second and third-year EM residents were randomized into paired teams in simulation exercises. All resuscitations involved a cardiac arrest patient. Each team was exposed to one of three types of resuscitation groups:

No family witness
Non-obstructive family witness (quiet person) – quiet crying and conversation with social worker
Overtly grieving family witness – loud crying, attempts to hug patient during resuscitation

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2016-11-11T19:00:42-08:00Jun 21, 2010|Medical Education|

Article Review: Conceptual Model on Learner Reflection

Reflective journals and electronic portfolios are becoming increasingly popular within undergraduate and graduate medical education. I’m starting to be a believer in this learning approach, which teaches learners about professional development and life-long learning principles. Academic Medicine just published a great qualitative paper proposing a conceptual model for reflection.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-02-19T18:43:35-08:00Jun 7, 2010|Education Articles, Medical Education|

SAEM 2010 (June 2-6, 2010)

The Society of Academic Emergency Medicine’s (SAEM) annual meeting starts this week. Instead of my regular posts, I thought I’d try using the Twitter widget to post real-time, first-hand accounts and photos from the conference.

SAEM is a very dynamic and productive conference, where academicians in Emergency Medicine meet to pow-wow about the future of our specialty.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2016-11-11T19:00:44-08:00Jun 1, 2010|Medical Education|

Creating and delivering the stellar lecture

I recently re-read a book “Made to Stick” by Chip Heath and Dan Heath which discusses why some ideas stick and others are completely forgettable. The concepts discussed have helped me design lectures.

Here’s something that I have incorporated into my talks: Memorable ideas share common attributes, which can be summarized by the acronym SUCCESs.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2016-11-11T19:01:21-08:00May 6, 2010|Medical Education|

Article review: Mentoring in EM

This article in the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medical Care reviews the EM literature on mentoring. The authors specifically do a great job summarizing practical tips.