Understanding “Human Error”

Humans make mistakes. Any system that depends on perfect performance by humans is doomed to failure. In fact, the risk of an accident is more a function of the complexity of the system than it is the people involved. Humans are not the weak link in a process. We are a source resilience. We have … Continue reading Understanding “Human Error” →

Critical Thinking in the ED

Shock

Remember that Oxygen Delivery is composed of two parts: What is Shock? [Oxygen Delivery] = [Oxygen Content] [Cardiac Output] In the first video, let's go over problems with that second part: cardiac output. How can cardiac output go wrong? All of these can lead to decreased cardiac output. Cardiac: problems with the PUMP. The heart … Continue reading Shock →

EMRA + CDEM Patient Presentations Video

SAEM's Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine (CDEM) and EMRA released a training video for medical students that demonstrates how to tell a compelling story when presenting a patient’s case. This brief video offers handy do’s and don’ts that will help medical students understand how best to efficiently and effectively communicate in the ED. The ten-minute … Continue reading EMRA + CDEM Patient Presentations Video →

SMACC Workshop

On Tuesday, 8 am in Chicago, Stella Yiu, Rob Cooney, Andrew Petrosoniak, Doug Schiller, Jen Leppard and I will be presenting a Flipped Classroom workshop. The goal is to take you from idea to completed product in the span of four hours (with a much needed coffee break in the middle). Here's our worksheet. SMACC … Continue reading SMACC Workshop →

CORD 2015: Toolkit to Flip Your Classroom

Rob Cooney (@EMEducation) and I are giving a workshop on tools to flip your classroom in Phoenix at CORD this month. Since this is a resource heavy talk, I put the worksheet and slides up here. Here's also my practice video on the "multimedia principles" portion of the talk. Flipping Your Classroom (CORD 2015 @ … Continue reading CORD 2015: Toolkit to Flip Your Classroom →

Odds vs Risk Ratios

Odds ratios and risk ratios always confused me. I never really understood the reason behind having an odds ratio. It is so unintuitive to me, even still. There's a great article from the Southern Medical Journal that explains it all! Watch the video then read the article. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOtoV2Kjb0o Viera AJ. Odds ratios and risk ratios: … Continue reading Odds vs Risk Ratios →

Drowning

Here are four videos on Drowning. These are also cross-posted on Stella Yiu and my other site, The Flipped EM Classroom. Drowning 01: Pathophysiology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6aFlN2l8U4 Drowning 02: Rescue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnZW-UFs69M Drowning 03: Treatment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAYGA5GBP6A Thanks!

Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

Systematic reviews sit atop the evidence-based medicine pyramid as the strongest form of evidence we have. This is so because it incorporates more data than individual studies. To avoid bias in making reviews, the authors need to follow a systematic process. In this video we look at this process the authors would follow and you … Continue reading Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses →

What makes Tom Lint’s lectures so good?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR_qNqw4iQ4 Dr. Lint lives by these rules for his lectures: be passionate about your topic - this is what motivates you to bring energy to the talk but also to continually improve it with new stories, mnemonics, etc. let students know what will be covered on the exam; adult learners are very practical, they want … Continue reading What makes Tom Lint’s lectures so good? →