The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as the Affordable Care Act or ObamaCare, is the biggest change in health care policy since Medicare in 1965. Despite its importance, very few understand it. This is not surprising given its complexity. Popular news outlets and politicians (on both sides) capitalize on our ignorance by … Continue reading The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act →

Hyperglycemic Emergencies

Diabetics often present to the Emergency Room with high blood sugar. Sometimes it's just high and nothing else is wrong. Lower the sugar and send them on their way. Sometimes this represents something more ominous. In the next two videos we review the hyperglycemic emergencies of diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z6jRchfjd4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imMXyrwamE8

Penetrating Neck Trauma

Here is an application of the method we use to approach trauma, namely penetrating trauma to the neck. Here are some important questions to ask yourself while watching these videos: What are the boundaries of the zones of the neck and why do they matter? Do all patients need to be intubated? Do all patients … Continue reading Penetrating Neck Trauma →

Acute Scrotal Pain

Testicular Torsion Epididymitis, Orchitis, Testicular Masses

Left Ventricular Assist Devices

Left Ventricular Assist Devices confused the heck out of me, so I thought I'd go through some of the anatomy and physiology of these things. Then everything seemed to make a bit more sense. Anatomy and Physiology of the Heart... with an LVAD I misspoke in this video. Dick Cheney did not have 'destination therapy' … Continue reading Left Ventricular Assist Devices →

Showing feedback (instead of telling feedback)

I found a new blog on eLearning by Cathy Moore. Her most recent post is on giving feedback in scenarios that make students think. After answer a question of "what would you do next" you have one of two choices if the student picks the wrong answer: tell them the correct answer show them what … Continue reading Showing feedback (instead of telling feedback) →

Writing Good Objectives

If you want a PDF of this, click this link: M4WG Writing Good Objectives An objective is a description of a performance you want learners to be able to exhibit before you consider them competent. In other words: what should students be able to do when they are done with your course? Clear objectives are … Continue reading Writing Good Objectives →

Not Another Boring Lecture

Stacey Poznanski, Chris Chapman, Sally Stanten, Meg Wolff CGEA 2013 - Cincinnati, Ohio Normal lectures with a power point presentation full of bullet points does not lead to long term retention. We need to start with the acknowledgement of this fact. This inefficaciousness begs us to do something differently. We can still use the lecture … Continue reading Not Another Boring Lecture →

Emergence

A recent(-ly rebroadcast) of one of my favorite podcasts, Radiolab, talked about the concept of emergence. They started with the example of fireflies on miles of riverbank in Thailand all flashing in unison. There is no conductor, they just somehow do it. Similarly, individually blind and thoughtless ants together spontaneously organize to create feats of … Continue reading Emergence →

Splint Like a Pro

Paul Casey and I were making videos to teach splinting. The lighting was poor, the audio terrible and Paul's splint application technique was pathetic. So we instead decided to see if someone else has already done this. Luckily someone has. Rob Orman (from the ERcast podcast). It's called Splint-Like-A-Pro because Rob goes to the ortho … Continue reading Splint Like a Pro →