Some decided to poll a bunch of students across the country about what qualities defined a good teacher. They then took these results and put it into a site called wordle.net which creates word clouds. Here are the results of the qualities of the best and worst teachers... If you want the original size PDF's … Continue reading Qualities of the best and worst teachers
School Sucks
Despite the striking similarity of my videos to that of Sal Khan's, this was not my initial inspiration. My introduction to this sort of flipped methodology came from a lecture by Northwestern Physicist, Dr. Tae - Building a Culture of Teaching and Learning - with the subtitle: School Sucks! If you haven't seen it, it … Continue reading School Sucks
How do you make these videos?
I felt the first post should be about how I make these videos. Over the year, my process has changed. Each has its benefits and problems. Using a Laptop, Graphics Tablet, Microphone, Screen Recording Software and Drawing Program When I started, I used my old 2008 MacBook, a USB Microphone (Snowball by Blue Microphones), a … Continue reading How do you make these videos?
Hello world!
Over the past year, I've been creating a lot of videos to teach students about Emergency Medicine. Asynchronously. There have been a lot of reasons I started down this path and most of the students have enjoyed the lessons. I've also learned a lot through trial and error. For those of you who aren't familiar … Continue reading Hello world!
EKG 101
You should not leave medical school without a basic understanding of how to read an EKG. So watch these videos then download the unlabeled EKG's for you to read prior to class (or in class). See how you do. If there are some you have trouble with, ask me or anyone of the other Emergency … Continue reading EKG 101
CXR 101
Anatomy of the Chest X-ray Before we dig into an approach for reading chest x-rays, it's important to know all the things that we'll looking at. There are typically two views you'll be looking at PA and lateral. The PA or posterior to anterior shoots a beam from a standing patient's back through to their … Continue reading CXR 101
Neonatal Resuscitation
If resuscitation of children is anxiety provoking, resuscitation of neonates is downright terrifying. Here we go through the 2010 Guidelines for the management of the neonate or newly born child requiring resuscitation. Remember that these are predominantly respiratory emergencies, even when presenting with bradycardia. Here's part I and part II And here's the worksheet for … Continue reading Neonatal Resuscitation
Giving Effective Feedback in the ER
Giving feedback to students in the ER is easy. If they did well, you say "STRONG WORK!" and if they did poorly... "READ MORE." Of course, this provides nothing the student can use to improve. Drs. Ester Choo and Michelle Lin from San Francisco General Hospital created this video on how to give effective feedback. … Continue reading Giving Effective Feedback in the ER
Reversing Anti-Coagulation
So you got a patient who's throwing up blood all over the place, is on coumadin and has an INR of 400. What do you do? Well, after you change your underwear. The first two videos go over the basic science of clotting (platelets and the coagulation cascade) and the next three then go over … Continue reading Reversing Anti-Coagulation
How Ed gets great Patient Satisfaction scores
We're all expected to get great patient satisfaction scores in addition to providing excellent care. No one does this more consistently than Ed Ward (click for his scores). So, we talked and he let me know what he does to get great scores. Not only are his scores good, but he also gets more surveys … Continue reading How Ed gets great Patient Satisfaction scores
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