True Grit: The Surprising, and Inspiring, Science of Success

The importance of perseverance Angela Duckworth's work suggests that perseverance is a predictor of success. During her graduate student days she created a "grit scale" which she subsequently tested throughout her career. She characterized "grit" as working hard and finishing what one begins and gives the example of Will Smith explaining in an interview that … Continue reading True Grit: The Surprising, and Inspiring, Science of Success →

My Email Rules

Email can consume hours of your day stealing opportunities to do real work. Several people have devised plans to reclaim this time, so I stole the ones that work for me. These rules have one main goal: to respect my time and that of the receiver. 1. Keep as short as possible. “I’m sorry to … Continue reading My Email Rules →

π day & RPN Calculator.app

March 14th, or π-day, this year takes on additional numerical significance. Only once in a hundred years we are able to celebrate π to its billionth decimal place. 3.141592653 3/14/15 9:26:53 I wonder if Galileo Galilei geeked out on 3/14/1592 6:53:59. In other mathematically geeky news, while doing several calculations on my Mac I was … Continue reading π day & RPN Calculator.app →

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!

Instructional Scaffolding in the Pre-Brief

students walked into the sim lab like wide-eyed deer in the headlights their performance pretty much mirrored that analogy did they learn anything just by being scared? pre-briefs are defined as short sessions before the simulation set expectations and roles (take this thing seriously) familiarize students with equipment and debrief procedures but teaching doesn't usually … Continue reading Instructional Scaffolding in the Pre-Brief →

Nursing Journal Club: Torsade de Pointes

For this online journal club, here is an article supplied by Tess on Women at Risk for Torsades de Pointes. Click the link to download it. Use the comments below to discuss. Here is a video I had made for the EKG course on prolonged QT intervals and torsades. You may or may not find … Continue reading Nursing Journal Club: Torsade de Pointes →

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 →

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Finding Your Niche in Academic Medicine

Amal Mattu, who has appeared on many other posts I've put up here, spoke at the... well, he speaks at a lot of things. Despite being so accomplished he still comes off as being humble. Anyway, here's a talk of his on finding your niche in academic medicine. It's worth a listen. I usually listen … Continue reading Finding Your Niche in Academic Medicine →

Knee pain? Or is it?

Here's a great case from Amal Mattu, EM EKG wizard. Put any questions in the comments.