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…More

1password demo

Part of the “There’s an App For That” talk Rakesh and I have given at CORD has included software recommendations. People requested demonstrations of how to use the software. So here’s the first one, 1password for iPhone (also available for iPad, Mac, PC and Android).More

1password demo

Part of the “There’s an App For That” talk Rakesh and I have given at CORD has included software recommendations. People requested demonstrations of how to use the software. So here’s the first one, 1password for iPhone (also available for iPad, Mac, PC and Android).More

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…More

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’…More

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…More

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…More

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…More