tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72141651090882900892024-02-16T11:57:00.218-08:00Medical Education Literature SearchingLiterature searching tips and educational insightsJosephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.comBlogger150125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-36747671049391228712011-08-11T15:11:00.000-07:002015-08-19T11:43:57.625-07:00Deliberate Practice: How to Develop Expertise<span style="color: #333399; font-family: verdana;">We all want to be great at something. Developing true expertise at a skill requires "deliberate practice". Psychologist <a href="http://www.psy.fsu.edu/faculty/ericsson.dp.html" style="color: #33cc00;">K. Anders Ericsson</a>, currently at Florida State University, has been a pioneer and at the forefront of research on expertise. His research has overlapped into medical education with at least </span><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22Ericsson%20KA%22[Author]%20AND%20%28%22education%22[Subheading]%20OR%20%22education%22[All%20Fields]%20OR%20%22educational%20status%22[MeSH%20Terms]%20OR%20%28%22educational%22[All%20Fields]%20AND%20%22status%22[All%20Fields]%29%20OR%20%22educational%20status%22[All%20Fields]%20OR%20%22education%22[All%20Fields]%20OR%20%22education%22[MeSH%20Terms]%29&cmd=DetailsSearch" style="color: #3333ff; font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;">15 publications</a><span style="color: #333399; font-family: verdana;"> in PubMed specific to medicine. </span>
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<span style="color: #333399; font-family: verdana;">Take your first bite into the apple of Ericsson's research by reading his 2007 article in the Harvard Business Review:
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<br />Ericsson, K., Prietula, M. J., & Cokely, E. T. (2007). <a href="https://hbr.org/2007/07/the-making-of-an-expert/ar/1" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Making of an Expert</span></a><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333399; font-family: verdana;">Harvard Business Review</span><span style="color: #333399; font-family: verdana;">, 85(7/8), 114-121. </span>
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<span style="color: #333399; font-family: verdana;">How can you not be drawn in to read this article when you see the following opening sentence? <span style="color: #666666; font-family: times new roman; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">
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<br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">"New research shows that outstanding performance is the product of years of deliberate practice and coaching, not of any innate talent or skill."</span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #333399; font-family: verdana;">It's rather refreshing to know that we have the potential to be experts at something even if we weren't "just born with it". All one needs is about ten years, or roughly 10,000 hours, to practice a skill deliberately, a mentor or coach to provide feedback, and more time to practice, refine, and tune your skills.
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<br />You can a get good overview of his ideas of how deliberate practice develops expertise in medicine by reading his 2008 article:</span>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333399;">Ericsson, K A. (2008).</span> </span><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18778378" style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><b>Deliberate practice and acquisition of expert performance: a general overview.</b></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="color: #333399;">Academic emergency medicine, 15(11), 988-94. </span></span>
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<span style="color: #333399; font-family: verdana;">One of his pivotal articles on deliberate practice was written in 1993 while he was at the University of Colorado at Boulder. This paper would be well worth the read if you are interested in this topic because it has been cited over 2167 times according to Google Scholar!</span>
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<span style="color: #333399; font-family: verdana;">Ericsson KA, Krampe RT, Teschromer C. (1993)</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;"> </span><a href="http://projects.ict.usc.edu/itw/gel/EricssonDeliberatePracticePR93.pdf" style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="font-style: italic;"> The role of deliberate practice in the acquisition of expert performance. </span></a><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #333399; font-family: verdana;">Psychological review, 100(3), 363-406.
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<span style="color: #333399; font-family: verdana;">Take heart that if you love something enough to want to excel in it, you hopefully by now have already clocked in or nearing your 10,000 hours of deliberate practice. Fire up the stopwatch and off you go!</span>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333399;">Still can't get enough about this topic of deliberate practice? Read Malcolm Gladwell's book</span> </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0316017922" style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Outliers</span></a> <span style="color: #333399; font-family: verdana;">about the story of success.</span>
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<br />Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com120tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-38580322689536735162011-07-06T15:15:00.000-07:002011-08-11T15:02:20.179-07:00"What Angry Birds Can Tell Us About Educating the Next Generation of Physicians"<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >In September 2011, <a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2011/05/9911/ucsf-school-medicine-names-vice-dean-education">Catherine Reinis Lucey, MD</a>, will be joining the UCSF campus as our new Vice Dean of Education in the School of Medicine. <a href="http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2010/08/3360/irby-step-down-vice-dean-medical-education">Dr. Dave Irby </a>is her predecessor in this position. Dr. Lucey brings with her expertise from the work she has done </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"> as the interim dean and vice dean for education at the Ohio State University (OSU) College of Medicine and associate vice president for health sciences education for the OSU Office of Health Sciences.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">I recently happened upon a presentation that Dr. Lucey gave as part of <a href="http://education.apple.com/academix/"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">AcademiX</span>,</a> an education series sponsored by Apple highlighting mobile technologies in higher education.
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<br />She bases her ideas of using mobile technologies in medical education on the example of the popularity of the mobile app Angry Birds. She discusses how to engage medical students through interactive learning on a mobile device.</span></span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:verdana;" >Below is my summary of her key presentation points:</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span>In the age of "technology assisted learning", we learn best when at point of need (ie, when treating a patient)</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span>Utopia of medical education: Create the expert physician</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">* <span style="font-style: italic;">Deliberate Practice</span></span> - concept for developing expertise (by K. Anders Ericsson), basis for "<a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=3NSImqqnxnkC&dq=outliers&source=gbs_navlinks_s">Outliers</a>" (book by Malcolm Gladwell)</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">*</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-style: italic;"> Developing expert performance requires:</span></span>
<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">(1)</span> increasing complex challenges</span>
<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">(2)</span> immediate feedback and coaching</span>
<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">(3)</span> time to practice, fail, practice, improve</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >* </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >The science and power of motivation:</span>
<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >Having a cycle of challenge -- Allowing time for correction -- Time for reinforcement -- A time rechallenge</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span>Example: <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Computer games</span></span>
<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">(1) </span>engaged user challenged to master skills in each level</span>
<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">(2)</span> the device becomes the coach by allowing/denying passage/progress to next level based on skills learned</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Examples of ideas generated at Ohio State University School of Medicine </span>-</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">(1)</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> "Angry" Mammograms app</span></span>
<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >-radiology training for reading mammograms</span>
<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >-provides levels of complexity & nuances</span>
<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >- tiered in difficulty</span>
<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >- develops pattern recognition</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">(2) </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">"Angry" Heart sounds</span></span>
<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >- auditory learning</span>
<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >- reinforce through repetition, like listening to pop music over and over to learn the melody and lyrics</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">Goal</span> - to embed mobile devices into medical curriculum</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >to increase efficiency in learning in the process of creating the expert physician</span>.
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span>Presentation video at<a href="http://tinyurl.com/3qvjznt"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></a></span></span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3qvjznt"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://tinyurl.com/3qvjznt</span></a>
<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span>Presentation slides at </span></span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://tinyurl.com/3ptfuon">http://tinyurl.com/3ptfuon</a>
<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">* </span>Dr. Lucey's bio at<a href="http://tinyurl.com/3oktlaa"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></a></span></span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3oktlaa"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://tinyurl.com/3oktlaa</span></a>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >Check out previous postings from my blog that relate to gaming apps for medical education topics - <a href="http://mededlit.blogspot.com/search/label/games">http://mededlit.blogspot.com/search/label/games</a>
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<br /></span>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-27182936184500589642011-07-06T15:13:00.000-07:002011-08-03T09:25:58.392-07:00Medical Education Subject Guide: Your Go-To Resource<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >Need ideas of where to read up on the latest medical education research? Have a brilliant manuscript describing your curricular innovations but not sure where to publish? Need to find multimedia resources for medical education? Looking for curricular objectives to help guide your medical education project?<br /><br />Look no further than </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >the <a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://guides.library.ucsf.edu/meded">Medical Education Subject Guide</a> available on the UCSF Library's website. The direct URL to this guide is at </span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://guides.library.ucsf.edu/meded"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://guides.library.ucsf.edu/meded</span></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">OR</span> you can navigate from the <a href="http://library.ucsf.edu/">Library's website</a> from the <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Classes, Consulting, & Help</span> dropdown menu by selecting the <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Subject Guides </span>listing. The <span style="font-style: italic;">Medical Education</span> guide is listed alphabetically on the complete guides page.<br /></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHSbAm3Q8UhOUECgoZdPGXr2iEW-dT6wDboDpcxfhl6mMpR24Tez0eXtaF0RAm-OixzbhJPOkFqcJE1iwEJAcOMNZjmFOZ_ChLV_6tFdQiZPXfjfvceTEsjw4HHoggUp7pSSAYypEFmYU/s1600/subjguide.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 153px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHSbAm3Q8UhOUECgoZdPGXr2iEW-dT6wDboDpcxfhl6mMpR24Tez0eXtaF0RAm-OixzbhJPOkFqcJE1iwEJAcOMNZjmFOZ_ChLV_6tFdQiZPXfjfvceTEsjw4HHoggUp7pSSAYypEFmYU/s400/subjguide.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636392966717168946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >Below is a snapshot of the <a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://guides.library.ucsf.edu/meded">Medical Education Subject Guide</a></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://guides.library.ucsf.edu/meded"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg003THKF0LB5cZrcf1d3zdXA_wSwIi0EAkvYfq3zWZeu3RSoTm5MKbl5tHYslsSr6EXj0jHR_9i0GerjJ9SR7WAUCwXPvWxrWuGJAcDvx4rmh-Ans_Xg_8OY899Yq5yQA5Ob98DKypzZ1h/s400/mededsubjguide.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636394767223428930" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >(1)<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Browse the <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">yellow</span> tabs</span> to explore the Library's resources available to assist in your medical education research needs. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >(2) Read the latest published medical education research by <span style="font-weight: bold;">UCSF medical educators</span></span>.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">(3) Download <span style="font-weight: bold;">PDF tipsheets</span> summarizing literature searching tips for how to search PubMed and other key databases geared to medical education</span></span>.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">(4) <span style="font-weight: bold;">Contact me</span> via chat, email, or phone from the right margin of the guide</span></span>.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >Please feel free to send me any suggestions you have for content you'd like to see on this subject guide. Bookmark this site today! </span> <a href="http://guides.library.ucsf.edu/meded"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">http://guides.library.ucsf.edu/meded</span></a>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-79924526001312376752011-06-15T21:59:00.000-07:002011-06-15T22:55:21.411-07:00The Future of Medicine TED Talk<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">If you haven't gotten a taste of a <a href="http://www.ted.com/pages/about"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">TED Talk</span></a> lately, here's one to inspire us towards the vision of how doctors are and will be treating patients with the exponential growth in technologies now available.<br /><br />Watch oncologist, <a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.ted.com/speakers/daniel_kraft.html">Dr. Daniel Kraft</a>, a physician scientist, give his April 2011 TED Talk, on <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">"Medicine's future? There's an app for that"</span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><object height="326" width="446"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2011X/Blank/DanielKraft_2011X-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/DanielKraft-2011X.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=1168&lang=eng&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=daniel_kraft_medicine_s_future;year=2011;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=might_you_live_a_great_deal_longer;theme=medicine_without_borders;theme=a_taste_of_tedx;event=TEDxMaastricht;tag=Design;tag=Science;tag=Technology;tag=health+care;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;"><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2011X/Blank/DanielKraft_2011X-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/DanielKraft-2011X.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=1168&lang=eng&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=daniel_kraft_medicine_s_future;year=2011;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=might_you_live_a_great_deal_longer;theme=medicine_without_borders;theme=a_taste_of_tedx;event=TEDxMaastricht;tag=Design;tag=Science;tag=Technology;tag=health+care;" height="326" width="446"></embed></object>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-77507622830635276482011-05-18T13:11:00.001-07:002011-06-15T22:54:56.158-07:00Tips for Teaching Millennials<span style="font-family:verdana;color:#333399;">If you are reading this blog post, chances are you are (a) teaching millennials (b) a parent of a millennial (c) a millennial. Whichever category you fall into, as an educator, we all want our students to look as eager as this child does in class.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OLtkBX3Uj373aOYlvb_PFqnJ4VYBQW_3kuWQSme4Ube2nYuOUlf409Ym-Cy50ab3VxOLZdSgFH0c7Jdnx48GIOO1gys1mP2QPAI949NRJ8RAL_zF-cMIDeRhhcHOs8YL9JLKRFQQ5SkY/s1600/kid.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OLtkBX3Uj373aOYlvb_PFqnJ4VYBQW_3kuWQSme4Ube2nYuOUlf409Ym-Cy50ab3VxOLZdSgFH0c7Jdnx48GIOO1gys1mP2QPAI949NRJ8RAL_zF-cMIDeRhhcHOs8YL9JLKRFQQ5SkY/s200/kid.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618689689548753922" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#333399;"><br />Below are tips condensed from their original sources. Visit the links to the original sources to see the very helpful full details related to each tip listed below.<br /></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">"7 Techniques for Teaching Generation Y Students"</span><br /></span></em></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">(see full article at </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3srwrpx">http://tinyurl.com/3srwrpx</a>)<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;">Characteristic #1:</span> </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana;" >They are technosavvy</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">.</span><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:verdana;color:#666666;" ><br />Recommendation:</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,153)">Don't talk down to them.</span></span><span class="Normal" style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,153);font-family:verdana;" ><em>..In other words, you are a guide, a coach; you are not the Computer God in the classroom anymore.</em></span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;">Characteristic #2:</span> </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana;" >They have short attention spans.</span><br /><span class="Normal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="color:#666666;"><br />Recommendation:</span> </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,153)">Keep it short and sweet...</span></span><span class="Normal"><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,153)"> </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,153)">Use relevant examples or you will lose them.</span><br /><br /></span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;">Characteristic #3:</span> </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana;" >They filter data out quickly.</span><br /><span class="Normal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;color:#666666;" ><br />Recommendation:</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,153)">Make your topic introductions sizzle...</span></span><span class="Normal" style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,153)"><em></em><span style="font-style: italic; font-family:verdana;" >Introduce your topics so compellingly that your GenY students cannot help but be interested.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;">Characteristic #4:</span> </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana;" >They multitask very well.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><span class="Normal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="color:#666666;">Recommendation:</span> </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,153)">Don't get offended at other activities</span></span><span class="Normal" style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,153);font-family:verdana;" ><em></em></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,153);font-family:verdana;" >... <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Doesn't necessarily mean that you've lost their attention.</span></span><br /><span class="Normal"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><br /></span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;">Characteristic #5:</span> </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana;" >They consume information quickly.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><span class="Normal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="color:#666666;">Recommendation:</span> </span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,153);font-family:verdana;" >Keep up the pace...</span><span class="Normal" style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,153);font-family:verdana;" > <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">As long as you are presenting the material clearly, you can almost never go too quickly for your GenY students.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;">Characteristic #6:</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana;" >Information must apply directly to them or you will lose them.<br /></span><span class="Normal" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana;" ><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><span class="Normal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;color:#666666;" >Recommendation:</span></span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,153);font-family:verdana;" >Customize the presentation directly to students' needs...</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Ask students, </span><span class="Normal" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >"What is it that you are hoping to learn today?" </span><br /><span class="Normal" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;">Characteristic (Challenge)#7:</span> </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana;" >Teaching Generation Y and Mixed Groups</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:verdana;" class="Normal" ><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br />Recommendation:</span></span> <span class="Normal" style="font-family:verdana;"><em></em></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,153);font-family:verdana;" >Use body language and other clues to balance mixed groups...</span><span class="Normal" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Simply ask the group, "How is this pace for you?" Or, "Would you like to practice this concept?"</span><br /><span class="Normal"><em></em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;color:#cc0000;" >"Generation Y - The Millennial Generation"</span> </span><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">from</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Generational-Learning-Styles-Julie-Coates/dp/1577220323/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307577359&sr=8-1"><i>Generational Learning Styles</i> </a>by Julie Coates. Published by LERN Books, a division of Learning Resources Network (LERN), 2007.<br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">(see full details at <a href="http://tinyurl.com/dkbmwt">http://tinyurl.com/dkbmwt</a>)</span><br /></div><ol style="font-family:verdana;"><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Develop opportunities for experiential learning. </span></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Encourage the development of learning communities. </span><br /></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Provide lots of structure. </span><br /></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Provide lots of feedback. </span><br /></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Use technology.<br /></span></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Make it fun. </span><br /></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Incorporate games. </span></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Be relevant. </span><br /></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Utilize their talents.</span><br /></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Present the big picture.</span><br /></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Allow for creativity and be creative. </span><br /></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Offer multiple options for performance. </span><br /></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Be visual. This group is the most visual of all learning cohorts.<br /></span></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Be organized. </span></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Be smart. </span><br /></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Be fair. </span><br /></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Recognize the need for social interaction. </span><br /></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Remember, talk is essential. </span><br /></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Structure a learning environment that demands respect and positive reinforcement. </span><br /></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Tie learning to actions. </span><br /></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Think positively. </span><br /></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Be clear and precise. </span><br /></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Allow focus time. </span><br /></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Talk is critical.</span><br /></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Enhance procedural memory with movement. </span><br /></li><li><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Make learning relevant.</span><br /></span></li></ol><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com56tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-65934736562035100232011-02-26T22:07:00.000-08:002011-04-08T21:33:15.220-07:00Using Mind Mapping as a Teaching Tool<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;">How many of you remember the grade school exercise of diagramming sentences? How many of you can claim that you enjoyed the exercises? Very few of you out there, I would guess. </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSiZH7_IaZqUx-oR7qQ1i2FiGkwSX9jWR5119uOBhKy6OMl7hj9coWbDsa3wdkpPXGkVJgIUQBpLPeeNvSyJHpBANIuymzMJyMCny6wwKp5iL59phEgZ7IRXkXtxK8HHgiuU7IYQpGYiXx/s1600/sentence.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSiZH7_IaZqUx-oR7qQ1i2FiGkwSX9jWR5119uOBhKy6OMl7hj9coWbDsa3wdkpPXGkVJgIUQBpLPeeNvSyJHpBANIuymzMJyMCny6wwKp5iL59phEgZ7IRXkXtxK8HHgiuU7IYQpGYiXx/s320/sentence.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592882455389054706" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;">To this day, if you were to ask me how I know that the subject comes before the predicate followed by the complement, I would have no good answer for you. However, I am able to write and read a sentence and know that it is written in proper English grammar. My fifth grade teacher would be beaming with pride that I am able to intuitively retain the grammar she taught me decades ago.<br /><br />So what does this all have to do with mind mapping? Wait a second...what IS mind mapping. It is a way to visualize a concept by drawing out the relationships between several ideas. Here is a bare bones example of how I used mind mapping to brainstorm what my breakfast menu could look like.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Click on images below to see larger views</span><br />.</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwM1rCAdBncrBNud5YEjbBWtTQnSwYTKJKAA2qurwTcGDSIyFCyOkA-GZwm5Rp24VIAiwK2LC9DEkEsUb8afKOwJ2dCk9-0DfR8B4v_Gy9w0IZYs2X32P2A5q5DRnG9Yarp-20p_pf086-/s1600/breakfast.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwM1rCAdBncrBNud5YEjbBWtTQnSwYTKJKAA2qurwTcGDSIyFCyOkA-GZwm5Rp24VIAiwK2LC9DEkEsUb8afKOwJ2dCk9-0DfR8B4v_Gy9w0IZYs2X32P2A5q5DRnG9Yarp-20p_pf086-/s400/breakfast.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592884441250196210" border="0" /></a></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;"><br />On a more complex level, you can use mind mapping as a study and teaching tool. Below is a mind map created by allergist and immunologist <a href="http://allergycases.org/2006/01/mind-maps-asthma.html">Dr. Dimov and colleagues at the University of Chicago and LSU</a> to diagram the concept of adhesion molecules.<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNmS6KN2W6737wyvhKYJ2N0FXML0dzwsVheRz_P61G5-QpsjHLM_Gz6gQAjaZGSXjkFxgVK3cSlmvUdNOroWMMhi-N_pJAHTK98TtKW9q5IIkdFId42-R07XZgrVOk3QIUovVRrFORWAY/s1600/Adhesion_Molecules.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNmS6KN2W6737wyvhKYJ2N0FXML0dzwsVheRz_P61G5-QpsjHLM_Gz6gQAjaZGSXjkFxgVK3cSlmvUdNOroWMMhi-N_pJAHTK98TtKW9q5IIkdFId42-R07XZgrVOk3QIUovVRrFORWAY/s400/Adhesion_Molecules.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592888856162582322" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;"><br />To find out more about how to use mind mapping as a teaching tool, you should read this article written by a fourth-year medical student in the UK:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;">Edwards, S, & Cooper, N. (2010). <a href="http://ucelinks.cdlib.org:8888/sfx_local?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:21134197&sfx.directlink=off"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mind mapping as a teaching resource.</span></a> The clinical teacher, 7(4), 236-9.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">ABSTRACT</span><br /></span></span></span><p style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="sub_abstract_label"><span style="font-weight: bold;">BACKGROUND:</span> </span><span>Modern mind mapping has been around since the mid-1970s, having been developed in its current form by Tony Buzan. It works by taking information from several sources and displaying this information as key words in a bright, colourful manner. Mind maps have been described as an effective study technique when applied to written material.</span></span></p><p style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="sub_abstract_label"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CONTEXT:</span> </span><span>This paper looks at how to use mind mapping as a teaching resource, and was written as a result of the recent undergraduate 'Doctors as Teachers' conference at The Peninsula Medical School. INNOVATION: Mind mapping is a technique not often used or considered by many teachers. This paper looks at how a busy clinical teacher can apply this technique in a practical, useable way. This allows topics to be more interesting to students and makes both learning and teaching more enjoyable.</span></span></p><p style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="sub_abstract_label"><span style="font-weight: bold;">IMPLICATIONS:</span> </span><span>Mind mapping has many potential applications to clinical education, and can be adapted to many situations. It can be used as a teaching resource, as an aid to preparing and reviewing lectures, and the technique allows notes to be written and reviewed quickly, and most importantly enables information to be easily updated. Mind mapping can be used in many situations including problem-based learning, small-group teaching, in a one-to-one context, as an examination tool and for personal revision.</span></span></p></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;">By training yourself to mind map the material you need to learn or teach, your brain will begin to integrate the information into a more second nature understanding. In this way mind mapping is like diagramming sentences, but a whole lot more enjoyable. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;"><br />Be sure to check out my previous blog post about <a href="http://mededlit.blogspot.com/2009/10/free-mind-mapping-tools.html">free and easy to use mind mapping tools</a>. There are several sophisticated mind mapping software that you can purchase as well. Go forth and map!<br /><br /></span></div></div>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-31807023699930993052011-01-31T22:58:00.001-08:002011-08-02T17:03:50.048-07:00Facebook and Doctor-Patient Relations<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;">As of January 2011, Facebook has over 600 million active users. This breaks down to an average of at least 1 in 12 people in the world have a Facebook account. With these odds, it's inevitable that the paths of patients and doctors should eventually intersect on Facebook.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">A real dilemma has arisen: </span></span><em><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;">Patients have found their physicians on Facebook and have requested to be friends with them.</span> </em><em></em><em><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;"></span></em><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;">Because of the personal information that can be found on Facebook, it seems intuitive that a doctor should not accept a friend request from a patient. But with no hard and fast guidelines, what is a doctor to do? Facebook reveals too much of what is personal and private that a physician, and a patient, would not particularly want to know about the other.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;">In the past two years, there have been a few opinion pieces published in medical journals addressing the issue of whether or not doctors should accept patients' friend requests:</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><ul><br /><li><em>Grover, M. (2010). <a href="http://ucelinks.cdlib.org:8888/sfx_local?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:20671446">Defining the patient-physician relationship in the era of facebook.</a> Academic medicine, 85(8), 1262-. </em></li><br /><li><em>Jain, S H. (2009). <a href="http://ucelinks.cdlib.org:8888/sfx_local?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:19675328&sfx.directlink=off">Practicing medicine in the age of Facebook. </a>The New England journal of medicine, 361(7), 649-51. </em></li><br /><li><em>Lacson, S M, Bradley, C, & Arkfeld, D G. (2009). <a href="http://ucelinks.cdlib.org:8888/sfx_local?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:19208543&sfx.directlink=off">Facebook medicine</a>. Journal of rheumatology, 36(1), 211-.</em></li></ul><br /><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;">As of November 2010, the Australian Medical Association and their related Australian and New Zealand associations are in the forefront of setting guidelines for physician use of social networking sites such as Facebook.</span></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;"><em><br /></em><div align="center"><em>[<span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">View the guidlelines at</span> </em><a href="http://ama.com.au/socialmedia"><em>http://ama.com.au/socialmedia</em></a><em>]. </em></div></span><br /><div align="center"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/T7JWQLgTfw4" width="480" frameborder="0" height="390"></iframe></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;">This initiative was in response to the fact that some physicians have posted negative comments and even the names of some of their patients on Facebook. This clearly crosses the boundaries of professionalism.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;">These opinion pieces and guidelines should set the stage for active discussion in the medical profession and medical schools of how physicians should or should not interact within the world of social media. Feel free to put in your two cents in the comments section below.</span> </div><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">The American Medical Association actually does have a short statement on their website about professionalism and social media. Check it out at</span> </span><a href="http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/meeting/professionalism-social-media.shtml"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/meeting/professionalism-social-media.shtml</span></a> </div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;"></span>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-10482268819262856622010-12-21T15:20:00.001-08:002010-12-22T14:55:09.849-08:00Happy Holidays 2010<span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">Wishing you a very <strong><em><span style="color:#009900;">H</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">a</span><span style="color:#3366ff;">p</span><span style="color:#cc9933;">p</span><span style="color:#33cc00;">y</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">H</span><span style="color:#3366ff;">o</span>l<span style="color:#cc9933;">i</span><span style="color:#33cc00;">d</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">a</span><span style="color:#3366ff;">y</span><span style="color:#cc9933;">s</span></em></strong> and hope that 2010 was good to you. If not, we've got 2011 to give it another go!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">Here's a little diddy to help you get geared for a quiet workweek between Christmas and New Year's. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">May your 2011 be filled with continued opportunities to live, learn, and pass on your knowledge!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span><br /><br /><p align="center"><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/geTSBFb_GR4?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/geTSBFb_GR4?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"> </p>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-69259246858213531482010-12-10T13:24:00.001-08:002010-12-22T11:23:54.438-08:00Google's Tech Quick Tip Videos<span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">I don't know if you're like me, but if anyone in your family thinks that you have some level of tech savvy, you end up being the go-to person for tech troubleshooting for all things large and small.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">For example, 20% of the time when my dad comes over to visit and is checking his email on my computer, he'll exclaim, "What happened to my bookmarks?!" Then I'll take a deep breath and remind him that his bookmarks are on HIS computer at home, and the ones on mine are specific to my computer alone.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">Well, help is on the horizon now that the</span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;"> young techies at Google have created a fun and useful series of videos at <a href="http://www.teachparentstech.org/"><strong><span style="color:#009900;">TeachParentsTech.org</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color:#009900;">.</span></strong> The website's name pretty much says it all. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">These incredibly short and to the point videos all run under one minute. One of my favorite features is at the end of every video there is a childhood photo of the presenter with their parents.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://www.teachparentstech.org/about"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553232426252057874" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 228px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ZsNIJDN4LJNQvy4OB9xW0IngnXNt7GljV6Wj6Gcf5wVtqruAtpbYHp8ZuD8MXxB4B3KzOAU1rL-6luw9w5W5KNEyJQ1DWpqhNDH8zPh7kiWdj5D0aEfXTwv_CLav1caCIWn8Fy_BCRiD/s400/teachtech.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">Tips range from very basic (ie, how to copy and paste, or how to increase text size) to skills that everyone, not just parents, can appreciate (ie, how to take a screenshot (see below)). A lot of the tips are geared towards Mac users, but some do cover tips for PCs. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span><br /><object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iDie1CVM8iQ?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iDie1CVM8iQ?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#333399;">Feel free to navigate the</span> </span><a href="http://www.teachparentstech.org/"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>TeachParentsTech.org</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> <span style="color:#333399;">website for more videos, or simply browse the related videos in the YouTube right menu after viewing one of their videos. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">Share this news with your parents and other frequent tech-frantic but loving family member or friends. They'll thank you for it, and you can thank the folks at Google for making our lives easier.</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span></p><br /><br><br /><br>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-34604773549818011842010-12-08T11:11:00.001-08:002010-12-22T10:36:50.176-08:00UCSF's New Teaching & Learning Center opening in January<span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">The brand new state of the art <span style="color:#009900;"><strong><a href="http://tlc.library.ucsf.edu/">Teaching & Learning Center</a></strong></span> will be opening its doors in January 2011. The TLC, housed on the second floor of the UCSF Library, will foster interprofessional health education. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCExyA0Xtc4jFM7vRKVIkxhXbzWSqB4ZaEtK3q8h1-I33PFz724_LuCPZEeZjGb0sI29qdTtpHqDQCbSciATUZJk7UmnaaGvrZ1aM0QAaV7SfWNYEg6_taQSsbTRy5-aRjr0XCD6WD5qNd/s1600/tlc.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553303370436753298" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 82px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCExyA0Xtc4jFM7vRKVIkxhXbzWSqB4ZaEtK3q8h1-I33PFz724_LuCPZEeZjGb0sI29qdTtpHqDQCbSciATUZJk7UmnaaGvrZ1aM0QAaV7SfWNYEg6_taQSsbTRy5-aRjr0XCD6WD5qNd/s400/tlc.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">This new facility is where students will practice their clinical skills, ranging from working with standardized (actor) patients, to working with simulation models for clinical procedures, and to telemedicine training. The TLC will be the new home as well for the <a href="http://medschool.ucsf.edu/kanbar/">Kanbar Center for Simulation, Clinical Skills and Telemedicine Education</a>.</span><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">The project is state funded by <em>Telemedicine and PRIME-US Education Facilities</em> initiative as a result of <a href="http://www.bondaccountability.uc.ca.gov/default.php">California State Proposition 1D</a>. <strong><em>PRIME-US</em></strong> is a UCSF specific <strong>P</strong>rogram <strong>I</strong>n <strong>M</strong>edical <strong>E</strong>ducation for the Urban Underserved.</span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">In addition to clinical skills learning spaces, there are also seminar rooms, a computer lab, media development center, and community spaces for group discussions and collaborative work. Seminar and classrooms are equipped with multiple large flat panel screens, and high definition video recorders for telecasting with remote learners and for recording class content. Teaching spaces have retractable walls to expand to accomodate different class sizes and equipped with modular furniture to allow for easier collaborative learning.</span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">The TLC will open the first week of January. Come take part in the open house activities the week of <strong><em>January 18th</em></strong>. More info at <a href="http://tlc.library.ucsf.edu/">http://tlc.library.ucsf.edu/</a> . You will not be disappointed, plus, enjoy views of the cityscape and Golden Gate Bridge.</span><br /></p><p></p>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-12892828292287440782010-11-30T16:30:00.001-08:002010-12-21T16:44:21.268-08:00PubMed's Video Tutorials<span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">Need some answers for how-to's with PubMed, but the librarian isn't available to help? Then you should check out online tutorials put together by the folks at the National Library of Medicine who run PubMed's content.</span><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAbcDrHfNwKGLHhw5LC9aMccWZTg3Cb9TPnczaijsEUnNLH2IvHS9eL2vO3ULUvhM7i2JkvBc_vkk9D51kcxrjttSAdfjBB1Kk48sEctIfli6U3idk3Kcq0csmYMOMQ6WDqGsTLu8p0DU/s1600/pmtutorials.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553299502937280194" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 197px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAbcDrHfNwKGLHhw5LC9aMccWZTg3Cb9TPnczaijsEUnNLH2IvHS9eL2vO3ULUvhM7i2JkvBc_vkk9D51kcxrjttSAdfjBB1Kk48sEctIfli6U3idk3Kcq0csmYMOMQ6WDqGsTLu8p0DU/s400/pmtutorials.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#333399;"></span></span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#333399;"></span></span></p><br><p align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#333399;">On PubMed's homepage, select the</span><strong> </strong></span><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmed.html"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="color:#009900;">PubMed Tutorials</span> </strong></span></a><span style="color:#333399;"><span style="font-family:arial;">link under the <em>Using PubMed</em> section below the search box. That will take you to a collection of "Quick Tours", which are narrated tutorials.</span> </span></p><br><p align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">Good to know that there are multiple sources of help out there for how to efficectively use PubMed.</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span></p><p align="left"></p>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-32539728712159657932010-11-24T12:15:00.001-08:002010-12-22T11:17:58.538-08:0025 Basic Styles of Blogging<span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">Are you an active blogger? A newbie blogger? Only in the consideration stage of becoming a blogger? If you are any of these, this presentation gives some very helpful tips on the multiple types of blogging styles that can engage your readers. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">Each style is rated by:</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">(1) Suggested frequency of postings</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">(2) The "Buzz Index" - how likely the posting will be linked to and commented on </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">(3) Difficulty level in creating each posting style</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">My personal opinion is that you should use any combination of several styles to make your blog interesting and engaging with your audience. No one style is dominantly the best. The ratings will help you determine which styles you should consider using most.</span><br /><br /><div id="__ss_37589" style="WIDTH: 425px"><strong style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 12px 0px 4px"><a title="The 25 Basic Styles of Blogging ... And When To Use Each One" href="http://www.slideshare.net/rohitbhargava/the-25-basic-styles-of-blogging-and-when-to-use-each-one">The 25 Basic Styles of Blogging ... And When To Use Each One</a></strong><object id="__sse37589" height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=25stylesofbloggingrohitbhargava-1227332414520753-9&stripped_title=the-25-basic-styles-of-blogging-and-when-to-use-each-one&userName=rohitbhargava"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed name="__sse37589" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=25stylesofbloggingrohitbhargava-1227332414520753-9&stripped_title=the-25-basic-styles-of-blogging-and-when-to-use-each-one&userName=rohitbhargava" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 12px; PADDING-TOP: 5px">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/rohitbhargava">Rohit Bhargava</a>.</div></div><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">The presentation author, Rohit Bhargava, is Senior Vice President of 360 Digital Influence Group at Ogilvy, a large global advertising company.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">May these tips help guide you through your blogging adventures!</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p><br /><br><br /><br>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-57678358080977352882010-10-29T22:22:00.001-07:002010-11-18T09:49:58.485-08:00Medical Mnemonics Apps<div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">So much to memorize, so little time. Is that the story of your medical school life? </span><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">Well, the <strong><span style="color:#009900;"><em>NerdcoreLearning Board Review Medical Mnemonics</em></span></strong> <span style="color:#009900;"><strong><em>app</em></strong></span> has come to your rescue. This app is available for $0.99 at the iTunes Apps store online. The high-yield content has been selected by attending physicians and students to provide an extensive collection of easily browsable topics and organs systems.</span><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_PKMu4zGKmpG83HPpG8CLby7tCuK5q_UKpzL36bF2vw4jx5-9DaGDjmrwYQlQW39VqM4OurWlPC4Y4WYu-biFNYlRz8Sv7IG0QR1NSHUqZV-CId56AiWwpdFxIHL9LFrP8aiKDpVnQ1Y4/s1600/nerd.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540683696375279138" style="WIDTH: 210px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_PKMu4zGKmpG83HPpG8CLby7tCuK5q_UKpzL36bF2vw4jx5-9DaGDjmrwYQlQW39VqM4OurWlPC4Y4WYu-biFNYlRz8Sv7IG0QR1NSHUqZV-CId56AiWwpdFxIHL9LFrP8aiKDpVnQ1Y4/s320/nerd.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></p><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">In addition to mnemonics, the app also provides news feeds from the </span><a href="http://nerdcorelearning.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;">Nerdcore Learning website</span></a>.</div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#996633;"><em>Special thanks to first-year med student Asya Ofshteyn for pointing me to the Nerdcore app.</em></span></div><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540689074326828322" style="WIDTH: 364px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 199px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD9CT8ABweKHEkfRRFXMzu_SH7XspdoDxFW1zhFu2Rtqohf-CucNJkhGJthnGMwVc1QSPX2ocFoLC-p-E7HWu4WJLFdtE2VWJUHnBkbb1JKHOMMDFX8chlr_P5XLEvBx8TMXIXT9UOn07n/s400/mnemonics.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;"></span></p><br /><p align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">Another mobile resource is available from</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.medicalmnemonics.com/">Medical Mnemonics.com</a>. <span style="color:#333399;">It is compatable with Palm OS and is also available as a browsable website and PDFs are available compiling the mnemonics.</span></span><br /></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">Okay, enough talk for now, go forth and learn!</span></p><p align="left"> </p>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-12666372643648847842010-10-29T12:25:00.000-07:002010-11-18T09:51:19.354-08:00Team-Based Learning - Is It for You?<span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">Team-based learning (TBL) has steadily gained momentum in the field of education. Back in the late 1970's, Larry Michaelsen, a Professor of Management, then of Oklahoma State University, and now of University of Central Missouri, first termed TBL and showed it to be an effective mode of teaching students in small groups of ideally 4 to 7 students per group.</span><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">TBL can turn a previously more passive lecture-based class into an active student collaborative environment. A general TBL session would look like this:</span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"><span style="color:#009900;">(1) Individual Study:</span> Students are expected to have prepared for the session ahead of time by reading teacher-assigned materials. </span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#333399;"><span style="color:#009900;">(2) Individual Test:</span> The time in class is then open for students to assess their knowledge of the material; first on their own by taking an IRAT (individual readiness assessment test).</span></span><br /></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"><span style="color:#009900;">(3) Team Test:</span> Groups then work as a team to answer the same IRAT question. Students deliberate and decide on a group answer to the GRAT (group readiness assessment test). </span><br /></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"><span style="color:#009900;">(4) Written Appeals</span>: the class reconvenes as a large group to discuss the answers from each group; instructor provides input to direct the discussion.</span><br /></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"><span style="color:#009900;">(5) Application Question:</span> students work in their groups to apply their knowledge and critical thinking skills to answer a question posed to the entire class by the instructor. The class then reconvenes and discusses their answers with the instructor's oversight.</span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">Students can earn points for each section of the TBL sesion that count toward their course grade.</span></p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">The resources below give an overview of how TBL may work to enhance your course lectures.</span><br /><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"><strong>Watch this video of Michaelsen describing the significance of different physical set-ups of teams</strong></span><br /><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="http://teambasedlearning.apsc.ubc.ca/v/clip11/clip11.htm"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540308750450909714" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 160px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHfH3iyjrevdPxY-TzjqndCqRlx7oiMjy2ly-Ou9YkGcuB44rbxZXuEsCbNkitJt7RICHizxFOn_V_21ch8h5kuK650VjNFq_P-2Y8-TJccE7dMGHeock4WhpSv_V2l-6BM6s8jevihVqX/s200/TBL.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;"><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"><strong>This video details TBL at University of Texas at Austin and is an excellent introduction to TBL</strong></span><br /></div><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://www.utexas.edu/academic/ctl/teaching/tblvideo.php"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538085331100307394" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 199px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsU-Opnk86STnJAoIaF3zCl-OLrFAItdgSY-PgwFUJRkNEQZgk_BHDyvdQHWYJkvbkIlCCp02o8BQWyNPXQ86SyqEp0J3eN4KlAhJ-qe8hvJiFSmJkLwFGjHxWfAR4t50IqfcYCPJHtnYN/s320/TBL.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><strong>LITERATURE </strong><span style="font-size:85%;"><em><span style="color:#000000;">[click on the titles below to browse content]</span></em></span></p><p align="left"><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#993300;">Michaelsen, L.K., Watson, W.E., Cragin, J.P., and Fink, L.D. (1982) Team-based learning: A potential solution to the problems of large classes. Exchange: The Organizational Behavior Teaching Journal 7(4): 18-33.</span><span style="color:#000000;"> [Click </span></span></em><a href="https://request.cdlib.org:4502/request/openurl.jsp?CALLING_SYSTEM=CDLSFX&xxx=yyy&sid=UCLinks-sfx%3Acitation&volume=7&aulast=michaelsen&issn=0162-1858&issue=4&genre=article&auinit=L&aufirst=larry&atitle=Team-based+learning%3A+A+potential+solution+to+the+problems+of+large+classes.&title=Exchange%3A+the+organizational+behavior+teaching+journal&year=1982&date=1982&pid=institute%3DUCSF"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">here </span></em></a><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#000000;">to request article]<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#993300;">Michaelsen, L. K. (2008).</span> </span></em><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=EoYBYFf38zsC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Team-based learning for health professions education: A guide to using small groups for improving learning.</span></em></a><em><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="color:#993300;">Sterling, Va: Stylus.</span> </span></em></p><br /><p align="left"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#993300;">Michaelsen, L. K., Knight, A. B., & Fink, L. D. (2002).</span> </span></em><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=8S8efQkqeqIC&lpg=PR7&ots=teo05zMr1g&dq=team-based%20learning&lr&pg=PR7#v=onepage&q&f=false"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Team-based learning: A transformative use of small groups.</span></em></a><em><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="color:#993300;">Westport, Conn: Praeger.</span> </span></em></p><br /><p align="left"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#993300;">Koles, P G, Stolfi, A, Borges, N J, et al. (2010). <a href="http://ucelinks.cdlib.org:8888/sfx_local?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:20881827">The impact of team-based learning on medical students' academic performance.</a> Academic medicine, 85(11), 1739-45. </span></span></em></p><br /><p align="left"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#993300;">Parmelee, D, & Michaelsen, L K. (2010). </span><a href="http://ucelinks.cdlib.org:8888/sfx_local?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:20980846">Team-based learning: it's here and it WORKS!</a>. <span style="color:#993300;">Academic medicine, 85(11), 1658-9. </span></span></em></p><br /><p align="left"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#993300;">Parmelee, D X, & Michaelsen, L K. (2010).</span> <a href="http://ucelinks.cdlib.org:8888/sfx_local?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:20163226">Twelve tips for doing effective Team-Based Learning (TBL). </a><span style="color:#993300;">Medical teacher, 32(2), 118-22. </span></span></em></p><br /><p align="left"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#993300;">Parmelee, D X, DeStephen, Dan, & Borges, N J. (2009).</span> <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2779620/?tool=pubmed">Medical students' attitudes about team-based learning in a pre-clinical curriculum.</a> <span style="color:#993300;">Medical education online, 14, 1-. </span></span></em></p><br /><p align="left"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Click <strong><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=team-based%5BAll%20Fields%5D%20AND%20%28%22learning%22%5BMeSH%20Terms%5D%20OR%20%22learning%22%5BAll%20Fields%5D%29&cmd=DetailsSearch">here </a></strong>for <strong>PUBMED RESULTS</strong> for a search on team-based learning</span></em></p><br /><p align="left"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Team-Based Learning (Univ of British Columbia website) - <a href="http://teambasedlearning.apsc.ubc.ca/">http://teambasedlearning.apsc.ubc.ca/</a></span></em></p><p align="left"><br /></p></span>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-21020498152720712512010-09-28T12:42:00.003-07:002011-11-15T10:48:24.002-08:00Procedures Consult: an Online Resource to Brush Up on Clinical Skills Knowledge<p align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;"><strong><em>"See one. Do one. Teach One…Made Better and Safer”.</em></strong> That’s the tagline of </span><a href="http://www.library.ucsf.edu/db/proceduresconsult"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;"><strong>Procedures Consult</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;"><strong><span style="color:#009900;">,</span></strong> an online resource that is now available to you thanks to the UCSF Medical Center and the Library’s joint efforts to set up a subscription to this tool. This comprehensive and concise procedural reference tool details how to prepare for, perform and follow up on the most common medical procedures. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;" align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc0000;"><i><b>View a quick narrated overview tutorial below</b></i></span></p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span><p align="left"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/UCSFLibrary#p/u/31/3tEuZ88_xoI"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijCRvuVm7NKqhhsnxnr3zXSseMdOnds-W-LLLgDVlJIKo1l3i6SFiz925mUJqNmkNzAE0kXJ1Bq5ko-wOSZc_pzPuz2XvXuVfCnkBLtkPEa8thAq1YvWdt5PbkaRlRGpuyViEdKMVSlgjt/s400/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675284837942496418" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px; " border="0" /></a></div><span style="color:#333399;"><strong style="font-family: arial; ">Key features include:</strong> </span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;"><br />· Videos and illustrations for each procedure<br />· Self-directed procedures training and testing with trackable results<br />· Pre-, During, and Post-procedure reference<br />· Procedural checklists and Universal protocols<br />· Billing codes for procedures<br /><br /><strong>Additional educational benefits: </strong><strong><br /></strong>· Highlights when patient "informed consent" is required<br />· Reinforces Joint Commission patient safety concepts<br />· Conforms to ACGME and ABMS (American Board of Internal Medicine) standards </span><p></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;"><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">Helpful ways to browse the content from the Procedures Consult homepage are to:</span> (a) look under the Procedures by specialty listed in the left menu bar (b) type a specific procedure into the search box, or (c) select a particular region on the illustration of the human body.<br /><br />Below is an example of what a procedures listing contains. Go to </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/pconsult"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#3366ff;">http://tinyurl.com/pconsult</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;"> to view a short narrated video tutorial on how to navigate Procedures Consult.</span> </p><p align="left"></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em><strong><span style="color:#666666;">CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW TO SEE LARGER VIEW</span></strong></em><br /></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSLppUNFPrwedlUbec2JYdfB_gOnDlMc8-psHWUnWkAjhX1nUIz7wTJZMWXfHTeIXkQf-K-c08MEQX7-sZbCux9qRaCC2ggA_mJI-yW4nwjUfS0SwB0K78qPu0Apvtn32tqQnWlfLXart/s1600/procedures.consult_record.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538074131381734210" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 220px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSLppUNFPrwedlUbec2JYdfB_gOnDlMc8-psHWUnWkAjhX1nUIz7wTJZMWXfHTeIXkQf-K-c08MEQX7-sZbCux9qRaCC2ggA_mJI-yW4nwjUfS0SwB0K78qPu0Apvtn32tqQnWlfLXart/s400/procedures.consult_record.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;"><strong>Options of where to access Procedures Consult: </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;"><strong><br /></strong>- Listed under the<em><strong> Popular Resources section on the Library’s homepage<br /></strong>- <strong>Download the </strong></em></span><a href="http://www.library.ucsf.edu/services/browsertools"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;"><em><strong>Clinician’s Toolbar</strong></em></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;"> to your browser for a one click link to Procedures Consult<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;"><strong>How to access this resource on your mobile device:</strong><br />- Go to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/m.proceduresconsult.com">m.proceduresconsult.com </a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">*<em></em><br /></span></strong>- Also check out the UCSF mobile page at <a href="http://www.blogger.com/m.ucsf.edu"><strong>m.ucsf.edu</strong></a> developed by the Library<br /><br /><strong>Top Reasons to use Procedures Consult:</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">(1) Clear and concise information about how to perform major medical procedures </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;"><br />(2) Excellent self-review of information you need to know for critical clinical skills training<br /><br />(3) Ideal teaching tool to offer residents, students, and other medical trainees that allows them to track their learning via self-paced tests<br /><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>*</strong></span> <strong><span style="font-size:100%;">Setting up mobile access:</span></strong> </span>first go to Procedures Consult - the web resource (<a href="http://app.proceduresconsult.com/Learner/Default.aspx">http://app.proceduresconsult.com/Learner/Default.aspx</a>)<em><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="color:#666666;">- <strong>(NOTE: you must sign into VPN first, if you're accessing this off-campus).</strong></span></span></em><span style="color:#666666;"> </span>In the upper right of their page, click on the "<u><em><strong>Sign-in</strong></em></u>" link. Create your account there. That should be what you use to log into on your mobile device when you go to m.proceduresconsult.com.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;"> </span></p>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-39693290090701601992010-09-28T12:42:00.001-07:002010-11-09T17:12:47.847-08:00Use RefGrab-It to Download your PubMed Results<span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">If you've used a citation software, like RefWorks, you know that it takes a few steps to get a citation from PubMed into your citation software. It's a multi-step process that requires saving your citations in PubMed first as a text file before importing into RefWorks or EndNote.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://mededlit.blogspot.com/2009/11/pubmed-quick-tip-11-exporting-citations.html"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Click this link</strong> </span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">to see this traditional method.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">BUT if you have a RefWorks account, you can actually use the <strong><a href="http://mededlit.blogspot.com/2010/08/refgrab-it-bookmarlet-to-cite.html"><span style="color:#009900;">RefGrab-It feature</span></a></strong> to capture citations in PubMed. This allows you to completely by-pass the traditional method of saving a text file before importing. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">You can do this one citation at a time, or as I prefer, if you have several citations, send them to the <strong><em>Clipboard</em></strong> in PubMed and then use RefGrab-It to import into RefWorks.</span><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#666666;"><strong>Watch this narrated video to see how.</strong></span> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><br /> </div><p align="center"><a href="http://www.screencast.com/users/jtan/folders/Jing/media/5b91272b-e08b-4100-af9c-94c0d3fbf974"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537719489159734802" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 181px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOWH7MFJ3Q6GAPouhXYhANUSAxnIG4-Ywjws-JpmgaGd7fhrePoQkh8WRW4uvW-_ZRlQwtjqaVARe8-rCYh8WMr4hakKx2esXdFt_aO8eYo9WEbMXGKgAdUug7bV3JfNognC9V6ww-eNe9/s320/Picture1.png" border="0" /></a></p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#000000;"></span>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-3950023587465222572010-08-27T13:54:00.001-07:002010-11-18T10:06:38.251-08:00RefGrab-It to Cite Information from the Web<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#333399;">So, you've found an article or book that would be perfect to cite in your research. What's a fast and easy way to capture and create a citation from that website? </span><br /></span><span style="color:#333399;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Here's an idea:</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="color:#333399;"></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#333399;"><span style="font-family:arial;">The citation management software, <strong><span style="color:#333399;">RefWorks</span></strong>, has a <strong><span style="color:#009900;">RefGrab-It</span></strong> feature that allows you to import information from any website into RefWorks.</span> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#333399;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#993300;"><strong>Downloading RefGrab-It bookmarklet to your browser:</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#333399;"></span><br /><span style="color:#333399;">(1) Go to <a href="https://refworks.com/Refworks/newuser.asp">https://refworks.com/Refworks/newuser.asp</a> to set up a new account if do not already have one.<span style="font-size:85%;"><em><strong> </strong><span style="color:#666666;">[If off-campus, log into VPN and Network Connect first; RefWorks is free to UCSF users because the Library has a site licence.]</span></em></span></span><span style="color:#666666;"><br /></span><span style="color:#666666;"></span><br /><span style="color:#333399;">(2) Go to <a href="http://www.refworks.com/refworks/BookMarklet.asp">http://www.refworks.com/refworks/BookMarklet.asp</a> to download the bookmarklet</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnjqqNvMhH0"><strong>Watch this video</strong> </a>showing how to use the RefGrab-It tool to easily import the web citation into your RefWorks account.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-68756426497250052482010-08-12T16:31:00.000-07:002010-11-09T13:27:48.028-08:00Calculate free mobile app<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARfyKURpebGTdIPo8YGvpziqg1RnI5gSSUVh7raKagIphxmYwTy26FgtUrPnvcJ_trrbIOju0JtypNKNDM-OfcWQX_DiU6vxEZiCnryYyplNLWSmi3mZkVT1JV8udd5k1ymuS2V13q_lZ/s1600/qx.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536217294050699954" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 42px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARfyKURpebGTdIPo8YGvpziqg1RnI5gSSUVh7raKagIphxmYwTy26FgtUrPnvcJ_trrbIOju0JtypNKNDM-OfcWQX_DiU6vxEZiCnryYyplNLWSmi3mZkVT1JV8udd5k1ymuS2V13q_lZ/s200/qx.png" border="0" /></a><br /></div><p><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,153);font-family:arial;" ><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(0,153,0)">Calculate</span> is a free app from QxMD. It is a decision support tool that has over 150 clinical calculators. It is available for the iPhone, iPod Touch, BlackBerry, and Android.</span> </p><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">The app is an upgrade and integration of the other QxMD's apps for Cardio Calc, Neph Calc, GI Calc, Heme Calc and Pregnancy Wheel.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">User feedback is very high for this app. Check it out for yourself!</span><br /></p><br /><br><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">Watch this non-narrated quick tour:</span><br /><br /><object height="390" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hRHicvwnrdI&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hRHicvwnrdI&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="390"></embed></object><br /><br /></p>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-73569597334810430232010-07-28T17:03:00.001-07:002010-11-05T16:17:14.496-07:00Google Scholar: How to Re-Sort Results by Date<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;" >You may have noticed that when you run a search in Google Scholar (<a href="http://scholar.google.com/">http://scholar.google.com</a>), the top result is NOT necessarily the most recent publication on your search topic.<br /><br />As with any result of a regular Google search, the top listing is the most linked-to page on the Internet on your topic. Thus, the top result is based more on popularity on the Web rather than on accuracy or complete relevance to your original search.<br /><br />It's quite straight-forward on how to re-sort your Google Scholar results. In the light-green bar above your Google Scholar search results, select the arrow next to the "<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">anytime</span>" box. Choose the date you'd like the results to go back to.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80LGOihjO8ZpfHf0hXYDgNMwuPuIW61oNNY-q6YWAW5TUsHCn0alBdV4Ti6XoOK3HOEdbMbm53B-RD-M86h4DfjgdpkdH9Q1OjfDWYrli2watq-jm9orD3s3EEmpkXYFj979DPfMQwas5/s1600/resort.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80LGOihjO8ZpfHf0hXYDgNMwuPuIW61oNNY-q6YWAW5TUsHCn0alBdV4Ti6XoOK3HOEdbMbm53B-RD-M86h4DfjgdpkdH9Q1OjfDWYrli2watq-jm9orD3s3EEmpkXYFj979DPfMQwas5/s400/resort.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536204732385515730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;" >To make sure you have a much more thorough list of results, make sure to search a complimentary database, such as PubMed, that always ranks its results by most relevant and most recent at the top.</span><br /></div></div><br /><div></div>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-66763216419755047852010-07-28T14:01:00.001-07:002010-11-05T15:14:59.596-07:00PubMed Quick Tip #14: Creating a Permanent Link to Search Results<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;" >Let's say you want to generate a URL to get you straight to a set of PubMed results from a search you ran. Why would this be useful?</span><br /><div><div><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;" >- Instead of telling someone to copy and paste a search phrase you searched in PubMed, you </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;" >can provide them a direct link to the results</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;" >- You wan</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;" >t to have a link, to say all the papers you've published that are in PubMed, available on a personal or departmental website</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial;" >Here's how you can create a</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial;" > permanent link to your PubMed results:</span></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;" >(1) Run your search in PubMed</span><br /><br /><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;" >(2) On the results page, scroll down to the</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;" > lower part of the right-hand margin, and select the <u><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><em>See more...</em></span></strong></u> link under the <strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><em>Search details</em></span></strong> section</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;" ><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XaDffrm2W0ycxpgBfz6upPFlZfPFfjXgtK3cMYPafK4d5-HiuCPwmzHqdy19xgR8dpMja615H6ITNlzeLi4OFSIbUm__XJlwl8UP3LLm1WVIdzhyWJTXErq-LYfuSl3t3H7Dvn5rvZ5W/s1600/URL.1.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 122px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XaDffrm2W0ycxpgBfz6upPFlZfPFfjXgtK3cMYPafK4d5-HiuCPwmzHqdy19xgR8dpMja615H6ITNlzeLi4OFSIbUm__XJlwl8UP3LLm1WVIdzhyWJTXErq-LYfuSl3t3H7Dvn5rvZ5W/s200/URL.1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536190587913138466" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;" >(3) Select the<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> URL</span> button</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOfZ5jkRqPq8qw9j-ZskjuM_LKKXIbEFGqjaJMmjdOC-Jn3UBHI4_-1l9YUwWiitOzPiYv6Jq0QDK7eZdKwqB1MDVdmMx6Aq4soTsRf2si9mNgzAw7LqU-sCiHL21TePU3xmVCGEs3mG3C/s1600/URL2.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536190104090707522" style="width: 200px; height: 167px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOfZ5jkRqPq8qw9j-ZskjuM_LKKXIbEFGqjaJMmjdOC-Jn3UBHI4_-1l9YUwWiitOzPiYv6Jq0QDK7eZdKwqB1MDVdmMx6Aq4soTsRf2si9mNgzAw7LqU-sCiHL21TePU3xmVCGEs3mG3C/s200/URL2.png" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;" >(4) Copy and paste the URL that appears at the top of your browser screen<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">EXTRA TIP:</span><br />Since the URL generated is rather long, you can shorten it, if you like, before you send it to someone, by using a tool that will generate a shorter URL (for example<span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://mededlit.blogspot.com/2008/07/microsize-that-long-url.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">tinyurl.com</span></a>)</span><br /></div><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;" ></span></div></div>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-82146897571951835172010-06-10T12:12:00.001-07:002010-08-25T16:33:07.358-07:00MedFools for Free Scutsheets<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;"><em><span style="color:#ff0000;">Med students and residents - help me out here:</span></em> </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">Have any of you used <a href="http://www.medfools.com/"><em><strong><span style="color:#009900;">MedFools</span></strong> </em></a>before? </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span> </div><div align="left"></div><p align="center"><a href="http://www.medfools.com/index.php"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504289041131048242" style="WIDTH: 237px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 82px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5B61s1wCBJws15f6V7b6Is0Cmwt_495WYm2OOd4_70pgrTqfgl6QXQV3KgTJ4lMvfkII0REpToH0lN4RoIJjtigX9eu9dkwBPJbfiJ9ldvpzJmkswb0nc76jcKlN3mWSFY0wj1l38AqoN/s400/medfools.gif" border="0" /></a></p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">This not-for-profit site has been around since 2001 and is for "students by students" and "residents by residents". The site provides information ranging from sample personal statements, insider tips and book recommendations for USMLE prep, wards, residency applications, match, pre-med prep, and free downloadable materials.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">Their homepage has an item mentioning that their site has been blacklisted by the AAMC. Apparently, some medical school and residency applicants may have lifted sample essays from MedFools and unwisely used them in their own application. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">Steering clear of this sticky issue, I wanted to point out a feature that looks quite helpful on this site: The <a href="http://www.medfools.com/downloads.php">downloadable scutsheets and fact sheets </a>. These free resources can come in handy when gathering patient information and reminders of what to cover during the patient encounter. They're printable and convenient to stuff into your whitecoat pocket.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">Subjects include scutsheets and fact sheets for: </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">- Medicine - General Wards - Pediatrics - OB/GYN - Psychiatry - USMLE (bacteria, fungus, and parasites charts)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">Examples of some of these resources:</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">-<strong> H&P form for clerkships</strong> - <a href="http://www.medfools.com/downloads/megs-history-physical.pdf">http://www.medfools.com/downloads/megs-history-physical.pdf</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">- <strong>Peds Notes</strong> - <a href="http://www.medfools.com/downloads/pediatric_notes.pdf">http://www.medfools.com/downloads/pediatric_notes.pdf</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">- <strong>USMLE Parasites study chart</strong> - <a href="http://www.medfools.com/downloads/parasite.pdf">http://www.medfools.com/downloads/parasite.pdf</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">Give the site a once over and let me know what you think of this resource.</span><br /><br /><u><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;"></span></u>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-18126849420818191152010-06-02T16:04:00.001-07:002010-08-11T15:10:14.504-07:00Medical Radio: free iTunes app<span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;">Take a break from listening to the top 25 songs on your iPod. Here's a free app from the iTunes Store that can satisfy your thirst for knowledge while you're at the gym or while commuting. </span></span><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV_gL1_zpQg3nXPxde_dXWFWNLwpaqJ0YD3XB9bV-h-JVZ3eswMK-XmD54mUxUK1X-1d9kEtYCccA1mjL5UNZO9SIP_KfujhH5xI9EMu7-58E5n4sO7opVg0OR-DD1r9Wls-p9l53JkYvF/s1600/reachmd2.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504275233193106882" style="WIDTH: 97px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 103px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV_gL1_zpQg3nXPxde_dXWFWNLwpaqJ0YD3XB9bV-h-JVZ3eswMK-XmD54mUxUK1X-1d9kEtYCccA1mjL5UNZO9SIP_KfujhH5xI9EMu7-58E5n4sO7opVg0OR-DD1r9Wls-p9l53JkYvF/s400/reachmd2.png" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjDZXUSAKAgH07LIL74pJR4OtrXTS1mhtA5ms3xiiZPukJKaQtztR_f-vaiy9dyiIlpFmlUUZakm3atKwcQkA9OYGQQwIjdLZlM_cbECH_93RwJBIY7tdN5wkzl5wsXv6ZL9HLfKw7y31t/s1600/reachmd2.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504261890416798738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 230px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEPDSI_iBTqqai6Ru4et-M0nmI9Bb4_ejL_CSnhJm66XsoGisojMqXABSIGr4X_QK6E26jf0yBfLWEWRuZr3c_p1Xl98IfF8sI0E37N5MwDjeYMibjjTsiW9hQEvk0N6pQuPys1FFBWD2/s320/reachmd.png" border="0" /></a></span><br /></p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333399;"><strong>Medical Radio</strong> is a free app from ReachMD. These weekly 15 minute broadcasts, for physicians by physicians, are from the Sirius-XM satellite radio channel XM160. </span><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">- Over 5000 searchable podcasts</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">- Covers medical information, conversation, and education (CME & CE) about general to specialty medicine topics</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">- Take a CME or CE course exam directly on your mobile device</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">- Includes FDA and CDC updates</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">- Compatable with iPhone, iPod Touch, & iPad</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333399;">Give this app a try and let me know what you think of it. Happy listening and learning!</span></p><p></p>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-11172171826885577622010-05-31T22:56:00.001-07:002010-08-11T13:28:38.049-07:00Google Quick Tip #28<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:arial;">Have you noticed that there are two links in the left menu of a Google search results page?<br /><br />Hats off to you if your curiosity has gotten the better of you, and you've clicked on those links to see what's hiding under there. Or if you've ignored those links, as I did for a few weeks, you'll be happily surprised by what's hiding under those sidebar links.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">G</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">O</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">O</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">G</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">L</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">E</span> QUICK TIP #28<br /><br /></span> By clicking on either the<span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">More</span></span> or</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> Show search tools</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>dropdown arrows in the left menu of a Google results page, you can further narrow the results to quickly find a more relevant set.</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Watch this short non-narrated tutorial to see these links in action</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.screencast.com/users/jtan/folders/Jing/media/3a3d77b4-97d9-4900-bd2b-808b83056871"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 184px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQlUd6bccjRfB-nwlJMnvMhf6SCKpZrymr0iWaWBDoXSF42JaabkJukIL7vcp8NYej8k4PSEbVaHHfvJY9gQhBnmtljLp8juS0llnDbV0LTWBN2_hHtO8GYkouqC4X0BULgRwuPhW6Crpe/s400/gtutorial.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504243376537789282" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"></span>Clicking on the<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> More</span> arrow lets you filter results by format type, such as:<br />- Images -Videos -Maps -Blogs -Books & -Discussions<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">TIP:</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><br />Clicking on the <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Discussions</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> category displays online conservations going on out there in the Internet on whatever your search topic is. This can be a great tool for getting a pulse of what different opinions are out there on your topic. </span></span><br /></span></span></span><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:arial;">Clicking on the<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> Show search tools</span> arrow further limits or rearranges your results. Some features of note that are particularly helpful are:<br /><br />- results from the past month, past day, past hour, etc.<br />- can rearrange results by date rather than the default order by relevance<br />- <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Related searches</span> can pull together results that were not part of your original search<br />- <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Wonder wheel</span> is a cool visual tool that dynamically changes the results based on topics you select from a central image representing the results on the right<br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:arial;">Thank goodness for Google constantly trying to improve their user experience. Hopefully these new features will help you quickly unearth more useful information from amongst the usual pages and pages of results you get when you search Google.</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-24589252859027488522010-05-27T10:02:00.001-07:002011-06-29T16:24:16.709-07:00PubMed Quick Tip #13: Creating Results Filters<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;" >If you've ever been overwhelmed by the loads and loads of results you may get from a PubMed search, there's a trick to make it a pain-free experience to review your search results.</span><div><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Creating</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Filters</span> will allow you to very quickly skim through your search results to look for some highly relevent papers.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Watch this non-narrated quick video below to see how to set up filters for higher levels of evidence literature</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://tinyurl.com/pmfilters"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_NwCoPUl2y7yDx39MqzGCdOmtAtoyZQVddaaprUjPEeLGLFa0cf-HvaAJtmIhKT_1OL0sBju6hT50i8Ziqdn7P8pTCWUesNhYy4w9Flb8rovVl8pYZawZAoEa47onAmxDXa1LDvtBiN_/s400/tutorial.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503918892347245842" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here's how:</span></span><br /><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;" >(1) <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Sign into your MyNCBI account.</span> (If you don't have one, register for one for free at <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/register">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/register</a>)</span></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;" >(2) Click on the <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">MyNCBI link</span> at the top right of PubMed</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;" ><br />(3) Select the <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Search Filters</span> link in the left menu bar </span><br /><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;" >(4) Select the <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">PubMed listing</span> under the Choose a database section at the bottom of the page</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">(5) Click on the <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Search for Filters</span> tab</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">(6)<span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> Search </span>each one of these following terms and<span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> check the corresponding box </span>in front of each listing (meta-analysis, systematic reviews, randomized controlled trial, clinical trial, review)</span></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">To see the filters in action, run a search in PubMed (after signing into your MyNCBI account) and in the right menu of the results page will be the filters that you set up, allowing you to easily jump to just those types of papers in the results.</span></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">EXTRA TIP</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-style: italic;">You can add up to 15 filters</span><span style="font-style: italic;">. </span>There are interesting options to explore if you go back to searching filters (see steps 5 & 6 above). For example, you can search on <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Qualitative</span> to add filters for qualitative research.<br /></span></span></p><p></p><br /><div></div></div>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214165109088290089.post-60283427244068292462010-04-29T19:23:00.000-07:002010-05-20T14:55:17.502-07:00Google Quick Tip #27<span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#333399;">My aunt used to complain that while away on business trips, her husband would forever be calling her at odd hours of the night mistakenly thinking that it was a decent time to be receiving a call in the United States.</span><br /><br /><div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#333399;">Well, now Google makes it so that my uncle no longer has to get in trouble for waking up my aunt with his middle of the night phone calls. </span><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#333399;"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">G</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">O</span><span style="color:#ffcc33;">O</span><span style="color:#3366ff;">G</span><span style="color:#009900;">L</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">E </span><span style="color:#333399;">QUICK TIP</span> #27</strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#333399;">To find out the time in a specific city, simply type in the word <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">time</span></strong> followed by the name of the location. </span><br /></div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiirP4tN4Ks9DurOXX981GfJGdeYDrKqnyZoMM8S2d4h3dPHDVe2DJ4NJHtDhGUlrZkFiGHQzzECRjSb5s4F6VaIjoz0IBiqxMwakkmBi2X4CEirPoBs3OU_M-ua-DtPkXQpkl00dUgDjoC/s1600/time.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473472085219695426" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 67px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiirP4tN4Ks9DurOXX981GfJGdeYDrKqnyZoMM8S2d4h3dPHDVe2DJ4NJHtDhGUlrZkFiGHQzzECRjSb5s4F6VaIjoz0IBiqxMwakkmBi2X4CEirPoBs3OU_M-ua-DtPkXQpkl00dUgDjoC/s400/time.png" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#333399;">If you want to know the current time in different time zones in the United States, just type the words <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">time now</span></strong></span><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZ0VH94VsMXc-gD44Ly-MF9Gy9HOj0BCiCsIn5eCVjIe8IhXBuTZxDmNn9R_vqJP3S1_HLbUai1gjVC1U1YSeB33-Cy7lH7smtvMH4mcJ8-FgDsXVmVKKM34FTY9qFPgZW2m17A9y60_6/s1600/timenow.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473473310668520434" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 101px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZ0VH94VsMXc-gD44Ly-MF9Gy9HOj0BCiCsIn5eCVjIe8IhXBuTZxDmNn9R_vqJP3S1_HLbUai1gjVC1U1YSeB33-Cy7lH7smtvMH4mcJ8-FgDsXVmVKKM34FTY9qFPgZW2m17A9y60_6/s400/timenow.png" border="0" /></a></p><div><br /></div><br /><div></div></div>Josephine Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109001549747681097noreply@blogger.com2