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HOT OFF THE PRESS: Free ALiEM MEdIC Series Book – Volume 5
by Tamara McColl, MD FRCPC
Aug 14, 2020
This is a bittersweet moment for the MEdIC Editorial team – the launch of our 5th and final volume of our Medical Education in Cases ebook. We are...
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HOT OFF THE PRESS | Free ALiEM MEdIC Series Book, Volume 4
It has been more than 5 years since we launched the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) Series, and we are very proud to have had 5 years of e...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Medication Mishap – Expert Review and Curated Community Commentary
Our last case of season 5, The Case of the Medication Mishap, presented the scenario of a senior resident, Tim, who inadvertently administers an in...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Medication Mishap
Welcome to season 5, episode 9 of the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) series! Our team (Drs. Tamara McColl, Teresa Chan, Eve Purdy, John E...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Overwhelmed Senior Resident – Expert Review and Curated Community Commentary
Our eighth case of season 5, The Case of the Overwhelmed Senior Resident, presented the scenario of a senior resident who felt overwhelmed when lef...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Overwhelmed Senior Resident
Welcome to season 5, episode 8 of the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) series! Our team (Drs. Tamara McColl, Teresa Chan, Eve Purdy, John E...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Orphaned Patient – Expert Review and Curated Community Commentary
Our seventh case of season 5, The Case of the Orphaned Patient, presented the scenario of a junior orthopedic surgery resident rotating in the ED a...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Orphaned Patient
Welcome to season 5, episode 7 of the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) series! Our team (Drs. Tamara McColl, Teresa Chan, Eve Purdy, John E...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Post-Paternity Leave Blues – Expert Review and Curated Community Commentary
Our sixth case of season 5, The Case of the Post-Paternity Leave Blues, presented the scenario of an early-career attending physician anxious to re...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Post-Paternity Leave Blues
Welcome to season 5, episode 6 of the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) series! Our team (Drs. Tamara McColl, Teresa Chan, John Eicken, Sara...
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MEdIC: Case of the Night Shift Stimulants – Expert Review and Curated Community Commentary
Our fifth case of season 5, The Case of the Night Shift Stimulants, presented the scenario of a junior emergency medicine (EM) resident who witness...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Night Shift Stimulants
Welcome to season 5, episode 5 of the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) series! Our team (Drs. Tamara McColl, Teresa Chan, John Eicken, Sara...
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MEdIC Series: Case of the Technologically-Challenged Academic – Expert Review and Curated Community Commentary
Our fourth case of season 5, The Case of the Technologically-Challenged Academic, presented the scenario of a budding clinician-scientist who is en...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Technologically-Challenged Academic
Welcome to season 5, episode 4 of the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) series! Our team (Drs. Tamara McColl, Teresa Chan, John Eicken, Sara...
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MEdIC Series: Case of the M&M Shame Game – Expert Review and Curated Community Commentary
Our third case of season 5, The Case of the M&M Shame Game, presented the scenario of a junior faculty member who had significant reservation a...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the M&M Shame Game
Welcome to season 5, episode 3 of the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) series! Our team (Drs. Tamara McColl, Teresa Chan, John Eicken, Sara...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Difficult Debrief – Expert Review and Curated Community Commentary
Our second case of season 5, The Case of the Difficult Debrief, presented the scenario of a budding simulation educator who had a difficult experie...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Difficult Debrief
Welcome to season 5, episode 2 of the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) series! Our team (Drs. Tamara McColl, Teresa Chan, John Eicken, Sar...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Discriminatory Patient – Expert Review and Curated Community Commentary
Our first case of this season, The Case of the Discriminatory Patient, outlined a scenario of a junior resident faced with blatant discrimination w...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Discriminatory Patient
Welcome to season 5, episode 1 of the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) series! Our team (Drs. Tamara McColl, Teresa Chan, John Eicken, Sar...
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HOT OFF THE PRESS | ALiEM MEdIC Series Book, Volume 3
It has been 4 years since we launched the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) Series, and we are very proud to have had 4 years of excellent e...
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ALiEM’s Greatest MEdIC Hits for New Academic Faculty: A Curated Collection of 8 Cases
Ok, while we congratulated the senior residents in our last piece, but let’s be honest, YOU (the junior faculty members) are the ones who TRULY sho...
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ALiEM’s Greatest MEdIC Hits for New Senior Residents: A Curated Collection of 10 Cases
While we congratulated and welcomed the interns with the list of Greatest Hits for Interns, it’s high time we actually congratulate and welcome you...
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MEdIC Series: Case of the Competency Conundrum – Expert Review and Curated Community Commentary
Our final case of this season, The Case of the Competency Conundrum, outlined a scenario of residency competency committee members who are divided ...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Competency Conundrum
Welcome to season 4, episode 9 of the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) series! Our team (Drs. Tamara McColl, Teresa Chan, John Eicken, Sar...
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MEdIC Series: Case of the Failure to Fail – Expert Review and Curated Community Commentary
The Case of the Failure to Fail outlined a scenario of an attending emergency physician who was frustrated with the ingrained “failure to fail” cul...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Failure to Fail
Welcome to season 4, episode 8 of the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) series! Our team (Drs. Tamara McColl, Teresa Chan, John Eicken, Sar...
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MEdIC Series: Case of the Solo Senior – Expert Review and Curated Community Commentary
The Case of the Solo Senior outlined a scenario of an emergency attending who questioned the common consultant call-etiquette of not activating bac...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Solo Senior
Welcome to season 4, episode 7 of the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) series! Our team (Drs. Tamara McColl, Teresa Chan, John Eicken, Sara...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Lazy Learners – Expert Review and Curated Community Commentary
The Case of the Lazy Learners outlined a scenario of an emergency attending, Chris, who questions the work-ethic, dedication, and professionalism o...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Lazy Learners
Welcome to season 4, episode 6 of the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) series! Our team (Drs. Tamara McColl, Teresa Chan, John Eicken, Sara...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of Shifting Expectations – Expert Review and Curated Commentary
The Case of Shifting Expectations outlined a scenario of a junior emergency attending who feels like she has lost control of her department while w...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of Shifting Expectations
Welcome to season 4, episode 5 of the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) series! Our team (Drs. Tamara McColl, Teresa Chan, John Eicken, Sara...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Resident at Risk – Expert Review and Curated Commentary
The Case of the Resident at Risk outlined a scenario of junior resident who is unsure of how to proceed when her senior discloses thoughts of suici...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Resident At Risk
Welcome to season 4, episode 4 of the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) series! Our team (Drs. Tamara McColl, Teresa Chan, John Eicken, Sara...
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MEdIC Series: Case of the Fatiguing Fourth Year – Expert Review and Curated Community Commentary
The Case of the Fatiguing Fourth Year outlined a scenario many of us deal with at some point throughout our careers, that of a senior emergency res...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Fatiguing Fourth Year
Welcome to season 4, episode 3 of the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) series! Our team (Drs. Tamara McColl, Teresa Chan, John Eicken, Sara...
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MEdIC: The Case of the Overly Attentive Attending – Expert Review and Curated Community Commentary
The Case of the Overly Attentive Attending outlined an egregious scenario of a staff physician displaying sexually aggressive behaviour towards his...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Overly Attentive Attending
Welcome to season 4, episode 2 of the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) series! Our team (Drs. Tamara McColl, Teresa Chan, John Eicken, Sara...
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MEdIC: Case of Cognitive Overload – Expert Review and Curated Community Commentary
The Case of Cognitive Overload outlined a scenario of a junior resident dealing with the harsh realities of working in emergency medicine when she ...
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MEdIC Case: The Case of the Cognitive Overload
Welcome to season 4, episode 1 of the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) series! Our team (Drs. Tamara McColl, Teresa Chan, John Eicken, Sara...
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MEdIC Series: Case of the Honorary Authorship – Expert Review & Curated Commentary
The Case of the Honorary Authorship outlined a scenario of a senior academic scientist interacting with two more junior researchers, raising issues...
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MEdIC Case: The Case of the Honorary Authorship
Welcome to season 3, episode 9 of the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) series! Our team (Brent Thoma, Sarah Luckett-Gatopoulos, Tamara McCo...
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MEdIC Series: Case of the Terrible Code – Expert Review & Curated Commentary
The Case of the Terrible Code outlined a scenario where a resident observed a resuscitation that was not going well. Should he intervene even thoug...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Terrible Code
Welcome to season 3, episode 8 of the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) series! Our team (Brent Thoma, Sarah Luckett-Gatopoulos, Tamara McC...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Fibbing First Year – Expert Review and Curated Commentary
The Case of the Fibbing First Year outlined a scenario where a first year resident fibs about the history he just completed. What did the ALiEM com...
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HOT OFF THE ALiEM PRESS | ALiEM MEdIC Series, Volume 2
The ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) Series has been a regular feature of our website for almost 3 years. It has been previously featured ...
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MEdIC Series: The Case of the Fibbing First Year
Welcome to season 3, episode 7 of the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) series! Our team (Brent Thoma, Sarah Luckett-Gatopoulos, Tamara McCo...
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MEdIC Series | The Case of the Pimping Physician – Expert Review and Curated Commentary
The Case of the Pimping Physician outlined a scenario where a resident physician experiences . What did the ALiEM community think of this case? Thi...
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MEdIC Series | The Case of the Pimping Physician
Welcome to season 3, episode 6 of the ALiEM Medical Education in Cases (MEdIC) series! Our team (Brent Thoma, Sarah Luckett-Gatopoulos, Tamara McCo...
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