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Life, TED, video
TED Video: A lesson from spaghetti sauce on appreciating diversity
One size does not fit all. This is the crux of Malcolm Gladwell’s 18-minute talk. He gave this talk just before his book “Blink” went huge. He makes an eloquent...
Michelle Lin, MD | August 11, 2011
Medical Education, TED, video
TED-Ed Brain Trust: Catalyzing an education revolution
If you have not heard of TED videos, I highly encourage you to view them. They are short, inspirational, and professional talks by leaders, scientists, and artists, who focus on...
Michelle Lin, MD | July 19, 2011
Orthopedic, Tricks of the Trade, video
Trick of the Trade: Cunningham maneuver for shoulder dislocation
We commonly see patients with shoulder dislocations in the Emergency Department. There are a myriad of approaches in relocating the joint, which includes scapular rotation, Snowbird, and Kocher maneuvers. I...
Michelle Lin, MD | June 22, 2011
medical student, Ophthalmology, video
Videos: The EM Eye Exam
Thanks to Dr. David Duong and Dr. Najm Haqu (UCSF) for letting me cross-post their amazing instructional video on the “EM Eye Exam”. These videos were made for the purpose...
Michelle Lin, MD | May 12, 2011
Medical Education, TED, video
Nancy Duarte at TedxEast: The anatomy of a great speech
Nancy Duarte, the author of “Resonate — Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences” and CEO of Duarte Design, recently gave a talk at TedxEast. The title was: You Can Change...
Michelle Lin, MD | March 29, 2011
Medical Education, TED, video
School Sucks: Building a new culture of teaching and learning
In his talk (subtitled “School Sucks”), Northwestern University Physics Professor Dr. Tae describes how he would improve math and science education. While this is directed at college studies, some of...
Rahul Patwari, MD | February 3, 2011
Medical Education, video
VIPER video: How to give effective feedback
A few years ago, Dr. Esther Choo and I created a fun 15-minute instructional video on called Giving Effective Feedback: Beyond “Great Job”. We had a blast recording sample feedback...
Michelle Lin, MD | January 20, 2011
global health, Social Media & Tech, video
Work in progress:Translating videos into Vietnamese
Sometimes you just have to be lucky to get projects done. In anticipation of our Vietnam trip in October to teach clinical decision software to pediatricians (KidsCareEverywhere), we are kicking...
Michelle Lin, MD | August 24, 2010
ENT, Tricks of the Trade, video
Trick of the Trade: A tongue blade is as mighty as an xray
Patients often present to the Emergency Department for mandibular blunt trauma. Usually these patients have soft tissue swelling at the point of impact. In mandibular body fractures, the fracture line...
Michelle Lin, MD | July 21, 2010
Medical Education, video
Video: Caution about patient hand-offs in the ED
Kudos to Dr. Vineet Arora (Univ of Chicago) on creating a great video on the importance of clear, concise, and updated hand-off information on patients. This is especially important in...
Michelle Lin, MD | July 1, 2010
CDEM, Medical Education, video
Women in Academic EM video
As a joint project between Clerkship Directors in EM (CDEM) and the Academy for Women in Academic EM (AWAEM), there is a great 11 minute video about life in academic...
Michelle Lin, MD | June 29, 2010
Medical Education, procedure, video
Amazing video: Awake endotracheal intubation
Videos are priceless when trying to teach procedures. This amazing teaching video by Dr. Michael Bailin at Mass General demonstrates a novel way of anesthetizing the airway during an awake...
Michelle Lin, MD | April 8, 2010
Ophthalmology, procedure, video
Great teaching video: Corneal FB removal
Patients often come into the ED for eye pain. One of my favorite procedures is removal of a small foreign body embedded in the cornea. There is a great instructional...
Michelle Lin, MD | March 30, 2010

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