Some resources just stand out in their innovation, quality and delivery, and Academic Life in Emergency Medicine (ALiEM) has to be one of the best for education. This organisation is part of the free open access to medical education (#FOAMed) movement, so its all accessible. It shows if you don’t have access to journals, books or…
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Top 10 Things to Never Say On Twitter
Below is a great fun summary of hot topics in the #FOAMed world and some of its do’s and dont’s. I wonder what a nursing focused Top 10 Things to Never Say on Twitter would contain in the #FOANed landscape? Top 10 things to NEVER say on twitter! with @EMNerd_ @S_P_MD @tomdelninno #FOAMed @UMEmergencyMed pic.twitter.com/YR2OBpLV5j — Amal…
Read MoreThe Top Ten Websites in Critical Care Medicine Education Today (Journal Club)
Journal Club Article: Wolbrink, T. A., Rubin, L., Burns, J. P., & Markovitz, B. (2018). The Top Ten Websites in Critical Care Medicine Education Today. Journal of intensive care medicine, 0885066618759287. Background Looks at the rapid growth of online educational resources in the critical care environment. From another review by Kleinpell et al (2011) which identified…
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Simulation Resources To Follow
Simulation is a key component of nursing and healthcare training, and the knowledge base is continually increasing with research publications, conferences, online and social media resources. To aid knowledge translation, the nurse educator needs to embrace a global network of resources not just confined to local knowledge. To keep current on simulation focused research, here are…
Read MoreSocial Media & Healthcare: The Literature
This post is more a reference to the growing evidence of SoMe in healthcare. New publications will be added as I discover them in the literature and please add any ones I may have missed in the comment section. All resources from this post have been created into a Social Media & Healthcare Google+ community,…
Read MoreDigital Badges
Learning now happens everywhere, so how can we recognise this learning? One option is to receive digital badges for completion of learning tasks. Earn for online skills, completing modules or engaging in a community. Digital Badges Think back to your childhood, you may have been a scout or guide and been awarded a badge for attaining…
Read MoreRadical Constructivism & Ernst von Glasersfeld
Radical Constructivism is? Information is not simply transferred from one person to another, and passed from teacher to student. The learning experience is down to the individual building knowledge and their subjective interpretation of this experience. The individual constructs knowledge, understanding and links this with their own experiences and ideas – the constructivism part. von Glasersfeld (1989) writes…
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Focus the mind: To wee or not to wee?
To wee or not to wee, that is the question. Need to make an important decision or focus more clearly on a task? The question we are trying to answer in this post is whether you should take a planned wee before or hold on till after a task, and which is better to focus…
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