This video from the Harvard Medical School Class of 2016, What Does the Spleen Do?, is worth a look. These class shows were once for a hyperlocal audience. Now they’ve got worldwide reach. While created for fun, these medical students hopefully grasped that idea that when it comes to health information, the way we package information is as important as the ... Continue Reading about Spleen (Video) – What Does a Spleen Do?
Translation
One of most important words in medicine may be translation. Not language translation but the digital translation of knowledge. Translation is about taking what’s in our head and converting it to something that’s retrievable. As physicians we have amazing mindshare. Our knowledge and wisdom should be converted into media that can be consumed. This ability to ... Continue Reading about Translation
Social Media Education Should be Tailored to the User
When we think about the boundaries of communication technology and social media, we tend to put students, residents, and faculty into the same bucket. Policies for one are the policies for the others. But these are all very different people with respect to their ability to understand and handle their public presence. The latitude given a publicly seasoned ... Continue Reading about Social Media Education Should be Tailored to the User
It’s No Longer About You
Earlier this month, I spoke to the assembled incoming residents at Baylor College of Medicine about the importance of their public presence. The talk centered around a couple of core points: how to avoid some of the common mistakes that could impact their careers going forward; and how to begin to think about their digital footprint as a tool for creating professional ... Continue Reading about It’s No Longer About You
Sal Khan – Would He Survive in Academic Medicine?
This weekend, Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy delivered a keynote at the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Annual Meeting. The Twitter feed echoed the fantasy of flipping the ether dome. Medicine via the Khan Academy method. Then came the question, ‘If Sal Khan were medical faculty member would he get tenure?’ It raises the question about what we ... Continue Reading about Sal Khan – Would He Survive in Academic Medicine?
Rejuvenile Physicians
A couple of years back I read an interesting book called Rejuvenile. It concerns the emerging culture of adults who like to do kid things - Lego's, paintball, etc. After reading The Sorcerers and Their Apprentices this summer I learned that the MIT Media Lab has a group, Lifelong Kindergarten, that tries to recreate the thinking and curiosity of kindergarten-aged ... Continue Reading about Rejuvenile Physicians