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ABSTRACT: The impact of social media on a major international emergency medicine conference.

OBJECTIVE:To report on the presence and use of social media by speakers and attendees at the International Conference on Emergency Medicine ICEM 2012, and describe the increasing use of online technologies such as Twitter and podcasts in publicising conferences and sharing research findings, and for clinical teaching.METHODS:Speakers were identified through

Posted on 21 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Education Technology, Resources, Social Media & Medical Education

RESOURCE: How to Game a Grading Curve

This is an amazing game theory outcome, and not one that economists would likely predict…In this one-off final exam, there are at least two Bayesian Nash equilibria a stable outcome, where no student has an incentive to change his strategy after considering the other students’ strategies. Equilibrium #1 is that no one

Posted on 20 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Resources

RESOURCE: Fewer Full-Sized Courses. More learning snacks, ePubs, Videos, and Reference Tools

Across our client base, the consistent demand is to limit course length or to somehow modify the instructional design so that it’s possible for someone to “consume” a course in smaller chunks. As tablets and phones enter the workplace, we also see clients getting excited by “just-in-time” access to ePubs

Posted on 20 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Learning Models & Theory, Online Learning, Resources

RESOURCE: Technology brings classroom experience to distance learners | Education | guardian.co.uk

Opportunities for social learning open up when students use mobile devices: the OU, for example, plans to allow students to share their e-reader annotations online, and to see which other students are reading the same text and chat online to them about it. The Leicester MSc students have an app

Posted on 19 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Online Learning, Resources, Social Media & Medical Education

When 35,000 healthcare professionals “learn” in 35,000 different ways…

I had a great opportunity to skype in to give a brief talk back in June at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting. My topic was on how oncologists are using social media and new technology as an element of their lifelong learning, and I was able to

Posted on 19 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Blog, Medical Education, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources

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