A question asked at the 2009 ACEM Winter Symposium following our presentation on ‘The Web 2.0 Rollercoaster’ was: How can emergency physicians deal with information overload?
Web 2.0 for Emergency Physicians
July 7, 2009 By 3 Comments
Many Emergency Physicians are unfamiliar with the concept of Web 2.0, the diversity of Web 2.0 resources, and how to use these resources to enhance their clinical practice and professional development.
Fear and Loathing in ER and ICU
July 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Times Online have just published a brilliantly written and seriously hardcore article by the late Steven Wells, a UK rock journalist who recently died from lymphoma. Steven kept a diary of his time battling cancer in the United States – the article starts like this: “I’m writing these notes in the ER blitzed off my [...]
How and Why Junior Docs use Web 2.0
July 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
@DrShock has highlighted a recent paper looking at how and why junior physicians use Web 2.0 tools and resources in an interesting blog post – it is well worth a read (find it here). The paper of concern is: Hughes, B., Joshi, I., Lemonde, H., & Wareham, J. (2009). Junior physician’s use of Web 2.0 [...]
His life-line is too short…
July 4, 2009 By 9 Comments
This video is going to spread like medical blog wild-fire, having already been posted on Better Health and DC’s Improbable Science. But it’s just too good not to post on ‘Life in the Fast Lane’ too. Ever wondered what the ED would be like if it was run by ‘alternative medicine’ practitioners? Well, wonder no [...]
Podcasts for EM and CC
July 3, 2009 By 5 Comments
This post is all about podcasts, and features those relevant to emergency medicine and critical care. If you want find a free podcast, do a keyword search of LITFL’s podcast database and Joe Lex’s free emergency medicine talks.
Education 2.0: Mel Herbert speaks
July 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I recommend this interesting talk by the entertaining and enlightening entrepreneurial emergentology edu-ma-cator Mel Herbert (@melherbert): Online Education 2.0 The talk is from Mel’s Emergency Medicine Core Content educational series. Mel talks about his mission in life – excellence in emergency medicine education – and the use of 2.0 technologies in learning.
Laika's MedLibLog: 10+1 PubMed Tips
July 1, 2009 By 1 Comment
Here at ‘Life In The Fast Lane’ we have preached the virtues of some of the alternatives to PubMed, but in many ways the old warhorse is still the gold standard. Thankfully, however, I didn’t waste my time, or yours for that matter, because @laikas has done the job definitively with her blog post titled 10 + 1 PubMed Tips for Residents (and their Instructors).
