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Medical education innovation for premed, medical students, physician assistants, and nursing. Mnemonics, memory palaces, speed reading, study hacks, mind maps for the MCAT, USMLE, COMLEX, PANCE, NCLEX, and all of your healthcare board exam and classroom needs!

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United States

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Medical education innovation for premed, medical students, physician assistants, and nursing. Mnemonics, memory palaces, speed reading, study hacks, mind maps for the MCAT, USMLE, COMLEX, PANCE, NCLEX, and all of your healthcare board exam and classroom needs!

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English


Episodes

MedEdge Method for Self-Care, Rest, and Growth (Ep. 98 Rebroadcast)

3/3/2022
In this final installment of the MedEdge Method mini-series, Chase DiMarco talks about self-care, rest, and growth. He dissects the benefits of self-care, why you need to stop procrastinating, and the relationship between rest and growth. [ Full show notes

Duration:00:12:12

MEM for Board Exam Success (Ep. 97 Rebroadcast)

2/24/2022
In part five of the MedEdge Method mini-series, Chase DiMarco talks about board exam success. He dissects the test-taking technique table and breaks down several test answering strategies such as the tie-breaker technique, the post-exam autopsy, and the error monitoring chart. Full show notes

Duration:00:16:34

MedEdge Method for Self Assessment & Exam Growth (Ep. 96 Rebroadcast)

2/17/2022
In this fourth installment of the MedEdge Method mini-series, Chase DiMarco talks about self-assessment and exam growth. He talks about studying using the production effect, the benefits of physician mentorship, and post-lecture and post-exam study sessions. Full show notes

Duration:00:18:12

MEM for Effective Preparation & Studying (Ep. 95 Rebroadcast)

2/10/2022
In this third episode of the MedEdge Method mini-series, Chase DiMarco talks about preparation and studying. He dissects the actual methods and techniques you can use when creating the optimal study space, study technique, and study habits. Full show notes

Duration:00:17:39

MEM for Study Skills that WORK & How Play Increases Learning! (Ep. 94 Rebroadcast)

2/3/2022
In this second episode of the MedEdge Method mini-series, Chase DiMarco shares study techniques that can help you learn more effectively. He discusses how including play in studying increases learning and motivation. Full show notes

Duration:00:22:09

MedEdge Method for Picking High-Yield Study Resources (Ep. 93 Rebroadcast)

1/29/2022
In this first episode of the MedEdge Method mini-series, Chase DiMarco talks about finding high yield study resources. He shares a helpful process for how medical students can choose learning materials that best suit their needs. Full show notes

Duration:00:18:34

How to Become a Medical Superlearner with Jonathan Levi (Ep. 42 Rebroadcast)

1/20/2022
Jonathan Levi discusses productivity and learning skills development and will help you on your journey to becoming a Medical Superlearner. On Episode 42, Jonathan Levi is a serial entrepreneur, published author, and podcaster born and raised in Silicon Valley. He has discussed productivity and learning skills development in his TedX talk, numerous courses on Udemy, and through the SuperHuman Academy Podcast. Today, Jonathan is going to help all of us in our journey to becoming a Medical Superlearner. Introduction 3:16 What is a “Superlearner” and How Do We Become One? 6:25 Where Should Students Begin On Their Path To Becoming A Superlearner? 12:53 Systems Learning vs Methods Learning in Medicine and Memory & How Far Down the Rabbit Hole Must We Go? 21:00 Where Can Students Begin Their Path to Becoming a Medical Superlearner? 26:55 Using Spaced-Repetition and Rehearsal Practice as a Medical Superlearner. 32:38 Are These Obstacles Getting in the Way of Your Studying?

Duration:00:39:42

How Small Consistent Changes Create BIG Results with Ian Gibbs (Ep. 49 Rebroadcast)

1/13/2022
Ian Gibbs, author of 23 Tips to Learn Stuff Better, provides a few simple study tips. In this episode, we have Ian Gibbs, speaker on academic learning and author of multiple books including 23 Tips to Learn Stuff Better. Ian was able to 4x his learning speed when he learned how to implement a few simple study methods. Today, we will learn how to “learn stuff better” and become more productive in our academic and clinical lives. Intro 5:15 How Learning About Learning Techniques Can Lead to 4x Faster Learning 9:10 The Benefits of Learning Out Loud & Peer Mentorship for Rehearsal Practice 13:56 How to Implement Better Learning Strategies as Medical & Healthcare Students 20:23 The Challenges With Pre-made and Self-made Flashcards 29:47 Why Making Mistakes and Mindset are So Powerful For Learning

Duration:00:45:39

Going on a Gamified “Clinical Odyssey” with Medical Joyworks’ COO Miguel Molina

1/6/2022
Chase DiMarco talks to Miguel Molina, the Chief Operating Officer at Medical Joyworks, a physician-led company offering digital products and solutions to the medical sector. Miguel shares insights into the field of medical education and how he plans to improve students' clinical skills with evidence-based case studies, adventure scenarios, reference articles, and moderated discussion boards. Full show notes

Duration:00:40:43

Durable Learning Strategies with the Learning Geek's Jake Gittleson (Ep. 11 Rebroadcast)

12/30/2021
Jake Gittleson discusses how Mindset and Learning Ecosystems play a pivotal part in our learning success. A Learning Geek joins us to talk nerdy about learning! Jake Gittleson joins us to discuss how Mindset and Learning Ecosystems play a pivotal part in our learning success. We also cover how mental representations and making material personally relevant has a great impact on the lasting nature of what we learn. As a Learning Strategist, Jake helps organizations and individuals implement the best learning techniques into their programs for maximum efficiency. We explore some concrete examples of how to utilize these strategies in our academic and medical studies. Intro 1:45 About the Man and the Podcast 4:28 Durable Learning Strategies 8:06 Explore Personal Relevancy in the Materials & Writing Personal Goals 11:55 Format your own Self-Directed Learning 15: Stress Mindset and Spaced-Retrieval 20: Mental Representations and Utilizing Instructor Knowledge 22: Walk Down Memory Lane Recommendations A Mind For NumbersLearning How to LearnPeakBrain RulesBarry ZimmermanJake via LinkedinBlog Posts

Duration:00:30:08

101. Sage Advice from Over a Decade in MedEd with Ben White MD

12/23/2021
Chase DiMarco talks to Dr. Ben White, a Neuroradiologist with three books and a long-running website (BenWhite.com.) Dr. White shares practical advice for med students gathered from spending over a decade in the MedEd space. Full show notes

Duration:00:31:43

Game Learning for Clerkships and Residents with Michael Cosimini MD (Ep. 73 Rebroadcast)

12/22/2021
Dr. Michael Cosimini discusses gamification and games for clinical education. Dr. Cosimini is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine at USC, and the author of Empiric, a card game for learning guidelines-based antibiotic selection. Gamification Versus Serious Games Many medical instructors already gamify their educational content, for example, by transforming a PowerPoint slide into a game of Jeopardy, giving out stickers for accomplishments, and having a leaderboard in class. An example of gamification in the literature is when surgical residents performing laparoscopic procedures were split into competing groups. The randomly selected students who trained in this gamified setting trained longer and performed better. Dr. Cosimini does support gamification, but he more strongly promotes “serious games” which go beyond gamifying existing educational content, to creating a game for the purpose of education, rather than pure entertainment. For example, the game GridlockED, which resembles Clue, trains players to handle emergency room throughput. Michael’s card game, Empiric for learning antibiotic selection is also a serious game. How to Balance Entertainment and Education in Games To help find the appropriate balance between entertainment and education, Dr. Cosimini emphasizes the importance of testing the outcome of a game, to see what students have actually learnt. As a rule of thumb, be respectful of the player’s time. Do not have a game that is long, unless there is evidence that shows that this contributes to the learning process. Tabletop Games Versus Video Games Dr. Cosimini promotes tabletop games over digital or video games for medical education. He cites a study by Mary Flanagan of Tiltfactor, a game design company. The study compared the iPad and tabletop version of Pox: Save the People, a game about disease spread. With the tabletop version, people tended to interact and work together more, which is important for the social aspect of learning. How Medical Students Can Apply Games to Their Education Creating their own card games might be too involved, and too time-consuming for a medical student. Students can instead use off-the-shelf card games from resources such as East Midlands Emergency Medicine Educational Media, #EM3, which provides games for learning about pediatric EKGs, pediatric dermatology, and pediatric and adult orthopedics. For instructors, Michael recommends MedEd. He of course also recommends his own game Empiric, for learning about antibiotic selection, and his upcoming game about emergency medicine. These games are more helpful for clinical education i.e. for medical students on their clinical rotations, or for residents, and less helpful for first and second year medical students. How Empiric Works Empiric is based on the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Red Book, 2018-2021. Dr. Cosimini includes visual cues — such as color coding — for facts such as the mechanism of delivery and the spectrum of activity, to enable students to memorize facts more quickly. It can be difficult to keep up with the changing facts around antibiotic resistance, and other antibiotic research. Currently, Dr. Cosimini does this by updating the printable card decks online, after the research is updated. Check out Empiric’s Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and website. The website includes a list of medical and non-medical card games. Sign up for a Free Coaching session with Chase DiMarco, sponsored by Prospective Doctor! You can also join the Med Mnemonist Mastermind FB Group today and learn more about study methods, memory techniques, and MORE! Do check out Read This Before Medical School. Like our FreeMedEd Facebook page and find our Medical Micro course, blog posts, and podcasts at FreeMedEd.org! Feel free to email any questions or comments.

Duration:00:23:32

Optimizing Medical Student Memory & Skills Development Though Hacking Brain Physiology (Ep. 56 Rebroadcast)

10/28/2021
Dr. Shae Datta is a neurologist and Director of Concussion and Neurocognition in New York. She also serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Residency Success. Dr. Datta has researched numerous subjects in the area of brain trauma, including the gut/brain link and study success through brain health. Residency Success is a platform to help students with the application and interview processes to ensure success and build habits that will stay with you throughout your career. Today’s episode will cover how to improve your brain health and preparatory habits to improve memory. Anatomy of the BrainMind and Body ConnectionMeditationImprove Memory and AttentionExercise and NeuroplasticitySleep HygieneEliminating ‘Junk Light’ Resources Residency Success can be found here: Residency Success You can also contact Dr. Datta by email here: residencysucess2000@gmail.com or by calling: (917) 524-8067 Apps for meditation: 10% Happier, Headspace Don’t forget to sign up for our online education summit at: FreeMedEd.org/omes Tickets are free! Join the Medical Mnemonist Master Mind Facebook group and find our Blog posts, Podcasts, and other Resources at FreeMedEd.org! Feel free to Email any Questions or Comments.

Duration:00:37:16

What’s Your Prognosis? Gamified Diagnosis with Medical Joyworks’ Dr. Nayana Somaratna (Ep. 59 Rebroadcast)

10/21/2021
Dr. Nayana Somaratna is CEO and Co-Founder of Medical Joyworks and creator of the Prognosis app series and the Clinical Sense app. As well as holding a medical degree, Dr. Somaratna also holds an IT degree and just this year completed a law degree. Today’s episode sees him discuss his background and inspiration for his company as well as how to apply the learning from his app series. CreationMedical JoyworksExperienceMedical SchoolSri LankaHowWhy PrognosisClinical InsightAlgorithmsProcessesClinical WorkflowDifferencesPrognosisClinical SenseWhich AppExam PreparationAudienceStudentsPractitionersResearchGamificationMedical StudyExpanding Online CurriculumsTelemedicineFutureJoyworksMedicineOdyssey Resources Medical Joyworks Clinical Sense Prognosis Join the Medical Mnemonist Master Mind Facebook group and find our Blog posts, Podcasts, and other Resources at FreeMedEd.org! Feel free to Email any Questions or Comments.

Duration:00:29:40

Game Thinking in Medicine with Professor Karl Kapp (Ep. 62 Rebroadcast)

9/16/2021
Karl Kapp is a Professor at Bloomberg University and author of several books about gamification and game thinking. Karl received a Doctorate of Education in the Instructional Design program at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also a frequent speaker and business consultant, helping organizations to implement learning strategies through technology. Today’s episode continues conversations about gaming in medical education and how to use creative and interactive modalities to benefit education. 0:52 What Gamification Means to Karl 3:19 The Main Approaches to Gamification Design: Structural and Content 4:50 Learning Objections: Retaining Information by Creating Engaging Challenges 5:30 Gamification as a Design Affordance 7:00 Confidence Builds Competence: Implementing Gamification Before Residency 9:50 Overcoming the Stigma of Fun Learning Approaches 11:35 Creating Desirable Difficulty 12:20 How Society Impacts Gamification 14:29 Leveraging Analog Formats to Overcome Funding Restrictions 17:40 The Importance of Collaboration for Creativity 19:00 The Scalability of Gamification for Other Disciplines 20:04 Resources for Creating Your Own Learning Game 23:00 The Retention Benefits of Creating Your Own Game 24:04 Using Game Creation as a Self-Assessment Tool. Resources Information about Karl Kapp can be found here: http://karlkapp.com https://twitter.com/kkapp https://www.linkedin.com/in/karlkapp Books The Theory of Fun for Game Design by Raph Koster Websites Quizlet Print and Play The Game Crafter Gamestructor Construct The Game Agency Enspire Join the Medical Mnemonist Master Mind Facebook group and find our Blog posts, Podcasts, and other Resources at FreeMedEd.org! Feel free to Email any Questions or Comments.

Duration:00:26:55

Increasing Motivation, Test-taking Skills & Board Prep Success (Ep. 53 Rebroadcast)

9/9/2021
Discover test-taking tips, test-prep strategies, how to increase motivation, and more! Chase DiMarco finishes up this 7-part mini-series with test-taking tips, test-prep strategies, how to increase motivation, and much more. We all struggle with these topics at some point in our academic careers. However, knowing how to notice when things are going astray and how to correct your actions is a skill we were often never taught. Keep motivated, organized, and keep self-assessing and you WILL reach your goals! Key Episode Points! 0:41 Study Buddies & How to Select the Right One for You 5:18 Making Learning more Durable and Finding Personal Relevance 14:50 Developing Practical Knowledge & Improving Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation for Medical Students 22:08 Failing Upwards: How a Supportive Environment Encourages Positive Mistakes Proper exam materials and techniques 27:34 Test-prep Skills, Materials, Organization, & Pitfalls 32:18 Using Analysis of Board Exams to Qualify Our Testing Strategies

Duration:00:42:51

Video Game Mechanics for Fostering Medical Learning with Dr. Eric Gantwerker - Level Ex (Ep. 54 Rebroadcast)

9/2/2021
Dr. Eric Gantwerker is the medical director of Level Ex games which include CardioEx, PulmEx, AirwayEx, and GastroEx. Gaming is a great way to inspire attention and active learning in medicine but also one we rarely use in education. Today’s episode will cover some of the psychology and research behind game design in medical learning. Active Learning StrategyMedical Student Education Resources Chase DiMarco at the Florida Mensa Regional Gathering Twine Polycraft EcoMUVE Fold.it Microbe Invader Habatica Prognosis The Body VR Touch Surgery Plague Inc, Bio Inc Unity

Duration:00:31:32

100. How Physicians are Changing the Medical Education Landscape

8/30/2021
Chase DiMarco shares his presentation about FindARotation at InnovatorMD’s World Congress 2021. This annual convention is the largest conference where physicians and entrepreneurs connect and offer their ideas on how to change healthcare for the better. Chase talks about why he built FindARotation and how it will change medical education for both students and preceptors. [01:40] Why Chase started FindARotation[04:06] FindARotation’s Mission[05:35] How FindARotation benefits students and preceptors[08:21] Remote Rotations during the COVID-19 Pandemic[09:53] How to Use FindARotation[11:32] Q&A Portion Full show notes

Duration:00:17:59

Accelerate your Learning and GPA with the Non-Traditional Accelerator, Camille Roney BSc

8/19/2021
Chase DiMarco talks to Camille Roney, an academic coach and teacher at Non-Trad Accelerator for non-traditional students. Camille shares how she raised her GPA from 2.3 to 4.10, practical study tips to increase your productivity, and the power of positive thinking. Full show notes

Duration:00:23:19

99 “Jeopardy Tournament of Champions” Memory Tricks with Sam Kavanaugh

8/5/2021
Chase DiMarco talks to Sam Kavanaugh, winner of the 29th Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. They discuss memory techniques, the similarities between preparing for Jeopardy! and studying medicine, and effective flashcard learning strategies. Full show notes

Duration:00:30:18