The return of le Mooc Mécanique
Before I came over to OPENPediatrics, I was involved in a project with good friends in the open education space called The Mechanical MOOC. It was an approach to offering … Continue reading
It’s Open Education Week
OPENPediatrics will be hosting an online our of the site tomorrow at 11:00 am Eastern. For more information on this and other OEW activities, read the note below from … Continue reading
How exactly have I missed #FOAMed?
As we rolled out our new multimedia library, we were looking for hashtags that might be useful in spreading the word, and we came across #FOAMed and #FOAMped. A little … Continue reading
Job Opening: IP Specialist
OPENPediatrics is looking for an IP specialist to manage third-party intellectual property clearance for the program. OP materials have a large number of third-party charts, graphs and other intellectual property imbedded … Continue reading
Be still my beating heart
I have an undiagnosed irregular heartbeat, one I’ve had for years. A skipped beat, a fluttering feeling in my chest. Sometimes just an isolated thing, occasionally something that will happen … Continue reading
The power of open medical information
One of my favorite stories illustrating the power of openly sharing health information is the feedback we received about our video “Accessing a Central Venous Catheter” by Mary Jeanne Manning, … Continue reading
The future of medical education
One of the other very enjoyable and provocative presentations at the Pediatric Innovation Summit in October was the one by Zeke Emanuel on the future of medicine in the era … Continue reading
OP’s new multimedia library
Today, OPENPediatrics launched our new multimedia library, which shares animations and illustrations we’ve created for the videos on our clinician community site. The clinician community site is free for medical … Continue reading
Jack Andraka at the 2014 Innovation Summit
BCH has published the video of Jack Andraka’s remarkable presentation at the 2014 Innovation Summit, which I mentioned previously. It not only chronicles his amazing research, but also highlights the … Continue reading
Less how, more what
I’ve been really fortunate in my new position to have an inside look at some of the artificial intelligence technologies currently emerging, and they are impressive. It has me thinking … Continue reading
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