Chris Carroll, MD

Chris Carroll is a pediatric critical care physician.

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Medical education

Gamification of medical education: Choose Your Own Medventure

Chris Carroll, MD

September 5, 2017Sep 5, 2017

More and more health care practitioners are turning to social media for their medical education. Fellows are learning ultrasound from Snapchat, nurses are learning how to insert NG tubes from watching YouTube, and learners are learning pathophysiology from blogs and podcasts. To reach this audience with credible and reliable content, it is important for medical educators to be present where the learners are, and that means social media.

Users are also …

Drugs and prescribing

Why getting your yearly flu shot matters, even if it’s not 100 percent effective

Chris Carroll, MD & Deep Ramachandran, MD

February 2, 2015Feb 2, 20156

There’s been a lot in the press lately about the flu shot not being effective this year. This provides an excellent opportunity to educate about what the flu vaccine is and why it is important. First, a review of basic…

There’s been a lot in the press lately about the flu shot not being effective this year. This provides an excellent opportunity to educate about what the flu vaccine is and why it is important.

First, a review of basic biology and immunology. Antigens are proteins on the surface of organisms that trigger an immune response. Recognition of these antigens is how your body …