OnlineMedEd | Content Releases

Here's the latest from OnlineMedEd!

Our content team, led by Dr. Williams, is committed to delivering the most up-to-date and timely material possible across the OnlineMedEd curriculum. With that in mind, we develop and release new material on a regular basis. This page will provide you with the details of those updates that incorporate the latest information, best practices, and modern techniques.

We Update continuously - once the content is published, we closely review it and consider all feedback we receive to make timely enhancements where needed.

We Upgrade often - whether it’s enhanced visuals, valuable new content within a course (Application Videos, Deep Dive Notes), or best-in-class illustrations, we are constantly improving the experience for our subscribers.

We Refresh comprehensively - we routinely make substantive changes across the content to modernize our approach and incorporate the latest evidence-based practices.

August 2024

Refreshed Clinical Cardiology Course

The Cardiology course within Internal Medicine now features 12 lessons

Features include alignment with the latest guidelines from the ACC/AHA, and informed by International and European recommendations for management of conditions such as hypertension, heart failure and dyslipidemia
New lesson on Atrial Fibrillation diagnosis and management
Arrhythmia lesson covering the approach to a 'rapid response' as well as EKG interpretation and management of tachycardias, bradycardia, and heart block.
Ventricular Arrhythmia and Cardiac Arrest lesson featuring ACLS-style approaches to the management of ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation, asystole and Torsades de Pointes

April 2024

ClubMedEd

OnlineMedEd is proud to announce the launch of ClubMedEd, a suite of free resources designed specifically to help medical students ace Step 2 exams and crush clinical rotations. An extensive Clinical Qbank is supplemented with additional courses, resources, and tools to help students meet the challenges of medical school and learn more efficiently and effectively.

Highlights of this ClubMedEd release include:

Clinical Qbank: Hundreds of high-yield NBME-style questions to build confidence and test taking skills. Master clinical reasoning while becoming more familiar with the test format by answering questioned designed to mirror the test.

Integrated Learning and Assessment: Dive deep into any or every question with detailed answer explanations tied directly to select video lessons *. Learners will be able to identify areas of strength, topics to refresh, and opportunities to improve by tracking performance and then linking to learning tools.

Mindfulness Sessions: Your mental health matters! Take a breather and de-stress with our evidence-based resources for focus and resilience building. Participate in weekly live sessions with Karson Kovakovich, PhD, on topics such as Mindfulness Meditation Practice, Mindful Body Scan, or Mindful Journaling or access the recordings when it's convenient for you.

Student Success Modules: Get the inside scoop on effective learning strategies with modules on "Learning How to Learn in Med School" and "Methods for Success."

Peer Connection and Support: Join our community of fellow med students for some much-needed camaraderie, shared insights, and collective progress.

* Video lessons are available with a full OnlineMedEd membership

April 2024

Clinical Question Bank

As part of ClubMedEd, users will have access to a Clinical Qbank. Answering questions, identifying areas of strengths and weaknesses, and becoming familiar with exam format are critical steps in preparing for licensing exams. With this new, FREE Clinical Qbank, OnlineMedEd users will have access to:

Thousands of NBME-style assessment questions across topic areas including questions from topics including Surgery, Internal Medicine, OB/Gyn and more
The choice between three assessment styles including Tutor, Exam, and Timed Exam modes as well as a variety of assessment lengths
Detailed answer explanations to help support clinical reasoning and instruct on material required to answer
Links back to relevant OnlineMedEd notes and videos (for subscribers)
Analytics to demonstrate performance across historical quizzes and topic areas

Additional questions are constantly added to keep the material fresh and comprehensive and dedicated PA and Pre-Clincal Qbanks are coming soon!

January 2024

Neurology, Nephrology, Hepatobiliary, and Infectious Disease

January 2, 2024 marks the release of our completely refreshed Neurology, Nephrology, Hepatobiliary, and Infectious Disease courses within Clinical Sciences. In line with our previous refreshes, these courses were razed and reraised in a new light. Our commitment to excellence continues to be pervasive in everything we do. These Courses are elevated to our latest standards, incorporate the most recent guidelines (including the KDIGO 2023 Guidelines on Chronic Kidney Disease, which were not published at the time of the Course's creation), and set to align Clinical medicine with the foundations of Preclinical. At OnlineMedEd, learning health and disease from the perspective of cells and epithelia of organs permits true mastery by providing a deep understanding of the material, rather than a list of facts to be memorized.

Highlights of this clinical sciences content refresh release:

Neurology: Stroke management has evolved. We teach stroke from the perspective of the most common kind - obstruction stroke - and discuss the role of tPA - alteplase - along side mechanical thrombectomy and the radiographical analysis that helps decide whether one is appropriate or not. In Headache, we bridge the American and European guidelines to create an accurate evaluation and treatment of Migraine Headaches. In Cognitive Impairment, we review the neurodegenerative disorders, their presentations, and what limited treatments there are, including the treatment for Alzheimer's Disease, Lecanumab, approved by the FDA in the summer of 2023.
Nephrology: an innovative approach to calcium derangement, incorporation of new AUA guidelines for management of kidney stones, and updates reflecting the KDIGO acute and chronic kidney disease guidelines. The first update in the management of chronic kidney disease in over a decade, KDIGO 2023 emphasizes RAS-inhibitors (ARBs), SGLT2-i, and the MRA finerenone to slow the progression of CKD. And, "Renal" is out - kidney replacement therapy, chronic kidney disease, and acute kidney injury - are in.
Hepatobiliary : updates to reflect the AASLD (American Association for the Study of Liver Disease), and European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) guidelines for cirrhosis management, hepatocellular carcinoma, variceal hemorrhage, and hepatorenal syndrome.
Infectious Disease: leveraging new ISDA guidelines alongside the principles of the OME Antibiotic Ladder to simplify management strategies for skin and soft tissue infection, pneumonias, and other infectious processes. Key updates for management of HIV/AIDS and related co-morbidities, informed by the International Antiviral Society - USA Panel guidelines focus on prevention with PrEP, undetectable is untransmissible, and the modern perspective on controlling what was once a deadly virus.
General Surgery: (which received a content refresh over the summer) will also be receiving new Deep Dive Notes with this refresh! Not every lesson has one, but the Deep Dives delve deeper into the subjects of the lesson, offering a more robust discussion, various shade of grey in actual practice, along side our exceptional illustrations and radiology Layout and Layovers.

Please note that some of the lesson names have changed to more accurately reflect the content included. See the new lesson names here.

November 14, 2023

Reporting Dashboard

OnlineMedEd has released a new, self-service reporting solution designed to empower medical school faculty and administrators with insights into student learning and engagement. Tailored for the ever-evolving landscape of medical education, this reporting tool offers a granular view of student activities, progress, and completion metrics across various courses, as well as a wider view of performance across cohort groups.

There are 6 different reports available, each designed with the ability to filter across relevant parameters, view the results in an accessible tabular format, and export the data for use in excel or learning management system.

These reports include:

Student Level Detail Report: A Deep Dive into Individual Progress

This report provides a detailed look at individual student progress. Faculty and administrators can filter content by specialty, such as family medicine, and even narrow down to specific areas like adult health. The robust export functionality allows educators to compile comprehensive data sets for further analysis.

Essential information such as the student's email, name, course, and lesson details is included. Importantly, it highlights the completion status, detailing whether students have completed notes, watched 90% of the video, and answered challenge questions. A timestamp, adjusted to universal time code, reveals the activity timeline, aiding faculty in tracking students' engagement over time. Challenge question accuracy is color-coded, offering a quick visual representation of a student's performance.

Course Level Detail Report: A Holistic View of Course Progress

The reporting tool then extends its capabilities with the Course Level Detail Report. Introducing new filters like the report start and end date, educators can focus on specific completion periods, streamlining the analysis of student activity. Additional filters allow for customization based on completion status for prime, acquire, and challenge components. This flexibility enables faculty to tailor their assessment criteria and requirements.

This report provides a comprehensive overview of courses and user activity, allowing educators to monitor student progress across different courses efficiently. The export feature remains a powerful tool, facilitating the extraction of relevant data for integration into other reporting systems.

Cohort Summary Report: A Class-Year Perspective

The Cohort Summary Report offers a higher-level perspective, classifying cohorts based on class years. This summary-level look at activity allows faculty to assess class-year performance, providing insights into completion statuses and challenge question accuracy aggregated across multiple lessons.

Course Level Summary: Flattening Data for Quick Analysis

The Course Level Summary Report further simplifies data presentation by offering a flattened view of courses and their corresponding completion statuses. Faculty can quickly gauge the completion status of lessons across different courses, enhancing efficiency in analyzing student progress.

Case X Detail Report: Tailored Reporting for Case-Based Learning

Recognizing the unique nature of case-based learning, the Case X Detail Report focuses on completion metrics specific to case activities. This report tracks whether students have answered all questions and clicked the completion button, ensuring a comprehensive view of case-based learning engagement.

Intern Boot Camp Report: Evaluating Video Engagement

For institutions utilizing the Intern Boot Camp, a similar report is available, measuring whether students have watched at least 90% of the video content. This report aligns with the unique structure of the Intern Boot Camp, offering insights into video engagement.

OnlineMedEd's new reporting dashboard represents a significant leap forward in providing actionable insights for medical school faculty and administrators. As the tool continues to evolve, educators are encouraged to provide feedback through the dedicated help button or by reaching out to the institutional success team. This collaborative approach ensures the ongoing refinement and enhancement of this innovative reporting product, ultimately benefiting the entire medical education community.

August 2023

Learning How to Learn

Learners are constantly encouraged to, "...study smarter, not harder," but are seldom given guidance on how to actually do that. OnlineMedEd’s new Learning How to Learn course is designed to equip learners with the knowledge and skills to truly study smarter. This series of eight (8) lessons discusses how we learn and provides evidence-based strategies for learning, maintaining motivation and perseverance, setting goals, and mastering concepts. The 9th lesson shows how OnlineMedEd’s PACE framework utilizes the same approaches in Learning How to Learn to help learners go farther, faster and with less effort.

With engaging motion graphics complementing content developed from the learner's perspective, each lesson is divided into four parts. Dr. Williams introduces each lesson and summarizes the key topics and themes at the end. In between, he describes the science behind learning and demonstrates how it can be applied through the eyes of 'Sara', a fictitious medical student based on an aggregate of medical students who share similar strengths, weaknesses, and pains as they make their way through medical school.

The lessons in Learning How to Learn include:

Strategic Learning Part 1: Unlocking the Secrets to Effective Learning- Active Participation and the Brain
Strategic Learning Part 2: The Power of Strategic Learning and Mindset in Medical School
Academic Skill Part 1: Unlock your Potential- Mastering Learning Strategies for Academic Success
Academic Skill Part 2: Mastering Note-taking Strategies in Medical School- Cornell Notes, Outlines, and Concept Maps
Academic Will Part 1: Unleashing your Academic Will- Harnessing the Power of Intrinsic Motivation and Academic Mindset
Academic Will Part 2: Mastering the Art of Goal Setting for Personal and Professional Success
Metacognitive Practice Part 1: Mastering the Art of Learning- Unlocking the Power of Metacognition
Metacognitive Practice Part 2: Unlock your Learning Potential- Mastering Metacognition and Fostering a Growth Mindset
Shortcut to Strategic Learning with OnlineMedEd

June 2023

Subspecialty Surgery

OnlineMedEd’s new Subspecialty Surgery course elevates the last of our three surgery courses within our clinical sciences curriculum to a new modern standard, matching the improvements made to the General Surgery and Trauma Surgery courses that were released earlier this year.

This content refresh is not merely a renovation of past content but rather a sophisticated rebuilding. Examples of this modernization and sophistication include:

Urology- Revised approach to renal biopsy and laparoscopic partial nephrectomy with special consideration of the incidence of renal “incidentalomas” when diagnosing renal cancer.
Urology- Describing the use of MRI for both staging of tumors diagnosed by transrectal ultrasound-guided (TRUS) prostate biopsies, and as a tool for identifying areas that are suspicious to be biopsied pre-procedure.
Endocrinology - Presenting the Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) syndromes as more than classic “the three organs” approach and presenting a more intuitive approach to medullary thyroid cancer including indications for thyroidectomy in MEN2A or MEN2B.

The new course takes advantage of our longitudinal integrated curriculum that leverages understanding health and disease from the cells and epithelia of organs.

Vascular Surgery - Updated so 5 seemingly disparate diagnoses – carotid artery stenosis, peripheral vascular disease, chronic limb-threatening ischemia, renovascular hypertension, and coronary artery disease – are all presented through a common thread: the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis. Grouping them as the same underlying pathology enables a reduced cognitive load for students– all of the diseases have the same risk factors and all from the same overarching therapeutics – enabling us to focus on what is unique about each diagnosis.
The Subspecialty Surgery content refresh also includes the release of 25 Application Videos from our new Radiology Reading Room series- video lessons that bring health and disease to life through Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Angiography cases narrated and explored by Dr. Williams.

Updated Surgical Guidelines

The Subspecialty Surgery course also incorporates updated surgical society guidelines, recognizing the rapidly changing landscape in the 2020s. Some examples include:

The 2022 AHA guidelines for the management of aortic aneurysm (both thoracic and abdominal), taking an endovascular approach, and the management of endoleaks.
The 2022 release of the WHO’s 5th Edition of Intracranial Tumors, with an emphasis on the molecular genetics driving diagnosis over histologic phenotype, with an emphasis on glioblastoma from astrocytomas other than glioblastoma

The 2023 AUA guidelines for prostate screening, including the use of PSA, but not DRE, and the expanded age ranges for which prostate screening is considered appropriate, together with the 2022 guidelines for managing screened patients by risk category.

June 2023

Endocrinology

The release of OnlineMedEd’s new Endocrinology course continues our 2023 Clinical Sciences Content refresh by bringing students and faculty a new approach to Endocrinology that is built from the ground up.

There is a reconceptualization of common Endocrine disorders, and an elimination of eponyms.

Cushing’s syndrome is replaced by the syndrome of excess cortisol. The distinction is drawn between adrenocortical insufficiency (cortisol and aldosterone deficiency with the opportunity for skin hyperpigmentation from excess ACTH) and so-called “secondary hypocortisolism” now introduced as panhypopituitarism-induced cortisol deficiency.
A highlight of the Endocrinology Course is our three diabetes lessons. These provide a modern approach to diabetes management, identifying the importance of glycemic control to prevent atherosclerotic and microvascular complications of diabetes.

Our Outpatient Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus lesson emphasizes the importance of metformin, GLP-1 agonists, and SGLT2-inhibitors to reduce total body glucose, by combatting the underlying pathology of insulin resistance. The lessons integrate the underlying pathophysiology from our Preclinical Sciences, the nutrition perspective from OnlineMedEd’s Food as Medicine, and the latest Diabetic Standards of Care from the ADA. This alignment of pre-clinical sciences, clinical sciences, and our nutrition curriculum provides the learner with the most modern understanding of diabetes and diabetes management.

The modernization of the material, sophistication of approach and the quality of the delivery through both digital notes and video whiteboard lectures make this new content some of the best in OnlineMedEd’s curriculum.

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