Moral Complexity in Gaming
Zack Rovinsky touches upon an issue that we’ve previously written about, and uses current events to frame some of his points. An altogether fascinating read as it doesn’t merely tread down the now well-worn ‘video games are violent’ road, but instead opts to examine the dilemma of moral choices in the gameplay environment. Still games […]
nerdmed101 Uncategorized bioware, decisions, dragon age, empathy, ethics, gameplay, heavy rain, moral choiceOn Clean Design
Ok, so we’re super proud of our infectious disease card battle game. We’ve had a bunch of med-students both at AMSA and elsewhere test it out and like the gameplay, in addition to the fact that folks actually start to recall some pretty epic ID and therapeutics info as a direct result. This makes us […]
nerdmed101 The Healing Blade, Updates box, design, mangold, packaging, THBNCL Meets Peter Pronovost – Feels Good about Life
Our very own Hon Weng Chong had the chance to meet Peter Pronovost and share some ideas regarding antibiotics selection decision support. Dr. Pronovost is a Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, and Surgery and is Medical Director for the Center for Innovation […]
nerdmed101 Geekdom, Updates checklists, legends, patient safetyIt’s Official – Donkeykong pwned by MD / AMSA Day 2.0
Gotta love this – a plastic surgeon named Hank Chien just beat the world record in Donkey Kong. For those of you in the know, there is a subculture of retro-gaming that permeates the land, with its trials and tribulations highlighted in the outstanding documentary, “King of Kong.” If you haven’t seen it, we highly […]
nerdmed101 Geekdom, Random StuffAMSA 2010 – Day One
Well, Hon, Francis and I fistbumped our way to Anaheim to meetup with the ever awesome folks at AMSA. Day one was surprisingly epic, as we got to play the Healing Blade game with more than a few interested pre-med and med-students. We were pleasantly surprised with how much fun people were having with the […]
nerdmed101 Uncategorized amsa 2010, francis, Hon, nerdcorelearning, The Healing BladeAMSA 2010 Here We Come!
We’re closing in on the final designs for the AMSA 2010 booth, and we wanted to share with you how our little piece of the AMSAverse is shaping up. Be sure to come and visit us (Booth #1) for a chance to get signed copies of the ‘Healing Blade’ game! Also – in random news, […]
nerdmed101 Random Stuff, The Healing Blade, Updates amsa 2010, awesomesauce, healing blade, signedMedical Entrepreneurship / Social Justice
OK, these guys are our new heroes at NerdcoreLearning. “As a result, Kothari is currently at Sloan formulating a two-part plan for making inexpensive medical tools and building low-cost clinics. In 2009-2010, Kothari is one of 16 fellows at MIT’s Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship, which promotes “bottom-up” global development through technology. Two other […]
nerdmed101 Rants, UncategorizedNerdcore MD Shoe Review
Scrubs and shoes – there’s really not much a guy or gal can say about style on the medical floors. In ‘The Hospitalist Manual’, I talk about how ‘scrub culture’ is invading the last vestiges of decency within medicine, and that, in terms of style, we’re all just become one homogenized assembly line of teal […]
nerdmed101 Geekdom, Reviews comfort, scrubs, shoes, tomsOn social enterprise
The inspiration for NCL came from a series of lectures I heard in the car while dropping off my brother-in-law, Zab, at the airport. He had downloaded some lectures from itunes U – the Standford Social Enterprise Series, I believe – and we were listening to them. We were basically mesmerized by the premise of […]
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