The EMBER Project is having a good day. Despite the cold and snow on our first day of spring, it’s also the first of what I hope will be many new broadcasts using the Google+ platform.  I’m excited about the potential of adapting this tool for medical education. In an era of specialty care, disease entities intersect with multiple disciplines, and optimal care often requires a collaborative approach.

Venous Thromboembolism is one of those diseases that crosses most specialty boundaries. I was lucky enough to get Dr Akhilesh Sista to talk about the changing paradigm of VTE management, and to answer my questions about novel oral anticoagulants, endovascular interventions for post-thrombotic syndrome, and who needs a hematology referral. There are lots of great pearls in this talk. You can view it from the Youtube link above or here on the Event page which will give you the show note links to other great bundled educational material.

The EMBER Project reflects my interest in technology’s ability to enhance the culture of learning and expand our conception of a community of medical educators. Blogs, podcasts, and other social media platforms continue to break down traditional institutional and geographic boundaries, and Google broadcast is another tool that’s especially suited for multi-disciplinary discussions on common disease entities when a team-based approach that does away with traditional specialty care boundaries just makes sense. I’m optimistic we are working towards a time when there is no “upstairs care” or “downstairs care” only good care everywhere.

I hope you enjoy this first broadcast. Please forgive any technical flaws as I work out some of the kinks. Thanks again to Dr. Sista for being such a good sport!