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"A fascinating report was posted earlier today about the Stanford School of Medicine's Arts, Humanities & Medicine Program. The article, written by Corrie Goldman, provides a closer look into the initiative and how it allows students at the medical school to explore their creativity and artistic passions through the study of art, music and literature."

3 semesters worth of lectures on human biology, health and disease, medical research, and health care. The lectures are available through iTunes, YouTube, and on the Stanford Mini Med School website. Click winter term, spring term, and fall term to access the different lectures.

Videos and notes regarding physical exam procedures by Stanford faculty.

Series of videos

"3D4Medical in collaboration with Stanford University School of Medicine present the Heart Pro III."

Video - Stanfords Four Big Ideas From The Carnegie Study On Medical Education

"Under the new model, online learning is combined with the Socratic method to ensure that medical students are fully comprehending new information in a meaningful way."

Medical Wiki set up my Harvard, Stanford, Berkley and Michigan

Identity, integration, individualization, excellence.

Listening to this at the moment. Are the slides on slidehare?

"Drawing on case studies from news media to visualization research, we identify distinct genres of narrative visualization. We characterize these design differences, together with interactivity and messaging, in terms of the balance between the narrative flow intended by the author (imposed by graphical elements and the interface) and story discovery on the part of the reader (often through interactive exploration). Our framework suggests design strategies for narrative visualization, including promising under-explored approaches to journalistic storytelling and educational media."