Author: Jasminka Criley, MD

Dr. Jasminka Vukanovic-Criley MD, FACP, FHM is a multiple award-winning physician, hospitalist, healthcare & education innovator & Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA. She is a career mentor & advisor to undergraduate, graduate & postgraduate students & faculty across medicine, science & education. As Founder & CEO of Indelible Learning, Dr. Criley leads a systems-based approach to learning grounded in the belief that we grow geniuses by making complex systems visible, before real-world decisions carry irreversible consequences. Her research focuses on designing evidence-driven digital games & simulations that help people see, question, & improve systems across health, civics, science & human behavior. Dr Criley is a sought-after speaker, a founding Board member of Physician’s Weekly & an advocate for learning experiences that build judgment, agency & healthier institutions. She can be reached on X at @criley_md and at www.linkedin.com/in/jasminka-criley-md

What Are Correct Hand Washing Steps? Find Your Indelible Hand Washing Score

Are you washing your hands properly? Hand washing is a habit. Hand washing is a skill. Hand washing is something that you do every day, often, without even thinking about it. Hand washing is probably one of those automatic things you do in your everyday life, like tying your shoes. At the beginning of the […]

How To be Happier On International Day of Happiness & The Rest of The Year?

Our inner happiness is important for our well-being. “For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” Anger drains you out. Happiness fulfills you and lifts you up.

Elections: Why Doctors Do Not Vote … or Do They?

There are over a million licensed physicians in the United States and the District of Columbia Voting, as a social determinant of health, impacts individual and community health outcomes.

How Do People Wash Their Hands In Restaurant’s Restroom? Quick Observation.

It is easy to see how even well-meaning people do not do a good enough job washing their hands.

Insights From ED Games Expo ’23 in Washington DC

“Learning without reflection is a waste. Reflection without learning is dangerous.” Confucius

Why Is Play-Testing Important When Creating a Game & How To Do It Well

By Williams Criley and Dr Jasminka Vukanovic-Criley, Play-testing allows you to identify problems throughout your game development. Play-testing allows you to find bugs, glitches, flaws, or more fundamental problems with game design.

Announcement: Indelible Learning Was Invited To 2023 ED Games Expo

Indelible Learning was invited to the ED Games Expo 2023. It is the public showcase of remarkable game-changing educational technology (EdTech) innovations. This is the 9th annual event. These games and innovations are created through more than 50 programs at the Institutes & Departments of US government.

Inside the High School Science Fair: Judging Breakthrough STEM Projects

Volunteering at the 2023 High School Science Fair as an in-person, on-site judge, reminded me of my experience volunteering at the Science Fair in the 2021. At that time, with ongoing pandemic, Science Fair 2021 was, by necessity, organized as a virtual event. Even virtual experience did not diminish its meaning and significance. After more […]

Bringing Elections to Life: A Game-Based Approach for Gifted Learners

The final week of the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) Electoral College Swing State Bingo course is over. We are happy to report that our students were amazing! Here are a few snippets of learning and engagement our course created in these classrooms. Our Course: “Electoral College Swing State Bingo” It was Election Year 2016. […]

How Science Fair 2023 Changed My Perspective in Unexpected Ways

These kids were sometimes too smart or too quirky, or extremely curious, or too quiet, or too loud, or too critical or too nice and polite. As I looked at their faces, I still could recognize that little person they once were, years ago.