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The Third Year Test

8/12/2024 Morgan Sweere, MD, MPH
There is truly nothing else like our specialty. When I look at the future of our specialty, where many may see overwhelming challenges, I see so much opportunity.
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Signs of Spring: The Job Hunt Begins

7/16/2024 Morgan Sweere, MD, MPH
We’ve accomplished so much to get to where we are in this step of our training. I think the best plan for after graduating is to simply enjoy our careers. Every one of us has the best job in the world
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The Power of Emergency Medicine: Sculpting the Leaders Within Us

4/14/2024 Morgan Sweere, MD, MPH
Leadership — in addition to being 1 of the 3 main pillars at the heart of EMRA’s mission (the other 2 being education and advocacy) — is part of the hidden curriculum of emergency medicine. How do we
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The Resident as Teacher

1/15/2024 Morgan Sweere, MD, MPH
As fellow residents, we have a unique relationship with one another. This role as resident and teacher is a responsibility, but it is also an opportunity. We can cultivate a learning environment for e
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What’s in a Name? A Lot, Actually

10/10/2023 Thuy Nguyen, MD
The acknowledgement of an individual and the celebration of their diversity should start with a wholehearted attempt at correctly pronouncing their name.
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The Necessity of ‘Paying It Forward’

7/15/2023 Thuy Nguyen, MD
Experience is often touted to be the best teacher. But sometimes, we — as residents in the midst of our training and in the early stages of our careers — can choose to be the best teacher.
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Strength and Comfort in Vulnerability

4/15/2023 Thuy Nguyen, MD
In writing this, I am hit with the realization I never properly reconciled the emotional effects of this shift. There must be better approaches than the one I take now, which, if I am being honest, is
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New Beginnings, Renewed Dedication

1/30/2023 Thuy Nguyen, MD
As we usher in the new year, I am elated to join our EMRA family as editor-in-chief of EM Resident and to do my part in contributing to EMRA’s mission: supporting those of us in training so we can bec
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Innovating for the Future

10/10/2022 Jessica Adkins Murphy, MD
Emergency medicine is a highly nimble specialty, and advancements have come very quickly over the past 50 years. But this is not a fact we can take for granted indefinitely. Being good stewards of EM’
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Before the Breaking Point

8/10/2022 Jessica Adkins Murphy, MD
There will probably come a time when you feel you aren’t your best self. Whether you are feeling early symptoms of burnout, are not quite meeting your goals, or suffer from clinical depression, anxiet