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President's Message

Keep on Rockin' in Emergency Medicine

8/9/2017 Alicia Kurtz, MD

Keep on Rockin' in Emergency Medicine First and foremost, a huge welcome to all of our new members! We are so excited to have this year's interns up an at ”�em in our departments already. While you m

Editor's Forum , Editorial

Letter from the Editor

8/9/2017 Abby Cosgrove, MD

Letter from the Editor Every year as interns don their long white coats for the first time ever, swipe their glossy name badges, and figure out where the bathrooms are, I have flashbacks to my first

Visual Diagnosis , Clinical

Diagnose this Condition

8/8/2017 Rachel Liu, MD, FACEP , Cristiana Baloescu, MD

Diagnose this Condition The Patient A 28-year-old female, who was the restrained front passenger in a motor vehicle accident 1 week before, presents to the ED with abdominal pain. A CT scan of th

Health Policy , Affordable Care Act

How Has the ACA Affected the Emergency Department?

7/18/2017 Chichen Qiu, MD

How Has the ACA Affected the Emergency Department? The Affordable Care Act (ACA), passed in 2010 under the Obama administration, sought to increase availability of health care to Americans, especiall

Match

Does Your Step 1 Score Really Matter?

7/18/2017 Hania Flaten

Does Your Step 1 Score Really Matter? Taking Step 1 is a rite of passage for medical students. If you tell an upperclassman you are studying for this test, they will commiserate with you, remembering

Course , Advocacy

Find Your Voice!

7/18/2017 Matthew Kwon, MD

Find Your Voice! A free trip to Washington D.C.? Sign me up! As a fourth-year medical student who had recently matched into an emergency medicine residency, I thought this non-medical course was a ch

Match , Program Director Interviews , MSIII , MSIV , Med Student

Program Director Interview Series Joshua Broder, MD, FACEP Duke University Emergency Medicine Program

7/18/2017 Sarah Ring, MD

Program Director Interview Series Joshua Broder, MD, FACEP Duke University Emergency Medicine Program This month, Joshua Broder, Program Director of Duke University Emergency Medicine Program, spoke

Podcasts , Med Student

Best Podcasts for the Student EM Nerd

7/10/2017 Shyam Murali

Best Podcasts for the Student EM Nerd As future emergentologists, we sign up for a life of continuous learning. Even after residency, we will be constantly reading published journal articles to updat

Health Policy Journal Club

Health Policy Journal Club: Striking a Balance Between Access and Cost

7/6/2017 Nathan Vafaie, MD

Health Policy Journal Club: Striking a Balance Between Access and Cost Freestanding emergency departments offer risks and rewards to our health care system. In the 1970s, the freestanding emergency d

Match , Interviewing , Advising

Preparing for the Standardized Video Interview

6/21/2017 Morgan Bobb

Preparing for the Standardized Video Interview This year, students applying to EM residencies will be required to complete a Standardized Video Interview (SVI) with their ERAS application. This video