COVID-19 , Simulation , Medical Education

Adapting to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Weekly Multidisciplinary Simulation Education

12/17/2020 Shehni Nadeem, MD , David Szafron, MD , Daniel Chu, MD , Yusuf Ansari

Thrust into a pandemic unlike any other, health professionals today must continually adapt. Protocols change at dizzying rates, while the physical and mental demands of our jobs increase exponentially

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Advocacy , COVID-19

Health Policy Journal Club: Drivers of Disparities in COVID-19

12/6/2020 Daniel Brownstein , Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire country, but early data suggest its effects have been particularly devastating on Black and Latino communities.

ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge: December-January 2020-21

12/2/2020 Graham Clifford, DO , Jeremy Berberian, MD

A 24-year-old male with history of intravenous drug use and tricuspid valve replacement 10 days ago presents with pain at his sternotomy site. The surgery was performed at another hospital, and the pa

Medical Education , Medical Students , Match

Single GME Accreditation: Osteopathic Match Outcomes in Emergency Medicine and Strategies for Future Applicants

12/2/2020 Christian Casteel , Ryan Lucas, MPH

2020 marked the first year of the new unified residency match, and the data is here. How has the merger of the ACGME and AOA paths to accreditation affected osteopathic candidates?

Medical Students , Medical Education

Turning Medical Students into Medical Educators

12/1/2020 Justin Doroshenko, MEd, Paramedic , Shelby Crowley

CAAP is a unique educational experience for medical students, as it provides an early opportunity to practice educating, which is not often a core component of medical education, yet a duty as a resid

Medical Education , Medical Students

The Case for a Universal Emergency Medicine Clerkship

12/1/2020 Nicholas H. George, MD

Emergency medicine is often absent from undergraduate medical training. It is time to make EM the newest core third-year clerkship.

Career Planning , COVID-19 , Workplace

8 Tips to Finding a Job During a Global Pandemic

12/1/2020 Deena Khamees, MD

A pandemic has introduced the house of medicine to unprecedented numbers of hiring freezes, suspended bonuses, and scaled-back continuing medical education funds and stipends. Add to that looming cuts

Ultrasound , POCUS For the Win

POCUS for the Win: Popliteal Artery Occlusion

12/1/2020 Katie VanNatta, DO, MBA, MS , Jake Freudenberger, DO , Akash Desai, MD

POCUS for the Win is a case series for ultrasound enthusiasts to showcase the ability of ultrasound in making diagnoses at the bedside, often before formal imaging. In this case POCUS is used to diagn

ENT , Otolaryngology

Nobody Nose: A Case Report of Spontaneous Nasal Septal Abscess

12/1/2020 Ashley Werbin, DO , Andrew Schaffrinna, MD

Nasal septal abscesses are an uncommon diagnosis in emergency medicine, with limited analysis and discussion in the otolaryngology literature. Spontaneous incidents are rarer still.

Social EM , Pain Management

Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department

12/1/2020 Kyla Rakoczy , Kasha Bornstein, MSc Pharm, EMT-P , Suzanne Bialeck, MD, RDMS

Ongoing barriers to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder contribute to a major care gap, with only 10% of patients seeking long-term OUD treatment able to receive it. It's time to imp

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