Indiana University School of Medicine

The IU School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine residency in Emergency Medicine focuses on innovation and resident ownership. Department faculty consider residents to be primary stakeholders in their education and development of the curriculum. Residents are expected to leave their mark on the program and on the specialty of emergency medicine — during residency and well into their career.

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Editor's Forum

Price Transparency in the ED: A Murky Future

2/5/2019 Tommy Eales, DO
There's a monumental problem in how patients are billed for emergency visits. It's called surprise billing - and it's definitely not a good surprise.
Editor's Forum , Palliative Care

Quality of Life(Saving) Care in the ED

10/16/2018 Tommy Eales, DO
With current trends toward increased boarding time in the ED, emergency care has become a multi-stage event that encompasses a lot more than procedures and decision trees.
Editor's Forum , Advocacy

Resident Advocacy Matters

8/16/2018 Tommy Eales, DO
We need to pick up an important new skill, fellow residents: effective advocacy. There's a lot happening in health care policy that affects not only your patients, but also your professional future.
Editor's Forum , Editorial

Letter from the Editor: Enough is Enough

6/9/2018 Tommy Eales, DO
Gun violence continues to have a dramatic impact on our society - and emergency physicians get more practice than they want in caring for the resulting injuries. Isn't it time for things to change?
Editor's Forum

Letter from the Editor

4/10/2018 Tommy Eales, DO
In advance of National EMS Week 2018, former firefighter Tommy Eales explains what EM residents can learn from their EMS colleagues.
Editor's Forum , Editorial

In Memoriam: Kevin G. Rodgers, MD

1/31/2018 Tommy Eales, DO
In Memoriam: Kevin G. Rodgers, MD Dec. 21, 1955 – Nov. 20, 2017 He led by example, always made time to teach, and above all else, was a fierce advocate for the residents. It was the mid-afternoon shi
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Editor's Forum , Editorial

Letter from the Editor

11/28/2017 Tommy Eales, DO
Letter from the Editor EM Resident magazine is EMRA's bi-monthly publication that serves as the platform from which we amplify the many different voices that make our organization extraordinary. In m
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Pediatric EM , Airway

To Cuff or Not to Cuff...That is the Question

12/1/2016 Kaia Knutson, MD
To Cuff or Not to Cuff...That is the Question You are working a busy shift in the emergency department when you answer the EMS radio: “10-month-old, active compressions, GCS 3, be there in 2!” As yo
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Match , Program Director Interviews

Program Director Interview Series: Butch Humbert, MD | Indiana University

9/22/2016 Erin Karl, MD
Program Director Interview Series: Butch Humbert, MD | Indiana University This month, we interviewed Aloysius "Butch" Humbert, MD, Program Director at Indiana University School of Medicine's emergenc
Palliative Care

POLST: Guiding Providers in End of Life Care

5/23/2016 Lindsay Weaver, MD , Elaina DiOrio, MD
POLST: Guiding Providers in End of Life Care It is 9 a.m. in the emergency department when triage announces overhead, “Cardiac arrest. 5 minutes.” A few minutes later, the EMS crew arrives actively d