Author: Taylor Conrad Edited by: Eden Kim, Taylor Douglas, Robby Allen What is EBM? Evidenced-Based Medicine (EBM) is an important part of all medical disciplines and has been integral throughout the development of Emergency Medicine. According to the Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality (AHRQ) at the Department of Health Read more…
Adapted from Morning Report by Chief Resident Rushabh Shah. Public fear regarding COVID-19 has caused the unexpected consequence of decreased ED volume in hospitals around the country. The much-needed breath of fresh air is appreciated, but fewer patients means fewer direct learning opportunities for EM residents. Here are some suggestions Read more…
It’s another day at your local university hospital. You’re nearing the end of your shift and wrapping up your cases. Your mind is already starting to wander with thoughts of what you’ll do on vacation. Suddenly, you hear some commotion stir through the ED — TRAUMA CODE to the hospital Read more…
Sitting next to the middle fork of the Gila River in the wilderness of New Mexico is where I got one of my most salient lessons on the stages of learning. The prototype of the exercise was how well you could do a cartwheel. My first thought was “When the Read more…
A 29-year-old male comes to your ED complaining of pressure-like left sided chest pain that started an hour after he smoked marijuana. He has never felt anything like this before. He has no medical problems, surgeries, medications, allergies, and has no family history of heart disease. He does not smoke cigarettes, Read more…
Check out the original post here: Xray Vision: Chest Pain Congratulations Dr. Grundmann! This patient has a primary spontaneous pneumothorax. References: Humphries RL, Young W, Jr.. Chapter 71. Spontaneous and Iatrogenic Pneumothorax. In: Tintinalli JE, Stapczynski J, Ma O, Cline DM, Cydulka RK, Meckler GD, T. eds. Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7e. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; Read more…
Bedside Teaching Bedside teaching is a concept and skill I feel is spoken about a lot these days but is not as prominent in medical education as it once was. William Osler, considered the Father of Modern medicine, was a large advocate of bedside teaching. He has said: ‘‘Take the Read more…
Doctor: an agentive noun from the latin verb docere “to teach”. We all have great clinician-teachers that seamlessly jump from subject to subject effectively being able to teach pearls with each case. You stand in awe as you realize how much they know. Some of us may have chosen our Read more…
A long time ago in a small city named Kalamazoo, I received a Bachelor of the Arts in Music. During my time in music school, constant feedback and criticism from my colleagues and professors was a big part of the experience. Different teachers had their styles – the trumpet professor Read more…
I recently presented a vertiginous patient to my attending, after already having the discharge instructions printed and signed. Of course the attending comes back to me and states emphatically that the patient needs to be ruled out for a stroke! Through my exam, the patient had a peripheral cause of Read more…