Program Director of SUNY Downstate EM Residency
Leadership is an important concept for all of us as physicians. We are all leaders and will be for the entirety of our career, whether it be managing the clinical team caring for patients or holding a specific leadership position in a department. “I suppose leadership at one Read more…
Feedback is a pretty hot topic in our residency right now. It has a lot to do with the relatively recent change in evaluation, aka the beloved milestones. I have had many conversations with residents about the desire for more feedback. My belief is that there needs to be a 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…
Creating and presenting a lecture can be done in many different ways. The two majors formats are horrible and good. There are some simple rules to abide by that make any lecture palatable. Beyond that the sky is the limit in making presentations more interesting and effective. But as Read more…
The Teaching Mini-Fellowship met on 8/14 for our first meeting this Academic year. We had two new members join us, Andrea Ferrari and Carla Sterling. They both performed their initiation 5 minute lecture about topics they are experts in. Anyone else who wishes to join us for discussions on teaching methods, Read more…
Time: Speaker: Lecture: 8-8:50 Nadir Debriefing 9 -9:50 Adeleke Hypersensitivity Derm Disorders 10 -10:50 Ritchie / Christopher Facial blocks / Sinusitis 11 -11:50 Julie / Jegede / Christopher / Caputo Pearls It seemed like the popular topic of conference this week was facial blocks. It is a practical and Read more…
Answer and ECG submitted by Dr. Eli Brown. Thanks Richie/Shin. Good work in spotting the “widow maker. “ I would like to point out that this patient actually has poor R-wave progression. That, along with the QS complexes (III, aVF, V4), should raise suspicion for a subacute to chronic Read more…
Here’s another EKG to get you guys talking. Thank you Dr. Silverberg and Dr. Brown for the case. 73 chinese female h/o dm, htn and high cholesterol had syncopal episode. Felt heart racing and palpitations prior to passing out at bingo in her church. Only complaint now is slight chest Read more…
Hey guys, Check out this case and let me know what you think. I will post the answer and discussion in 1-2 weeks. 45 year old male with history of abnormal heart beat, htn complaining of difficulty breathing and palpitations. His vital signs are 130/90, HR 215. The pt is Read more…