IDEA | Airway Series: Reviewing Intubation Footage in Conference to Improve Airway Mastery
Airway management is one of the most critical skills learned by emergency medicine (EM) residents and can be difficult to teach in traditional lectures. Increasingly, video laryngoscopy has been utilized by emergency departments partially due to its increasing first-pass success in certain situations [1]. Additionally from a training perspective, video laryngoscopy has proven to be beneficial as attendings can have the same view as residents and provide real time feedback [2]. However, this valuable real-time feedback and anatomy visualization ability has not always been utilized in other situations such as resident conferences. In this post, we highlight how to [+]
The Leader’s Library: New Rules of Work | Sign up to join the book club
“...picture a map with point A, which is where you are now, and point Z, which is where you retire after a long career. Twenty years ago, there might have been a reasonably finite number of straight lines connecting those two points. Now it’s like a UV light has been turned on, illuminating dozens of previously hidden interconnected pathways that branch and diverge in many directions. And within this maze are any number of paths that may prove deeply fulfilling for you.” “New normal.” How many times have we heard that phrase over the past year? Thankfully, the first specks [+]
Dear emergency physicians: We see you
https://youtu.be/jtGM-BUp_no The COVID-19 pandemic has placed incredible stress and strain on the personal work lives of emergency physicians. We have endured these almost 2 years of misinformation, PPE shortages, fear, frustration, grief, and death. So much going on in the world politically and socioeconomically, we at ALiEM wanted to share a message that WE SEE YOU. We're with you, and we're in this together. Credits Thank you for the tireless work on this video by animator Spencer Evans, who is a soon-to-be-emergency physician attending medical school currently at the University of Colorado. Also thanks to the entire ALiEM team for [+]
Education Theory Made Practical (Volumes 4 & 5): An ALiEM Faculty Incubator eBook Series
Back by popular demand and thanks to a generous grant from the Government of Ontario’s eCampus initiative, the ALiEM team is delighted to announce the publication of 2 new eBook publications: Volumes 4 and 5 of the Education Theory Made Practical eBook series [ALiEM Library]. Like all of the others that have come before, these books were a labor of love brought to you by the dedicated Faculty Incubator alumni. On behalf of all the editors of both editions, we are very proud of all our Faculty Incubator alumni who made this happen. Their amazing contributions have been compiled in [+]
How I Work Smarter: Simiao Li-Sauerwine, MD
One word that best describes how you work? Efficiently! Current mobile device iPhone 12 Computer MacBook Air What is something you are working on now? I'm working on a research study examining the impact of EM faculty demographics on learner evaluations. How did you come up with this Idea/Project? I've always been interested in the impact of implicit bias on physician professional development and advancement. We use learner evaluations of attendings for promotion, for compensation, for recognition with departmental awards. So, I was interested to know how the demographics of a faculty member might impact a resident's expectations of [+]
EM Match Advice 36: It’s Time to Make Your Rank List
Now that interview season for residency match has concluded, our residency director panel tackles the hot topic of making your rank list, which includes "love letters" to programs and second look visits. In this podcast, Dr. Mike Gisondi and Dr. Michelle Lin host an esteemed panel of 3 program directors, Dr. Emily Fisher (University of Oklahoma), Dr. William Paolo (SUNY Upstate), and Dr. Michael Van Meter (University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) to discuss these issues. Good luck to everyone in the match this year! EM Match Advice Podcast Read and Listen to the Other EM Match Advice [+]
Human Trafficking in the ED – What you need to know
Human trafficking is a devastating crime, where a human being’s labor is exploited through force, fraud, or coercion, for someone else’s profit (1). For survivors, connecting to support in the community can be incredibly difficult, and may come at the expense of their personal safety (1, 2). The emergency department (ED) is a rare exception, with some studies estimating that over 60% of trafficked persons will present at some point during their exploitation to the ED (3). Unfortunately, less than 5% of emergency physicians report feeling confident in their ability to identify a trafficked person, citing confusion around patient [+]
How I Work Smarter: Al’ai Alvarez MD
One word that best describes how you work? Compassion Current mobile device iPhone 12 Computer MacBook Pro What is something you are working on now? Where do I begin? The pandemic has opened doors for virtual talks and conferences, so I’m just taking it week by week sometimes. I’m also doing a fellowship, the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign Faculty Fellowship. I’m learning how to apply design thinking to well-being interventions in the ED, and hopefully collaborating with other high-performance teams. I am also co-directing a conference in May 2022 on High-Performance Resuscitation Teams. How did you come up [+]
IDEA Series: Escape the Snake Room
The Problem A snakebite from a venomous snake can result in a potentially life-threatening toxin-mediated disease (1). The WHO considers snakebites to be an important occupational disease in Southeast Asia (2). Particularly in rural areas of Pakistan, snakebites represent a common public health concern. The relatively rare nature of this condition in urban environments, however, limits exposure to it by emergency medicine (EM) residents. Thus, additional focused training is necessary to prepare EM physicians to manage snakebites in a timely and effective manner. The Innovation The “Snake Room” gamification-based, timed activity teaches and assesses clinical practice essentials in the management [+]
Apply now for the ALiEM Faculty Incubator 2021-22 Class: Scholarship and Community
Happy new year! Make one of your new year's resolutions to accelerate your scholarly career in health professions education. The ALiEM Faculty Incubator is opening its doors to the sixth class of 30 educator-scholars. We have been thrilled by the quality of collaboration, growth, and scholarship output from this community ever since our first class in 2016. Led by Dr. Sree Natesan as the Chief Operations Officer and Dr. Antonia Quinn, Associate Chief Operations Officer, we are excited to kick off this new year. We feature an all-star leadership team which includes Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Chief Academic Officer), Dr. Michael [+]
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