Welcome to the first ALiEM Approved Instructional Resources (AIR) Module! In an effort to reward our readers for the reading and learning they are already doing online, we have created an Individual Interactive Instruction (III) opportunity utilizing FOAM resources for US Emergency Medicine residents. For each module, the board curates and scores a list of blogs and podcasts. A quiz is available to complete after each module to obtain residency conference credit. Once completed, your name and institution will be logged into our private Google Drive database, which participating residency program directors can access to provide access.
AIR Series: Infectious Disease, Hematology, Oncology
Below we have listed our selection of 7 blog posts related to infectious diseases, hematology, and oncology, curated and approved of by the AIR Series Board. A broad spectrum of blogs were searched from the top 25 blogs per the Social Media Index, but this list is by no means comprehensive.
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ALiEMU AIR ID, Heme-Onc block quiz
Interested in taking the quiz for fun or asynchronous (Individualized Interactive Instruction) credit? Please go to the above link. You will need to create a one-time login account if you haven’t already.
Highlighted quality posts
| Descriptor | Article title | Author | Date | Blog source | Link |
| A four-minute video on the PROCess Trial results | The Process Trial is Here! | Mel Herbert | Mar 18, 2014 | HippoEM | A ProCESS Trial Review |
| A thorough review of antibiotic recommendations for uncomplicated UTI’s including side effect profiles/pros/cons of each antibiotic. | Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections in Older Adults: Diagnosis and Treatment (Part 2) | Christina Shenvi | Apr 2, 2014 | ALiEM | UTI in older adults |
| Abscess treatment review including: packing, loop drainage, primary closure, antibiotics, and wound cultures | Abscess, “Answers” | Anand Swaminathan | Mar 31, 2014 | EMLyceum | Abscess |
| Approach to and risk stratification of neutropenic fever | Paucis Verbis: Neutropenic Fever in Cancer Patients | Michelle Lin | Oct 7, 2011 | ALiEM | Neutropenic fever with cancer |
| CMS and JCAHO rules for blood cultures in pneumonia in the ED | Blood Cultures in Pneumonia | Andy Grock | Feb 17, 2014 | ALiEM | Blood cultures and pneumonia |
| Review of 2012 ACCP guidelines of ED management of supratherapeutic INR. | Paucis Verbis: Overanticoagulation and supratherapeutic INR | Michelle Lin | Aug 10, 2012 | ALiEM | Supratherapeutic INR |
| Updated report on new (2009) recommendations for vancomycin dosing. | New Year’s Resolution: Let’s Dose Vancomycin Correctly in the ED | Bryan Hayes | Jan 1, 2014 | ALiEM | Proper Vancomycin Dosing |
If you have any questions or comments, please contact us!
Andrew Grock, MD
Faculty Physician, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
UCLA Emergency Medicine Department
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