Welcome to the AIR HEENT Module! After carefully reviewing all relevant posts in the past 12 months from the top 50 sites of the Digital Impact Factor [1], the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to related to HEENT emergencies in the Emergency Department. 4 blog posts met our standard of online excellence and were approved for residency training by the AIR Series Board. More specifically, we identified 2 AIR and 2 Honorable Mentions. We recommend programs give 2 hours of III credit for this module.

 

AIR Stamp of Approval and Honorable Mentions

 

In an effort to truly emphasize the highest quality posts, we have 2 subsets of recommended resources. The AIR stamp of approval is awarded only to posts scoring above a strict scoring cut-off of ≥30 points (out of 35 total), based on our scoring instrument. The other subset is for “Honorable Mention” posts. These posts have been flagged by and agreed upon by AIR Board members as worthwhile, accurate, unbiased, and appropriately referenced despite an average score.

 

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Highlighted Quality Posts: HEENT 2025

 

Site Article Author Date Label
EMCrit Epiglottitis Dr. Josh Farkas July 22, 2024 AIR
EMDocs Auricular Hematoma Dr. Jacob Tauferner, Dr. Mihir Patel April 13, 2024 AIR
EMDocs Malignant/Necrotizing Otitis Externa Dr. Russ Burgin, Dr. Rachel Bridwell April 27, 2024 HM
Taming the SRU Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Ear Emergencies in the Department Dr. Nicole Lewis November 14, 2023 HM

 

(AIR = Approved Instructional Resource; HM = Honorable Mention)

 

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Reference

    1. Lin M, Phipps M, Chan TM, et al. Digital Impact Factor: A Quality Index for Educational Blogs and Podcasts in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care. Ann Emerg Med. 2023;82(1):55-65. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.02.011, PMID 36967275

 

 

Chris Belcher, MD

Chris Belcher, MD

Editor, ALiEM AIR Series
Assistant Professor and Assistant Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
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Kaitlin Bowers, DO

Kaitlin Bowers, DO

Lead Editor, ALiEM
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Chair of Emergency Medicine
Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine
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