SAEM Clinical Images Series: When in Doubt, Swab It Out
A 26-year-old female with a history of atopic dermatitis presents with one week of rash that began on her lower lip but spread over her face, eyelids, and neck, plus one day of fevers and headache. She was seen at an urgent care and referred to the emergency department for evaluation and management of “impetigo.” On presentation, she endorsed nausea, headache, and mild neck pain. [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: Retrobulbar Spot Sign
A 59-year-old male with no known past medical history other than an incidental abdominal aortic aneurysm presented with sudden onset, painless vision loss in his left eye. The [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: A Rare Case of Purpura
An 88-year-old female presented to the ER with a chief complaint of cough, vague abdominal pain, and a rash. The patient stated that she was started on Cipro [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: Fever with Rash
A 40-year-old male, tailor by occupation, was brought to the Emergency Department with complaints of high-grade fever for the past 11 days. Fever was documented to be 102°F [+]
PEM POCUS Series: Pediatric Cardiac
Read this tutorial on the use of point of care ultrasonography (POCUS) for pediatric cardiac evaluation. Then test your skills on the ALiEMU course page to receive your PEM POCUS badge worth 2 hours of ALiEMU course credit. Take the ALiEMU PEM POCUS: Pediatric Cardiac Module Goals List the indications and limitations of pediatric cardiac point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) Describe the technique for performing cardiac POCUS Identify anatomical landmarks accurately on [+]
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Making Rash Decisions
Which of the following best describes the pictured rash occurring 4 weeks after starting minocycline? Anaphylaxis Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) Syndrome Erythema multiforme Serum [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
A 55-year-old female with a history of hyperlipidemia presents after a syncopal episode. She had mild nausea and diarrhea on the morning of presentation but otherwise had no [+]
ALiEM AIR Series | Trauma 2023 Module
Welcome to the AIR Trauma 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 [+]
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 [+]
Teaching in the age of COVID-19: The learning management system
Given the epidemiological data from China and Italy, educators should be prepared for the likelihood that online learning will continue to be the norm for many weeks to months. Simply running disconnected weekly [+]
Teaching in the age of COVID-19: Assessing learners remotely
Providing content is great, but learner assessment is crucial in order to measure educational impact. Digital assessment is valid and reliable; it allows for multiple evaluations and gives learners the opportunity to [+]
Teaching in the age of COVID-19: Enhancing discussion with digital asynchronous chats
A significant portion of the technology industry is built around social media and asynchronous chat platforms that seek to connect people. Modern tools are designed with the intention to maximize engagement with [+]
Book Club: Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor
One of the most common themes in advice for career advancement is “find a mentor.” But we are rarely told HOW to find a mentor, WHY we need mentors, or WHAT ROLE mentors are supposed to play in our careers. In addition to the lack of direction regarding mentorship, when you start to research “what is mentorship,” it becomes clear that there are several limitations to the benefits of this popularized mentor-mentee relationship. To see [+]
I am Dr. Howard Ovens, Department Chief: How I Stay Healthy in EM
Dr. Howard Ovens is an emergency physician and the Chief of the Emergency Department at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. Dr. Ovens takes his personal health and wellness seriously, and is very committed to [+]
AIR Series and AIR-Pro Series are moving to ALiEMU!
The ALiEM Approved Instructional Resources (AIR) and AIR-Pro series are moving from this ALiEM blog, which uses embedded Google Forms for quizzes into our custom learning management system called ALiEMU. ALiEMU will be [+]
Free ALiEM In-Training Exam Prep Book is now published
It is with great pleasure that we announce the first edition of the ALiEM In-Training Exam Prep Book in both PDF and iBook form. This free book was a year-long project from the Chief Resident [+]
