ALiEM ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Cookie Monster
What is most likely contained in this edible product that can cause somnolence and vomiting in a child? Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) Methamphetamines Psilocybin Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) [Authors own image] [+]
Chloe Doris, MD
EM Match Advice 42: Mid Interview Season Check-In
Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (podcast host and Stanford University PD) and Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM Founder/UCSF) are joined by Dr. Aaron Kraut (University of Wisconsin PD) in this insightful, rapid-fire, practical episode through [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: Enigmatic Traumatic Hip Pain
An 84-year-old female presented with a chief complaint of right hip pain after a fall 12 hours prior to presentation. The patient reported a history of falls resulting [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: Rapidly Spreading Rash
A 19-year-old female with a past medical history of epilepsy presented to the emergency department for evaluation of rash and fever. Two days prior to presentation she began [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: Pain and Swelling in a Roofer’s Right Wrist
A 27-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the ED due to right hand pain and swelling. The patient reported that he works as a roofer and felt severe, sharp pain in his right hand immediately after using a nail gun this morning. The pain was followed by gradual swelling of the right wrist and hand. There was no loss of sensation or bleeding from the injury [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: Dangerous Eye Drainage
A 32-year-old man with a history of traumatic globe rupture from a stab wound two months ago, status post repair, presented to the emergency department for worsening right [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: A Case of Painful Skin Lesions
A 50-year-old Caucasian female with a history of hypertension, coronary artery disease, and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus presents to the emergency department with a complaint of painful sores on [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: A Serious Pain in the Neck
An otherwise healthy 34-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department with two weeks of anterior neck pain. Symptoms began with several days of pain in his mandibular molars, [+]
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 [+]
Teaching in the age of COVID-19: Teaching with tech while socially distancing
With the arrival of SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) in North America, programs are facing the need to reconsider how they deliver didactic education to their learners. The ACGME only allows for 20% of the curriculum [+]
ALiEM Connect: EM residencies unite in a mega virtual conference
Weekly emergency medicine (EM) residency conferences are not exempt from the #CancelEverything movement as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Residency program leaders are in uncharted water, quickly pivoting to find alternative solutions [+]
Announcing ALIEM Remote
We are proud to announce the ALiEM Remote series. 2020 has presented a challenging set of circumstances with an ongoing COVID pandemic, uncertainty in the workplace, and multiple educational closures at every [+]
Peer Accountability: A Strategy for Maintaining Commitment to Personal and Professional Obligations
There are a number of personal attributes characterizing the professional identity of “physician.” We are dedicated to patients, committed to lifelong learning, and responsible for a variety of other professional obligations. Each requires physicians to be highly accountable – obligated or willing to accept responsibility for one’s actions. In this post we present examples of how we’ve adopted peer accountability as a strategy to help us with the myriad responsibilities and obligations at the heart [+]
I am Dr. Bory Kea, Assistant Professor and EM Physician: How I Stay Healthy in EM
Dr. Bory Kea is an emergency physician and assistant professor, currently practicing in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Kea’s love for her family and friends, passion for food, and commitment to enhancing medicine are just a [+]
I am Dr. Masashi Rotte, Emergency Physician and Assistant Professor: How I Stay Healthy in EM
Dr. Rotte is an emergency physician currently practicing in New York. His passion for traveling, love of hiking, and commitment to eating right are some of his secrets on how he maintains wellness. Dr. Rotte [+]
I am Dr. Brian Rowe, Scientific Director and Research Guru: How I Stay Healthy in EM
Dr. Rowe is an emergency physician practicing at the University of Alberta. Having worked in different departments and taken on a number of different leadership roles, Dr. Rowe has certainly figured out a [+]
