Hosted by Dr. Michael Gisondi and Dr. Michelle Lin, an expert panel of directors of EM medical education fellowships discuss the nuts and bolts of the who, what, why, and how of applying to this fellowship. Panelists: Dr. Danielle Hart (Hennepin County), Dr. Dmitri Papanagnou (Thomas Jefferson), Dr. Jeffrey Riddell (LAC-USC)

Podcast sound engineer: Kellen Vu

https://www.aliem.com/em-fellowship-match-advice-medical-education-fellowship/

A deep dive into the Standardized Letter of Evaluation (SLOE) for emergency medicine residency applicants with hosts, Dr. Michael Gisondi and Dr. Michelle Lin. Panelists include Dr. Abra Fant (Northwestern), Dr. David Gordon (Duke), Dr. Michael Takacs (University of Iowa).

Podcast sound engineer: Kellen Vu

https://www.aliem.com/em-match-advice-deep-dive-sloe/

In this episode from the ACEP-EQUAL series, Dr. Steven Godwin and Dr. Richard Shih review the recently published ACEP clinical policy regarding the treatment of headaches in the emergency department.

Guests: Dr. Steven Godwin (Professor and Chair of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida), Dr. Richard Shih  (Professor of Integrated Medical Science and Program, Charles E Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University)

Host: Dr. Jason Woods; Podcast Sound Engineer: Kellen Vu

www.acep.org/equal

References:

1. Perry JJ et al. Clinical decision rules to rule out subarachnoid hemorrhage for acute headache. JAMA. 2013 Sep 25;310(12):1248-55. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.278018 Carpenter CR et al. Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Describing the Diagnostic Accuracy of History, Physical Exam, Imaging, and Lumbar Puncture With an Exploration of Test Thresholds. Acad Emerg Med. 2016 Sep;23(9):963-1003. doi: 10.1111/acem.12984. Epub 2016 Sep 6.

Hosted by Dr. Michael Gisondi and Dr. Michelle Lin, an expert panel of residency program directors discuss finding the right-fit residency program for you using modern dating terms. Which programs should you swipe right or left on? Panelists: Dr. Arlene Chung (Maimonides), Dr. David Snow (Loyola), Dr. Robin Naples (Thomas Jefferson)

https://www.aliem.com/em-match-advice-swipe-right/

Dr. Adam Rodos discusses the CMS measure SEP-1 as well as the EQUAL sepsis initiative. The talk focuses on the effect of these measures on patient care and strategies for sepsis care improvement.

Guest: Adam Rodos MD (Assistant Professor, Dept of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine)

Host: Dr. Jason Woods

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• Barbash IJ, Davis B, Kahn JM. National Performance on the Medicare SEP-1 Sepsis Quality Measure. Critical Care Medicine. 2019. 47(8):1026–1032. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000003613 Kahn JM, et al. Association Between State-Mandated Protocolized Sepsis Care and In-hospital Mortality Among Adults With Sepsis. JAMA. 2019. 322(3):240-250. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.9021.

In this episode from the ACEP-EQUAL series, Dr. Alexis LaPietra reviews greater trochanteric pain syndrome and its treatment, as well as gives an overview of one piece of osteopathic manipulative therapy called muscle energy.

Guest: Alexis LaPietra, DO (Chair, ACEP Pain/Addiction Section System Chief, Pain/Addiction St. Josephs Health, Paterson NJ)

Host: Dr. Jason Woods

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In this episode from the ACEP-EQUAL series, Dr. Katherine Vlasica reviews the technique, indications, contraindications, and benefits of the use of occipital nerve blocks and low paraspinous injections in the treatment of headache in the ED.

Guest: Katherine Vlasica DO (Director of EM Pain Management, St Joseph’s Health in Paterson NJ; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, New York Medical Center)

Host: Dr. Jason Woods

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Link for video of nerve blocks:

• https://cha.com/clinician-training-materials/

Join us in the second installment of ALiEM's The Leader's Library, which is a professional development book club for health professionals. Hosted by Dr. Dina Wallin, the featured book is Kim Scott's RADICAL CANDOR.

https://www.aliem.com/leaders-library-radical-candor/

In this episode from the ACEP-EQUAL series, Dr. Jay Schuur, Dr. Chris Moore, and Dr. Courtney Moreno discuss the development of and recommendations from the new publication from the ACEP EQUAL group, "Imaging in Suspected Renal Colic: Systematic Review of the Literature and Multispecialty Consensus."

Article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31402153

DOSE project (Dose Optimization for Stone Evaluation): https://medicine.yale.edu/emergencymed/dose/

Radiology Safety Information: https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=safety-xray

Host: Dr. Jason Woods

www.acep.org/equal