In his FIX17 talk, Dr. Rob Gore shares his experience with KAVI, the Kings Against Violence Initiative, and offers some suggestions on how all emergency physicians can care for victims of violence with the goal of violence prevention.  Watch the...

On today’s podcast we are going to discuss an unfortunately timely topic- firearms, research funding, and why doing nothing is no longer an option. Dara is joined by Dr. Megan Ranney, an Associate Professor at Brown University and injury prevention...

When a family member becomes critically ill, we as physicians can experience a traumatic collision of our work life and personal life. In Dr. Maneesha Agarwal’s FIX17 talk, she shares her experience of dealing with a family medical crisis when...

In today’s podcast Dara is joined by Drs. Gennifer Geller, Julie Silver and Mizuho Spangler to talk about the power of women’s conference. First they review an recent article from the Harvard Business Review Do Women’s Networking Events Move the Needle...

Ross Fisher, pediatric surgeon at Sheffield Children’s Hospital in the United Kingdom, explores why we are so reluctant to be labeled average and why this may actually be harming our practice of medicine.  Read his post and watch the full FIX2017...

In today’s podcast, Dara and Esther are joined by Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, Detroit’s Health Commissioner and graduate of the Kings County EM residency. Dr. Khaldun leads Detroit’s health agenda focusing on eliminating intergenerational poverty through results-oriented, collaborative partnerships that focus on...

Dr. Kathy Staats reveals words of wisdom from Female EMS leaders to help us all figure out how we can crash any party!

In today’s podcast Dara and Jenny are joined by Dr. Anna Mueller and Dr. Vinny Arora of the University of Chicago. They discuss their recent paper Gender Differences in Attending Physicians’ Feedback to Residents: A Qualitative Analysis. This paper was...

Bad things happen in the emergency department every day.  Sometimes these events profoundly affect the providers involved, making them into second victims.  Dr. Jennifer Mitzman shares a powerful story from her own career and what she learned from the experience. ...

Dara and Jenny are joined by Dr. Natalie May to discuss her research into the number of women speaking at major emergency medicine conferences.  They talk about the numbers, the barriers women face, and what conference organizers (and all of...