Apr 19 2021
Leadership 103 – Change
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Change is hard but essential. Change is what leads to breakthrough medical interventions and innovations. Here is how to lead through change.
Apr 12 2021
Leadership 102 – Emotional Intelligence
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Emotional intelligence (EI) is important for healthcare leaders and is a skillset we can learn. The four domains of EI include: self-awareness, Self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management.
Apr 05 2021
Leadership 101 – Commitments, Character, Competencies
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A healthcare leader keeps certain commitments, shows character, and learns defined competencies that enable their teams to flourish and succeed.
Mar 19 2021
Cherry Picking Patients – Resident Self-Assignment Pitfalls
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Resident characteristics, in particular gender and training specialty, were shown in this study to be associated with preferential patient self-assignment. Male residents were less likely to see breast-related chief complaints or vaginal bleeding. Off-service residents were more likely to see familiar chief complaints (e.g. surgery residents signing up for lacerations).
Mar 12 2021
Ten Commandments of Emergency Medicine Revisited
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The original Ten Commandments of Emergency Medicine were published 30 years ago by Wrenn and Slovis. Medicine, especially emergency medicine, has changed in the interim. Here is a modern update on the original classic article.
Jan 22 2021
How NOT to Make Your Rank List for Match Day 2021
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When making hypothetical residency rank lists, applicants changed their preferences based on information that should not change true residency preferences, such as learning how competitive a program rates them.
Dec 04 2020
Scary Driving Events While Sleepy in EM Residents
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EM residents who drove after night shifts were at risk for motor vehicle crashes. There was higher risk earlier in training, and all training levels underestimate how at risk they were.
Nov 19 2020
Better Learning from Podcasts
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When interpolated questions were added to a podcast created for this RCT, knowledge retention scores modestly improved.
Aug 24 2020
ICU Resident Shift Length and Effect on Patient Safety
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In this multicenter, cluster-randomized, crossover trial conducted across six pediatric ICUs in the United States, an intervention schedule that eliminated extended work hour shifts resulted in an increased incidence of harmful medical errors by resident physicians.
May 28 2020
What ALiEM Can Teach Us About Remote Learning
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COVID-19 has suddenly forced entire organizations into remote e-work. A list of applications of remote e-work for academic physicians, including a consensus-based list of advantages and disadvantages are summarized to get the most of your new digital organization.