Academic Life in Emergency Medicine

Ultrasound fellowship directors discuss recent updates to the EM Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship match process, which now involves the National Resident Match Program (NRMP). Panelists: Dr. Jeremy Boyd (VanderbiltUniversity) Dr. Matt Fields (Kaiser Permanente San Diego) Dr. Arthur Au (Thomas Jefferson University) Co-hosts: Dr. Michael Gisondi (Stanford) and Dr. Michelle Lin (UCSF-SFGH)

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

In this PECARN series, Dr. Jason Woods, discusses the sensitivity and specificity of the urinalysis for febrile infants ≤60 days old with the first authors of the 2018 Pediatrics article, Dr. Leah Tzimenatos. Tzimenatos L, Mahajan P, Dayan PS, et al; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). Accuracy of the Urinalysis for Urinary Tract Infections in Febrile Infants 60 Days and Younger. Pediatrics. 2018 Feb;141(2). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29339564

Hosted by Dr. Michael Gisondi and Dr. Michelle Lin, an expert panel of fellowship program directors in global health discuss the nuts and bolts of applying to a global health fellowship in EM. Panelists: Dr. Kristiana Kaufman (Wayne State University), Dr. Rebecca Walker (Stanford University), Dr. Hani Mowafi (Yale University)

https://www.aliem.com/fellowship-match-advice-global-health/

Hosted by Dr. Derek Monette (ALiEM Deputy Editor in Chief), this podcast discusses the hot-off-the-press New England Journal of Medicine publication on diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), fluid resuscitation, and cerebral edema. Authors Dr. Nathan Kuppermann and Dr. Nicole Glaser explain the importance of their groundbreaking RCT and challenge the theoretical association between IV fluids and the development of cerebral edema during pediatric DKA treatment. Kuppermann N, Ghetti S, Schunk JE, et al; PECARN DKA FLUID Study Group. Clinical Trial of Fluid Infusion Rates for Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis. N Engl J Med. 2018 Jun 14;378(24):2275-2287. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29897851

Hosted by Dr. Michael Gisondi and Dr. Michelle Lin, an expert panel of residency program directors reflect on the 2018 Match year. Was it more or less competitive? What was new and what is their advice for the 2019 Match? Panelists: Dr. Elise Lovell (Advocate Christ), Dr. Leslie Oyama (UCSD), Dr. Jeremy Branzetti (NYU-Bellevue)

https://www.aliem.com/em-match-advice-program-directors-reflect-2018-match/

Facilitated by Dr. Matt Melamed and joined by EM residents Dr. Laila Nasser and Dr. Jon Smart Gende, this podcast covers a broad range of topics with wellness expert and Facebook's EM Docs founder Dr. K Kay Moody. She discusses how EM Docs started, how the opioid epidemic affects the wellness of emergency physicians, pivots in her career which align with her mission to improve physician wellness, and taking a leap of faith by building the Glacier Rock Wellness Ranch in Washington.