Academic Life in Emergency Medicine

ACEP E-QUAL 19: Making Dollars & Sense of Stress Testing

Dr. Kristin Newby and Dr. Michael Kontos discuss the pros and cons of various stress testing modalities and imaging for patients presenting with suspected acute coronary syndrome. There are nuanced decisions to be made based on the disease probability, patient characteristics, test characteristics, test availability, and cost.

Dr. Newby is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Duke University. Dr. Kontos is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Radiology, and Emergency Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University. 

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

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ACEP E-QUAL 18: Opioid Withdrawals & Buprenorphine in the ED

Dr. Reuben Strayer and Dr. Eric Ketcham discuss the management of patients with opioid withdrawal and initiation of buprenorphine in the Emergency Department for opioid use disorder patients. Dr. Strayer is the Associate Medical Director at the Department of EM at Maimonides Medical Center and author of EMUpdates.com. Dr. Ketcham is the Medical Director for the New Mexico Treatment Services program and is an emergency physician at the San Juan Regional Medical Center in New Mexico.

Hosted by Dr. Michelle Lin

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ACEP E-QUAL 17: Opioid Overdose Prevention & Naloxone Distribution

Dr. Maureen Boyle and Dr. Edward Bernstein discuss the public health crisis of opioid overdoses, overdose prevention, and home naloxone distribution from systems and operational perspectives. Dr. Boyle is the Chief Scientific Officer for the Addiction Policy Forum and was previously the Chief of Science Policy at NIDA. Dr. Bernstein is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs at Boston Medical Center and the Medical Director for the Faster Paths to Treatment Program.

Hosted by Dr. Michelle Lin

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ACEP E-QUAL 16: Pain Management for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder

Dr. Andrew Herring, the Medical Director for the Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program at Highland Hospital and Principal Investigator for the California ED Bridge Emergency Buprenorphine Program, discusses the art and science in managing pain for patients with opioid use disorders. Hosted by Dr. Michelle Lin.

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ACEP E-QUAL 15: ALTO Program and the Opioid Initiative

Dr. Alexis LaPietra, the creator of the ALternatives To Opioids (ALTO) program, provides insights into the nuts and bolts of starting an ALTO program at one's local institution. Dr. LaPietra is the Medical Director of the EM Pain Management program at St. Joseph’s and created the Pain Management and Addition Medicine Section for the American College of Emergency Physicians. Hosted by Dr. Michelle Lin.

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SAEM RLS 05: Dealing with Grant Proposal Rejections (Dr. Rob Ehrman)

Co-hosted by Drs. Mary and Nate Haas, this installment of SAEM's Research Learning Series features Dr. Rob Ehrman (Wayne State) on why grant proposals get rejected and how to deal with them.

SAEM RLS 04: Writing Good Specific Aims on Grant Applications (Dr. Mike Puskarich)

Co-hosted by Drs. Mary and Nate Haas, this installment of SAEM's Research Learning Series features Dr. Mike Puskarich (University of Minnesota) on writing high-quality specific aims in your grant proposal. He shares the key do's and don'ts that make or break a grant writeup.

SAEM RLS 03: Common IRB Pitfalls (Dr. James Paxton)

Co-hosted by Drs. Mary and Nate Haas, this installment of SAEM's Research Learning Series features Dr. James Paxton on common IRB pitfalls based on his experience as the Chairman of Wayne State University's Institutional Review Board.

EM Fellowship Match Advice 23: Ultrasound Fellowship - 2018 Update

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)

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PECARN 2: Urinalysis Accuracy for UTI in Febrile Infants ≤60 Days Old

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