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EMRA Journal Club: Intravenous Lidocaine for ED Patients with Renal Colic

2/1/2018 Joshua Mirkin, MD , Olga Kovalerchik, MD
EMRA Journal Club: Intravenous Lidocaine for ED Patients with Renal Colic Renal colic affects 12% of people worldwide and recurs at a rate of 50%.1 First line therapy for management of pain associate
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Journal Club for Dummies: How Not to Be Intimidated by Evidence-Based Medicine

10/5/2017 Krystle Shafer, MD , Cynthia Peng, MD
Journal Club for Dummies: How Not to Be Intimidated by Evidence-Based Medicine Have you ever looked at a journal club article and felt overwhelmed? You are not alone! Many residents are in the same b
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Diversity and Inclusion

What's the T? Caring for Transgender Individuals in the Emergency Department

10/3/2017 Hani I. Kuttab, MD
What's the T? Caring for Transgender Individuals in the Emergency Department Recently, I had my first experience caring for a transgender patient in the emergency department. The patient's chief comp
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Research , Rapid Research Review , Advancement of EM

Rapid Research Review: Data Sets and Summary Indexes

4/2/2017 EM Resident
Rapid Research Review: Data Sets and Summary Indexes Olga Kovalerchik, MD, Emergency Medicine Resident, EMRA Research Committee, Vice-Chair, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT You've just finishe
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Advancement of EM , Research , Rapid Research Review

Rapid Research Review: More Study Types

2/2/2017 EM Resident
Rapid Research Review: More Study Types More Study Types Case Series This is used when the objective is to describe and find patterns related to a particular disease/problem. Case series are useful f
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Rapid Research Review: Study Types

12/1/2016 EM Resident
Rapid Research Review: Study Types Case-Control (“What happened?”) Compares a group with a disease to a group without disease.  This study can calculate an odds ratio. Advantages: many exposures can
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Rapid Research Review: Power

10/2/2016 EM Resident
Rapid Research Review: Power Power Recall that Type I error  is the probability of falsely rejecting the null hypothesis (H0) based on our sample even though H0 is true in the population. Alternative
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Taking the Plunge: Lessons from ACEP's EMBRS Workshop

8/1/2016 Cara Bergamo, MD
Taking the Plunge: Lessons from ACEP's EMBRS Workshop Interested in pursuing a fellowship that will require research? Better yet, interested in a career in emergency medicine research? ACEP's Emergen
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Diversity and Inclusion

Bridging the Gap: Gender and Leadership in Emergency Medicine

8/1/2016 Tricia Smith, MD, MBBS, MPH , Jamie R. Santistevan, MD
Bridging the Gap: Gender and Leadership in Emergency Medicine Emergency medicine (EM) residents face many time constraints: long work hours, endless emails, reading lists, research requirements, and
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Diversity and Inclusion , Leadership Reports , Speaker Report

Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine

8/1/2016 Vidya Eswaran, MD , Tiffany Jackson, MD
Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine As our country grows more diverse, tackling health disparities is imperative to improving patient outcomes. After all, human experiences and cultural per