Browsing: Editorial

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Editorial , Compassion Fatigue

How Becoming a Patient's Family Member Changed Me as a Doctor

8/1/2016 Thaer Ahmad, MD
How Becoming a Patient's Family Member Changed Me as a Doctor How on earth did patients and loved ones who have no formal training in health care or medicine manage to keep their composure when battl
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Editor's Forum , Editorial

Letter from the Editor

8/1/2016 Abby Cosgrove, MD
Letter from the Editor I cried the first time I read general surgery resident Dr. Joshua Corso's Facebook post about his blood-stained shoes in the aftermath of the Orlando shooting. It went somethin
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President's Message , Editorial

It's Time to Take a Stand

8/1/2016 Ramnik “Ricky” Dhaliwal, MD, JD
It's Time to Take a Stand On June 12, 2016, the United States was again shaken to its core and reminded of the devastation that guns can cause. In a span of 3 hours, more than 50 young people were ki
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Editorial , Personal

Can You Find the Heartbeat of a City in the ED?

6/7/2016 Shannon Graves, MD
Can You Find the Heartbeat of a City in the ED? Dear Dad,  I'm moving to Detroit.  Love, Your only daughter I'll never forget telling my family that I was moving to Detroit. My incredibly sweet, quin
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Editorial

Weighed Down by Words: How to Recognize and Avoid Anchoring Bias

5/26/2016 Zac Hafez, MD
Weighed Down by Words: How to Recognize and Avoid Anchoring Bias “Chief complaint: flank pain.” I started thinking about my differential: nephrolithiasis, urinary tract infection, pyelonephritis, pel
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Medical Students , Leadership , Med Student , Editorial

Q & A: Medical Student Council - New Leadership, Same Goal

5/26/2016 Seth Kelly, MD, MBA, FF-(W)EMT , Sean Ochsenbein, MSIV
Q & A: Medical Student Council - New Leadership, Same Goal The EMRA Medical Student Council is among the busiest branches of our bustling association, with student membership growing exponentially in
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Editorial , Editor's Forum

Letter from the Editor

5/23/2016 Abby Cosgrove, MD
Letter from the Editor Spring has sprung, summer is almost here, moods and pool covers have been lifted. Residency is flying by, and like seasons, the more I know and the more experiences I have, the
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Editorial , Resident

Shift Fatigue

4/7/2016 Patrick Olivieri, MD
Shift Fatigue At the 11th Hour We have all felt it. The fatigue. The hunger. The hazy fog that ensues 11 hours into our shift. How does the average physician react in times of mental exhaustion? Do w
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Editorial

Leaving our Agendas at the Door

4/7/2016 Michelle S. Mitchell, MD
Leaving our Agendas at the Door Over the past year, many of us have seen images of refugees and migrants attempting to flee countries of political unrest and move toward Western Europe. Many times, m
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Editorial

ACGME Congress on Resident Learning and Working Environment: ACEP Testimony and Position Paper

4/7/2016 Stephen Wolf, MD, FACEP
ACGME Congress on Resident Learning and Working Environment: ACEP Testimony and Position Paper (reprinted with permission) Stephen Wolf, MD, FACEP Chair, ACEP Task Force on Resident Duty Hours I woul