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Editor's Forum

The Necessity of ‘Paying It Forward’

7/15/2023 Thuy Nguyen, MD
Experience is often touted to be the best teacher. But sometimes, we — as residents in the midst of our training and in the early stages of our careers — can choose to be the best teacher.
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Editor's Forum

Strength and Comfort in Vulnerability

4/15/2023 Thuy Nguyen, MD
In writing this, I am hit with the realization I never properly reconciled the emotional effects of this shift. There must be better approaches than the one I take now, which, if I am being honest, is
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New Beginnings, Renewed Dedication

1/30/2023 Thuy Nguyen, MD
As we usher in the new year, I am elated to join our EMRA family as editor-in-chief of EM Resident and to do my part in contributing to EMRA’s mission: supporting those of us in training so we can bec
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Editor's Forum

Innovating for the Future

10/10/2022 Jessica Adkins Murphy, MD
Emergency medicine is a highly nimble specialty, and advancements have come very quickly over the past 50 years. But this is not a fact we can take for granted indefinitely. Being good stewards of EM’
Editor's Forum

Before the Breaking Point

8/10/2022 Jessica Adkins Murphy, MD
There will probably come a time when you feel you aren’t your best self. Whether you are feeling early symptoms of burnout, are not quite meeting your goals, or suffer from clinical depression, anxiet
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Editor's Forum

Miscarriage of Justice

6/10/2022 Jessica Adkins Murphy, MD
Share your clinical experiences with legislators, friends, and family. Tell the de-identified stories of patients who have suffered from ectopic and high-risk pregnancies. Talk about your patient with
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Opinion-Editorial

Synthetic Cannabinoids Highlight the Need to Abandon the War on Drugs

6/10/2022 Timothy Kelly, MD
Illegal and unregulated marijuana markets in parts of our country have given rise to dangerous and easily obtainable synthetic options. The ill effects of this predictable phenomenon are being felt in
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Editor's Forum

Building Trust Through Integrity

4/10/2022 Jessica Adkins Murphy, MD
We are confronting an ethical dilemma in emergency medicine that has been brewing for years. It impacts patients' health while business executives and shareholders, far removed from the patients they
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Heart of EM

An Empty Loss

2/12/2022 Sophie Karwoska Kligler
When the time of death was called and the moment of silence was finished, we turned and went back to our work. The fact that I felt so little made me feel strange and guilty.
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Editor's Forum

Kindling the Fire

2/12/2022 Jessica Adkins Murphy, MD
As the snow settles into a downy blanket over my little home in Lexington, Ky., I get to spend a few hours nestled on the couch with my big, sweet dog, the fireplace glowing, doing one of my new favor