Browsing: Editorial

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Editorial , Editor's Forum

Letter from the Editor

1/24/2017 Abby Cosgrove, MD
Letter from the Editor I couldn’t stop staring at the eerie photo I had just taken from the 7th floor of the Texas School Book Depository, peering out over the intersection of Elm and Houston. I was
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Editorial , Burnout

Letter from the Editor

12/1/2016 Abby Cosgrove, MD
Letter from the Editor Some days I feel like quitting. I always imagine it happening in the same way. It will be the end of an exhausting 12-hour overnight shift. I will have just been yelled at by a
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Personal , Workplace , Wellness , Compassion Fatigue , Editorial

Recognizing Compassion Fatigue: Seeing Past the Present

12/1/2016 Katie Rebillot, DO
Recognizing Compassion Fatigue: Seeing Past the Present She was constantly in the emergency department for alcohol and drug intoxication. Staff dreaded her because she was usually inebriated and aski
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Leadership , Medical Student Council , EMIG , Editorial

Making the Most of National Conferences

11/22/2016 Arielle King, MSIV
Making the Most of National Conferences Generally, the association that medical students make with conferences is research. However, I'm here to tell you that attending an emergency medicine conferen
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Editorial , Burnout , Personal

A Personal Story of Burnout

10/2/2016 Leann Mainis, MD
A Personal Story of Burnout Up until this past week, I thought I had a good handle on burnout. I thought I had figured it out. At some point during the past year, during a string of overnight shifts
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Editor's Forum , Editorial

Letter from the Editor

9/26/2016 Abby Cosgrove, MD
Letter from the Editor I see my mail carrier about once a week. She usually arrives around 11 am, sometimes later. If I am home, I will wave from the kitchen, occasionally running out with something
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Editorial , Non Clinical

It's Not News: Thoughts on Medical Errors

9/22/2016 Elizabeth Wilcox
It's Not News: Thoughts on Medical Errors We've all seen the articles in bold headlines, claiming medical errors are now the third largest cause of death. It's all the rage these days, since a new st
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Editorial

Stillness in the Chaos

9/22/2016 Austin Beck, MSIV
Stillness in the Chaos “I understand this is a very difficult decision to make at this moment ma'am. I have to ask you, though – would your husband have wanted to be placed on a ventilator?” Even as
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Med Student , Editorial

EndStep2CS, Gun Violence Research, GME Funding, and More

8/1/2016 Sean Ochsenbein, MSIV , Arnab Sarker, MD, MBA
EndStep2CS, Gun Violence Research, GME Funding, and More EM Updates from the 2016 AMA Annual Meeting The American Medical Association (AMA) met in Chicago June 11-15 to discuss key issues pertaining
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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