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EMRA Board of Directors

New Board Member: Eric McDonald, MD, RC-EM Representative

6/13/2017 EM Resident

New Board Member: Eric McDonald, MD, RC-EM Representative University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS rrcemrep@emra.org The ACGME Review Committee for Emergency Medicine (RC-EM) provides high-level oversi

EMRA Board of Directors

New Board Member: Garth Walker, MD, MPH, Member-at-Large

6/13/2017 EM Resident

New Board Member: Garth Walker, MD, MPH, Member-at-Large University of Chicago, Chicago, IL memberatlarge@emra.org In his first year of residency at the University of Chicago, Garth Walker has steppe

Consults , Neurology , Consult Corner

Consult Corner Neurology

6/12/2017 Brendan Eby, MD

Consult Corner Neurology Brendan Eby, MD, of Washington University in St. Louis shares insight on how to best collaborate with your neurology colleagues. What is the most effective way to present a n

Match , Med Student , MSIV , MSIII

Navigating International Waters: Top 5 FAQs for International Medicine Graduates Matching into EM

6/12/2017 Xiao C. "Tony" Zhang, MD, MS , Mary Edens, MD, FACEP , Lucienne Lutfy-Clayton, MD , Emily Hillman, MD , Adam Kenney, MD , Adam Kellogg, MD, FACEP

Navigating International Waters: Top 5 FAQs for International Medicine Graduates Matching into EM Applying for an emergency medicine (EM) residency as an IMG is tough, and much of the standard applic

ECG Challenge , Cardiology , Clinical

ECG Challenge - June 2017

6/6/2017 Maryam Arshad, MD

ECG Challenge - June 2017 Case. A 54-year-old woman presents with weakness, poor appetite, and weight loss for several days. She also reports profuse non-bloody diarrhea. Vital signs are unremarkable

Health Policy Journal Club

Everyone Else Ends Up Paying the Price

6/6/2017 Elizabeth Sherrill, MD

Everyone Else Ends Up Paying the Price Every 1% increase in uninsured leads to a $20 increase in ER bills for privately insured. "When someone without health coverage gets urgent—often expensive—medi

Medical Education , Resident

I Smell a Rat: Advocating for Resident As Teacher

6/6/2017 Nicholas Governatori, MD

I Smell a Rat: Advocating for Resident As Teacher It looked like a scene from a horror movie — tiny bones scattered over the kitchen table vaguely resembling an amateur archeological adventure into a

Medical Education , Simulation

Medical Simulation 102: Introduction to Simulation in EM Residency

6/6/2017 Xiao C. "Tony" Zhang, MD, MS , Shehni Nadeem, MD , Scott Pasichow, MD, MPH, FACEP

Medical Simulation 102: Introduction to Simulation in EM Residency The goal for simulation is not task completion but optimization. Medical simulation was first formalized with roots in military medi

Health Policy

All About the Benjamins: What You Must Know About MACRA

6/6/2017 Christopher Parks, MD

All About the Benjamins: What You Must Know About MACRA MACRA is going to bring about change whether providers are ready for it or not. The process in which health care providers and hospitals are re

Editorial , Wellness , Compassion Fatigue

The Crucible of Medicine: Reflections on Becoming a Doctor

6/6/2017 Debra Ravert, MD

The Crucible of Medicine: Reflections on Becoming a Doctor I entered the third year of medical school with great excitement. I was finally out of the classroom and seeing real patients, connecting w