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Representative Council , Speaker Report

EMRA RepCo: Goes Digital

5/30/2017 Scott Pasichow, MD, MPH, FACEP

EMRA RepCo: Goes Digital If you attended SAEM17, you probably noticed some changes during the EMRA Representative Council Meeting. After seeing only about 30% of our organization's representatives at

Editorial , Editor's Forum

Letter from the Editor

5/30/2017 Abby Cosgrove, MD

Letter from the Editor There I was, driving giddily to the Social Security Administration office on Delmar Boulevard in St. Louis. It was June 30, and I was a newlywed doctor (surely it was a mistake

Leadership Reports , ACGME RC-EM

ACGME Updates: New Programs, Resident Well-Being, Parental Leave

5/30/2017 Leonard Stallings, MD

ACGME Updates: New Programs, Resident Well-Being, Parental Leave The ACGME Review Committee for Emergency Medicine, charged with overseeing graduate medical education for the specialty, approved addi

President's Message , Career Planning

Wisdom in a Time of Change

5/30/2017 Alicia Kurtz, MD

Wisdom in a Time of Change It's hard to believe another academic year is coming to an end. Another crop of medical students who have struggled through the long Match process will finally start out as

Affordable Care Act , Health Policy

What You Need to Know About the AHCA

5/10/2017 Rachel Solnick, MD

What You Need to Know About the AHCA The U.S. House of Representatives on May 4 narrowly passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA), HR 1628, after tabling the bill in March following a lack of party

Affordable Care Act , Health Policy , Advocacy , Health Policy Journal Club

ACA Increased Emergency Department Use

5/6/2017 Eric Maughan, MD

ACA Increased Emergency Department Use Increasing access to insurance alone does not lead to a decrease in ED visits As the Affordable Care Act was being implemented, many politicians and health po

Interviewing , Match , Advising , Med Student

EMRA Medical Students: Senior Interviews

4/28/2017 Morgan Bobb

EMRA Medical Students: Senior Interviews After another successful application cycle, we sat down with some of the outgoing EMRA Medical Student Council seniors to find out a bit more about their over

Cardiology

High Performance CPR: Leading the Way to Better Outcomes

4/28/2017 Ryan Joseph, DO, DTM&H , Lee Wood, DO

High Performance CPR: Leading the Way to Better Outcomes The heart is an incredible organ. The average American's heart will beat nearly 2.5 billion times over the course of a lifetime.1 But eventual

Clinical , Cardiology , ECG Challenge

ECG Challenge - April 2017

4/12/2017

ECG Challenge - April 2017 Case. A middle-aged male with unknown medical history is brought to the emergency department after being found outside on the streets of New York City in February smelling

Awards , Award Winners

Round of Applause for Our 2017 Spring Awards Recipients!

4/11/2017 EM Resident

Round of Applause for Our 2017 Spring Awards Recipients! Please join EMRA in congratulating our 2017 Spring Awards recipients. Your contributions are already making a difference to the specialty! Spe