New EMRA Leaders Congratulations new EMRA Board Leaders!   Alicia Kurtz, MD, President Chief Resident, UCSF Fresno, Fresno, CA president@emra.org  /  @aliciakurtz_md Describe your leadership style in

ACEP16: A Sure Bet for Progress With EMRA events spanning more than a week in Las Vegas, progress surged on multiple fronts. Resolutions & Elections The Representative Council discussed, debated — an

Congratulations Award Recipients! ACEP16 Travel Scholarships: Abena Obenewaa Akomeah, MD; Jerome Rogich; Michelle Lynch   Clinical Excellence Award (presented by program director Salvatore Silvestri,

Rapid Research Review: Study Types Case-Control (“What happened?”) Compares a group with a disease to a group without disease.  This study can calculate an odds ratio. Advantages: many exposures can

Consult Corner OB-GYN Victoria Fitz, MD OB/GYN Resident University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC EMR: What is the most effective way to present an OB/GYN consult over the phone? CC: The goal sho

John J. Rogers, MD, CPE, FACS, FACEP, ACEP Chairman of the Board Newly elected ACEP Chairman of the Board John Rogers, who recently completed a term as the ACEP Board liaison to EMRA, is known for hi

Honoring Our Fall 2016 Award Winners Congratulations to the recipients of EMRA's fall 2016 awards – and thank you to everyone who participates in the process. Your accomplishments reflect the strengt

Consult Corner Ortho EM Resident is pleased to introduce a new column. “Consult Corner” is designed to help you communicate effectively when seeking input from other specialists. In our inaugural col

Michael J. Caudell, MD, FACEP, FAWM, DiMM Medical school & residency: Medical College of Georgia Current position: Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University: Professor of Emergency Medicine; M

Rapid Research Review: Power Power Recall that Type I error  is the probability of falsely rejecting the null hypothesis (H0) based on our sample even though H0 is true in the population. Alternative