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App review: POC Ultrasound Guide
Posted by Nikita Joshi, MD on
There is a new free app called POC Ultrasound Guide [iTunes link], created by Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University.
Website: Emergency Board Review
Posted by Javier Benitez, MD on
The emergency board in-training exam is a standardized exam that takes place every year in most if not all of the EM residency programs in the United States. It is administered on the last Wednesday in February. The exam is administered by the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM). The knowledge assessed by this exam is what’s expected from residents in their third year of residency. According to ABEM there is a strong correlation between the in-training score and passing of the boards.
RIME – Evaluating Learners
Posted by Nikita Joshi, MD on
Lets talk about an effective evaluation process called RIME developed in 1999 by Pangaro. Not only is the name catchy, but it also makes intuitive sense. RIME stands for R – reporter I – interpreter M – manager E – educator / expert
PV card: Diagnosis of DVT (ACCP guidelines)
Posted by Michelle Lin, MD on
A patient presents with an asymmetric leg with trace pitting edema in the affected leg. What is your diagnostic approach to such a patient? What is the role of D-dimer and ultrasound (U/S)? Does this match the 2012 American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) guidelines?
One-dose vancomycin for SSTIs: Just don’t do it
Posted by Zlatan Coralic, PharmD on
You are managing an otherwise healthy patient with cellulitis but no abscess to poke. You decide this patient needs antibiotics but is stable enough to go home.“Give em’ a dose of vanc before they go,” right?