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“How do I decide how to order the residency programs on my rank list?” On Feb 24, 2010, every residency applicant will have a brief moment of panic as their rank list is submitted and officially certified. Next week, I’ll be joining a group podcast with Dr. Rob Rogers (Maryland) and Dr. Dave Manthey (Wake Forest) for the next installment of EMRAcast. This new podcast series was created by Rob for EMRA for the specific purpose of providing advice to medical students. I still find it fascinating how much you can get done virtually. We’ll all be using Skype from our respective offices and recording our conversation.

It’s a busy day in the Emergency Department and there are 5 new patients to be seen. The waiting room is overflowing. As the attending, you are getting barraged with a million questions to answer and problems to fix. There is also a case of a full-thickness burn patient going to the OR in the next few minutes. She’d be a perfect teaching case for the residents. Should I have the residents go see the new patients, or should I pull them all aside to show them the physical findings and teach about burns for 5-10 minutes?

Testing lower extremity strength is a crucial part of the examination in patients with low back pain. In Emergency Departments, however, some patients provide a suboptimal effort because of general fatigue or malingering. How can you differentiate whether asymmetric hip flexion weakness is from suboptimal effort or true weakness?

PV Card: CNS Infections Here is another installment of the Paucis Verbis (In a Few Words) e-card series on the topic of CNS infections from EM Clinics of North America 2009.   Adapted from 1 Go to the ALiEM Cards site for more resources. 1. Somand D, Meurer W. Central nervous system infections. Emerg Med Clin [+] The post Paucis Verbis Card: CNS Infections appeared first on ALiEM.

Most of the medical education literature on feedback is teacher-focused rather than learner-focused. In other words, focus is paid towards teaching faculty how to give feedback which: Is non-judgmental Is non-threatening Is specific Consists of both positive and constructive elements Offers alternatives