AIR Series: Infectious Disease, Hematology, Oncology 2014

Posted by Andrew Grock, MD on Jul 16, 2014

Welcome to the first ALiEM Approved Instructional Resources (AIR) Module! In an effort to reward our readers for the reading and learning they are already doing online, we have created an Individual Interactive Instruction (III) opportunity utilizing FOAM resources for US Emergency Medicine residents. For each module, the board curates and scores a list of blogs and podcasts. A quiz is available to complete after each module to obtain residency conference credit. Once completed, your name and institution will be logged into our private Google Drive database, which participating residency program directors can access to provide access.

AIR Series: Infectious Disease, Hematology, Oncology

Below we have listed our selection of 7 blog posts related to infectious diseases, hematology, and oncology, curated and approved of by the AIR Series Board. A broad spectrum of blogs were searched from the top 25 blogs per the Social Media Index, but this list is by no means comprehensive.

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Interested in taking the quiz for fun or asynchronous (Individualized Interactive Instruction) credit? Please go to the above link. You will need to create a one-time login account if you haven’t already.

Highlighted quality posts

Descriptor	Article title	Author	Date	Blog source	Link
A four-minute video on the PROCess Trial results	The Process Trial is Here!	Mel Herbert	Mar 18, 2014	HippoEM	A ProCESS Trial Review
A thorough review of antibiotic recommendations for uncomplicated UTI’s including side effect profiles/pros/cons of each antibiotic.	Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections in Older Adults: Diagnosis and Treatment (Part 2)	Christina Shenvi	Apr 2, 2014	ALiEM	UTI in older adults
Abscess treatment review including: packing, loop drainage, primary closure, antibiotics, and wound cultures	Abscess, “Answers”	Anand Swaminathan	Mar 31, 2014	EMLyceum	Abscess
Approach to and risk stratification of neutropenic fever	Paucis Verbis: Neutropenic Fever in Cancer Patients	Michelle Lin	Oct 7, 2011	ALiEM	Neutropenic fever with cancer
CMS and JCAHO rules for blood cultures in pneumonia in the ED	Blood Cultures in Pneumonia	Andy Grock	Feb 17, 2014	ALiEM	Blood cultures and pneumonia
Review of 2012 ACCP guidelines of ED management of supratherapeutic INR.	Paucis Verbis: Overanticoagulation and supratherapeutic INR	Michelle Lin	Aug 10, 2012	ALiEM	Supratherapeutic INR
Updated report on new (2009) recommendations for vancomycin dosing.	New Year’s Resolution: Let’s Dose Vancomycin Correctly in the ED	Bryan Hayes	Jan 1, 2014	ALiEM	Proper Vancomycin Dosing

If you have any questions or comments, please contact us!

Author information

Andrew Grock, MD

Lead Editor/Co-Founder of ALiEM Approved Instructional Resources (AIR)
Faculty Physician, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
UCLA Emergency Medicine Department

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Tags: Approved Instructional Resources (AIR series), Heme-Oncology, Infectious Disease, residency