How can I keep up with so many landmark articles in Emergency Medicine (EM)? This is an often asked question we hear from interns and residents. Published in 2013 (1st edition) and 2016 (2nd edition), the “52 Articles in 52 Weeks” compendium is a compilation of 52 journal articles provided interns a list to read over a 52-week period, at an average pace of 1 journal article per week. We present the updated 2022 compilation.
Methodology for Article Selection
We primarily build off of the original list from 2016. These 52 articles were refreshed such that newer landmark articles replaced those on the same topic. Additional publications were considered if they were cited on MDCalc’s site or reviewed on clinical EM websites like REBEL EM, Wiki Journal Club, and The Bottom Line during 2016-2022. A panel of 7 EM faculty with a niche in graduate medical education could also add publications for consideration. A total of 71 articles were scored by these 7 faculty using the Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine (BEEM) score with an EM intern audience in mind.
Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine (BEEM) Scoring [1]
Question for reviewer: Assuming that the results of this article are valid, how much does this article impact on EM clinical practice?
| BEEM Score | Description (revised for EM intern audience) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Useless information |
| 2 | Not really interest, not really new, changes nothing |
| 3 | Interesting and new, but doesn’t change practice |
| 4 | Interesting and new, has the potential to change practice |
| 5 | New and important: this would probably change practice for some EM interns |
| 6 | New and important: this would change practice for most EM interns |
| 7 | This is a “must know for EM interns |
Results
The final list of the top 52 articles, based on the mean BEEM scores, are presented below in descending rank order. A bonus 53rd article is also listed because there was a 4-way tie for articles #50-53. Feel free to copy-paste this list into your own Google Sheets or Excel spreadsheet for list sortability.
Project Lead
- Nicholas Dulin, MD (EM Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, Einstein Medical Center; Captain, Medical Corps, United States Air Force)
Faculty Raters
- Claire Abramoff, MD (Assistant Residency Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Einstein Medical Center)
- Layla Abubshait, MD (Associate Residency Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Einstein Medical Center Montgomery)
- Jacqueline Dash, MS, DO (Core Faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine, Einstein Medical Center)
- Joseph Herres, DO (Research Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Einstein Medical Center)
- Jessica Parsons, MD (Associate Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Einstein Medical Center)
- Anthony Sielicki, MD (Assistant Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Einstein Medical Center)
- Steven J. Walsh, MD (Medical Toxicology Faculty, Einstein Medical Center)
Reference
- Worster A, Kulasegaram K, Carpenter C, et al. Consensus conference follow-up: inter-rater reliability assessment of the Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine (BEEM) rater scale, a medical literature rating tool for emergency physicians. Acad Emerg Med. 2011;18(11):1193-1200. [PubMed]
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