Reading from the Silver Linings Playbook: The ALiEM Connect Project
April 26, 2021
It feels like yesterday that we were sheltered-in-place, staring at our computers, wondering, “So now what?” As COVID-19 paused all in-person educational sessions, the early...
Christian Rose, MD
Social Medicine in the Emergency Department: Not all conditions can be treated with medicines
January 22, 2021
On the day we met Jane, a woman in her 70’s with diabetes and mobility impairment, she was visiting an Emergency Department (ED) for the...
Hemal Kanzaria, MD MSc
Beyond the Abstract | Resident Motivations and Experiences in Listening to Educational Podcasts
September 27, 2019
Podcasts are all the rage these days, and it is not surprising that some residents spend more time with podcasts than any other educational resource.1–3...
Jeff Riddell, MD
Beyond the Abstract: A Return to Work Policy for New Resident Parents
March 19, 2019
More women than men entered medical school in the United States for the first time in 2017. Will this generation also set new trends in...
Michael Gisondi, MD
Beyond the Abstract | Shared Decision-Making in the ED: 3 Factors That Matter
May 31, 2017
Shared decision-making seems to be more popular than Snapchat these days. Everyone in emergency medicine is talking about it… but who is actually doing it...
Marc Probst, MD
Beyond the Abstract: Patient video testimonials improve physician interpretation of advance directives and POLST
March 15, 2017
Over 1,300 physicians across the U.S. were asked to interpret patient preferences for end-of-life care in theoretical cases. Physicians rarely reached consensus about patient preferences...