One of the prominent medical education bloggers – who is really much more than just a great blogger – has been awarded an endowed chair by the University of San Francisco School of Medicine to support her medical education efforts. This is notable to me because, in the press release, they specifically mention part of the mission of the award specifically notes “keep up her active ‘Academic Life in Emergency Medicine‘ blog”.
It’s fascinating to see how alternative publication sources and online media are influencing the perception of “academic achievement”. For instance, my JAMA commentary – a journal with Impact Factor of 30 – has been viewed as full text or downloaded as PDF ~2000 times in the last six months. This blog, on the other hand, exceeds 400 views per day. There’s no question which has been more rewarding to my brief career so far.
Again, congratulations to Michelle! Now she has to do, not just great things, but insanely great things! (also, go Stanford!)
“Inaugural Academy Chair in Emergency Medicine”
http://medschool2.ucsf.edu/sfgh/news/inaugural-academy-chair-emergency-medicine
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EMLit on ERCast
It’s like podcasting with Jack Buck – always a pleasure. Rob Orman does great work, and he’s got a huge archive of invaluable wisdom accumulated through his podcasts. I hope you enjoy our most recent episode together.
“Decision Tools: PERC, NEXUS and CURB-65″
http://blog.ercast.org/2012/01/decision-tools-perc-nexus-and-curb-65/
Featured on ERCast
Was fortunate enough to be invited to appear on one of the premier Emergency Medicine podcasts – ERCast, by Dr. Rob Orman (@emergencypdx).
We had a lovely chat about two posts from August, clearance of C-spine by CT vs. MRI (link) and CT within 6 hours for the diagnosis of SAH (link). The esteemed Dr. Scott Weingart of EMCrit also weighs in on the CT article.
He’s been podcasting far longer than I’ve been writing, and he has a lot of fantastic content and has been featured on EM:RAP as well. If you haven’t discovered it yet, you’re missing out.
Annie + Ryan
Wedding today!
Posting schedule MTuThF for the rest of the month – we’ll be in Scandinavia.
Near-Daily Updates
The presence of near-daily updates is somewhat an artifact that I’ve had an easy time finding interesting research papers to queue up, plus I’ve been in a bit of a lull regarding clinical responsibilities.
The eventual goal will probably be to have something up 3 to 5 days a week from myself, and, if other clinicians start contributing, then, even more than that.
Speaking of which, if you’re at least a senior resident in Emergency Medicine, have opinions, and like writing little blurbs about new literature, you’re welcome to drop a comment regarding potentially contributing to this blog.