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Management of Poisoned Patients: Implementing a Blended Toxicology Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Residents

Madeline Dwyer, MD*, Megan Stobart-Gallagher, DO*, Jared Kilpatrick, MD* and Alanna O’Connell, DO^

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21980/J8C937 Issue 7:2 No ratings yet.
The goal of this curriculum is to introduce EM residents to core toxicology concepts and to reinforce toxicology principles through a multimodal approach that leads to increased confidence in the management of poisoned patients on shift.
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Implementation of a Medical Education Rotation for Senior Emergency Medicine Residents

Deena Ibrahim Bengiamin, MD*, Lizveth Fierro, MD*, Molly Estes, MD*, Michael Kiemeney, MD* and Timothy Patrick Young, MD*

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21980/J8BH17 Issue 6:3 No ratings yet.
Our objectives were to provide our senior residents with exposure to various aspects of the field of MedEd, to further develop their teaching skills and to encourage them to consider a career in academic emergency medicine.
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A Novel Virtual Emergency Medicine Residents-as-Teachers (RAT) Curriculum

Shannon Marie Burke, MD*, Thaddeus Schmitt, MD*, Corlin Jewell, MD* and Benjamin Holden Schnapp, MD, MEd*

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21980/J86S71 Issue 6:3 No ratings yet.
The goals of this curriculum are to provide residents with an introduction to teaching techniques that can be utilized on-shift to facilitate an excellent educational experience for junior learners while balancing the resident’s patient care responsibilities.
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Pediatric Simulation-Based Prehospital Training Course in Botswana

Nicolaus W Glomb, MD, MPH*, Marideth C Rus, MD^, Adeola Adekunbi Kosoko, MD‡, Sharmistha Saha, MD**, Kristen Murphy, MD^, Cara B Doughty, MD^, Cafen Galapi, RN^^, Bushe Laba, EMT-P^^, and Manish I Shah, MD^

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21980/J8306S Issue 6:3 No ratings yet.
The objective of this educational project was to design, implement, and evaluate a curriculum relevant to an EMS system based in a LMIC, so that it could be a basis for curricula for use in similar contexts. The educational goal is to improve prehospital providers performance in common pediatric resuscitations. 
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An Observation Medicine Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Education

Danie Ty, MD*, Marney Gruber, MD*, Noah Klein, BS*, Jeremy Branzetti, MD*, Matthew Brown, MD*, Matthew McCarty, MD*, Tracy Svetcov, MD*, Barie Miller, MD*, Maurice Hinson, MD*, Raj Machhar, MD*, Sharon Uralil, MD*, Catherine Capo, MD*, Yitzchak Weinberger, MD*, Melanie Raffoul, MD*, Robert Femia, MD*, Christopher Caspers, MD*

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21980/J87P92 Issue 6:2 No ratings yet.
The primary goal of this observation medicine curriculum is to train current EM residents in short-term acute care beyond the initial ED visit. This entails caring for patients from the time of their arrival to the OU to the point when a final disposition from the OU is determined, be it inpatient admission or discharge to home.
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A Pediatric Emergency Medicine Refresher Course for Generalist Healthcare Providers in Belize: Respiratory Emergencies

Adeola Adekunbi Kosoko, MD*, Alicia E Genisca, MD^, Marideth Rus, MD†, Shreya Ramayya**, Lisa Johnson, MD^^ and Joy Mackey, MD††

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21980/J84063 Issue 6:2 No ratings yet.
This curriculum presents a refresher course in recognizing and stabilizing pediatric acute respiratory complaints for generalist healthcare providers practicing in LMICs. Our goal is to implement this curriculum in the small LMIC of Belize. This module focuses on common respiratory complaints, including asthma, bronchiolitis, pneumonia and acute airway management.
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An Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia Elective for Emergency Medicine Residents

Ryan V Tucker, MD*, Robert Huang, MD*, William J Peterson, MD*, Brendan W Munzer, MD* and Molly Thiessen, MD^

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21980/J8TP9B Issue 6:1 No ratings yet.
ABSTRACT: Audience: This ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia elective is designed for emergency medicine residents. Length of Curriculum: The proposed length of this curriculum is over one week. Introduction: Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia (UGRA) is a useful tool in the emergency department (ED) for managing painful conditions, and many programs have identified that these are useful skills for emergency providers; however, only about
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Case Based Questions For Teaching EM Pharmacotherapy

David Eichenberger, MD*, Gary Pollock, MD*, Luke Huber, MD*, Aaron Brown, MD* and David Zimmerman, PharmD^

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21980/J8PW61 Issue 6:1 No ratings yet.
Our goals were to teach residents clinical applications of EM pharmacotherapy including drug selection and consideration of alternatives, interactions, and adverse effects, as well as to prepare them for pharmacotherapy questions on board examinations.
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Periodic Refresher Emails for Emergency Department Mass Casualty Incident Plans

Jessie G Nelson, MD*^, Sara Hevesi, MD†, Robert Welborn, MD†, Krista R Carlson, MD, MS**, Benjamin Eide, MPH^^, Merideth Winkler, RN, BSN†, Marissa K Peterson, MS††, Elizabeth Ramey, MS

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21980/J8C05WIssue 5:3 No ratings yet.
This curriculum is intended to maintain a knowledge base of MCI processes to mitigate degradation of necessary knowledge between hands-on MCI training.
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A Model Curriculum for a Helicopter Emergency Medicine Services (HEMS) Rotation for Resident Physicians

Jordan Imoehl, MD*^, Michael T Steuerwald, MD*^ and Andrew D Cathers, MD*^

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21980/J8GP97 Issue 5:3 No ratings yet.
The primary objective of this course is to present a standardized curriculum which allows learners to gain understanding of HEMS systems and retrieval medicine while practicing safety in the aviation environment.
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