In this day and age, there’s no dearth of internet resources available to augment your EM learning. In this brief post, I will highlight a few of my favorites. These recommendations are based upon my collaborations with the authors, my respect for the content published, and/or these are just a few of the places I go when I need knowledge!
None of these are paid endorsements–just some good stuff that may be off your radar that I hope you will check out!!
This is a site created by an Emergency Physician, Dr. Luz Silverio, whom I had the pleasure of training (I won’t tell you how many) years ago. At the time, she had a passion for education through her artwork, and I encouraged her to develop that in to something more. Though she is a busy mother, full time Emergency Physician, and has risen through the ranks to Assistant Chief of her department, she managed to create this beautiful site with many fun clinical pearls illustrated through art (like how to do your ABIs) and answers to your night shift quandaries (like, how accurate is google translate for medical discharge instructions in Polish?)
This is a systematic course on laceration repair for providers looking to start from scratch, or build their skills and comfort with complicated techniques. While this course is currently offered as a paid content through EB Medicine, the author Dr. Patrick O’Malley also has FOAMEd blog posts going to places I fear to tread, like the medico-legal aspects of laceration repair.
I never get tired of the incredibly smart and well-designed think tank that is the nnt.com (the number needed to treat). This dynamic powerhouse if full of thoughtful, evidence-based reviews of some of the hottest topics in medicine, and can also help you sound smat when you talk to your patients about emerging treatments like SGLT-2 inhibitors.
I don’t think of children as “little adults,” but since I do see a relatively low volume of pediatrics in my community EM practice, I sometimes do see them as scary little alien creatures that strike fear in to my heart (with their ability to go from adorable to crumping faster than you can say “Fontan procedure“!) That’s why I get my Peds EM zebras served up weekly as Pediatric EM “morsels,” a site lovingly tended to by Dr. Sean M. Fox. Perhaps the most incredible part of this site is Dr. Fox’s dedication–he has been publishing new and updated content on a weekly basis for years.
While most EM blogs are side projects run by attending Emergency Physicians with years (or decades!) of experience under their belt, the Northwestern University Emergency Medicine blog is unique in that it is run by residents, with resident education in mind. I am honored to have my site among their list of learning resources for residents. I didn’t generally think of my residency years as a time in my life with lots of spare time for blogging, making what they do all the more impressive! I love their quick guides to facial trauma.
What blogs do you like? I’m especially interested in your “sleeper hits.” Comment below!
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