Hello from AdventHealth East Orlando. Starting strong this academic year was our focus, with each class transitioning to new roles and preparing for medical students to rotate through the ED in hopes of a residency spot.

To increase the academic nature of our community emergency department, the intern class traveled to Miami in July for a weekend of daytime education and nightly adventures for the second year. It is always a pleasure to have Dr. Mark Newberry teach a new round of residents at the Mount Sinai Medical Center POCUS Conference. One thing remarked on is how exciting it is to see how many programs across the state have at least one person trained by our founding director, Dr. Alfredo Tirado.

Our newly minted second-years are not only completing their solo trauma rotations but also doing Pediatric Intensive Care Unit rotations to increase their pediatric experience as we once again work to keep our care of all ages longitudinal across the curriculum. The senior class is back at it, teaching pearls in sign out and “dropping knowledge bombs” on the interns as they navigate not only their new emergency department home but also the EMR.

Already hungry to demolish our In-service Training Exam this spring, we are working on Rosh Review and with HippoEM to encourage different learning styles as we acknowledge that we all retain the material differently. Ever interested in connecting with our peers, we were pleased to participate in Symposium by the Sea and Life after Residency as our seniors finalize their plans for the immediate future after graduation.

Lastly, we as a residency we would like to thank and congratulate Dr. Misty Coello, PGY-2 on her service as EMRAF President. ■