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Winter 2021: Gov Affairs
We saw a lot of new things in 2020, including an election that was performed in a different way. We should all thank our local election officials for pulling this massive undertaking off so successfully. In Florida, not much has changed in Tallahassee as we head into...
CPC 2020: Quick Fire Winners
Wednesday, August 26 Winners Best Presenter: Joshua Goldstein, MD, PGY-1 (University of Miami – Jackson Memorial Hospital) Best Discussant: Andrea Alvarado, MD, PGY-2 (University of Miami – Jackson Memorial Hospital) Best Overall: University of Miami – Jackson...
Fall 2020: Daunting Diagnosis
Question: A 42-year-old unvaccinated male presents to the ED as a referral from the dental clinic. He was treated for a “right dental abscess” without resolution. The patient presents with right facial swelling and erythema. Labs and a facial CT are obtained. What is...
SBS 2020: 12th Annual Emergency Medicine Research Poster Awards
Winners: Outstanding Medical Student Poster Evaluation of European Society of Cardiology 0/1-H Algorithm in the Early Diagnosis of MI at UF Health By Justin Raman, MS [2,19], Jacob Sammon, BS [19], Elizabeth Warren, RN [19], Brandon Allen, MD [19] Outstanding Resident...
Poison Control: Don’t be blind to the risk of contaminated hand sanitizers
With the international emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its infection control guidance to place more emphasis on the use of personal protection equipment (PPE), hand washing, social distancing and...
Musings of a Retired Physician: Leadership in Crisis
Sixty-two years ago, when I was in the 5th grade, I decided I wanted to study science. Through my personal journey of studying biology, chemistry, physics and math in high school, pre-med biology in college, medical school and residency training inspired by gifted...
The Show Must Go On: Medical Education in the face of COVID in Florida
Over the years, medical educators have faced educational challenges that have resulted in innovations and strategies.1 Each pandemic has taught us important lessons and changed our medical education process. For example, during the HIV/AIDS outbreaks, the learning...
Life After Residency: Thriving Beyond Medicine 2020 Recap
No one expected 2020 to take the turn it has, but the Florida College of Emergency Physicians took the complications of this pandemic head on – like any emergency physician would. The Life After Residency: Thriving Beyond Medicine program was designed to help...
Fall 2020: UCF/HCA Ocala
Fall has kicked off differently this year in Ocala due to the global pandemic: we resumed in-person conferences at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Ocala. While gathered in the very room where disaster planning and response meetings take place, we discussed...
Fall 2020: UCF/HCA of Greater Orlando
It is the beginning of another academic year and, like so many other programs, we have seen our Emergency Department changed by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it has not stopped our intern class from embracing the challenge. Drs. Marvi Gul, Jonathan Littell, Jeffrey...
