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Ultrasound Student Interest Group: A Model for Active Learning & Multi-Specialty Collaboration
Our success as an interest group is due not only to great mentorship, but also to the engagement of faculty and students from specialties beyond emergency medicine. We have reached our largest membership base, serving 177 students across all four classes—nearly 25% of...
Disruptive Innovation in Emergency Medicine
Every year at ACEP, the exhibit hall features innovatED: an interactive, educational space that provides a sneak-peek of new innovations in emergency medicine. This year, four start-up companies participated in a “Shark Tank” style pitch competition at the exhibit....
Poison Control: Every Vape You Take…
E-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI) is one of the hottest topics in emergency medicine. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is describing it as an “outbreak” due to rapid growth in cases over the last year. [1] As of November 13, 2019,...
As You Interview… Words of Advice from a Past-President
I believe that one of the hidden strengths of our specialty is our diversity—people, opinions, and approaches to solving problems. After all, isn’t that we do best as EM docs? As it goes with print publishing, you are reading this article several months from when I...
Winter 2020: Introducing the Women in Medicine Committee
Gender equality efforts over the past 50 years have resulted in a more diversified workforce. Today, one-third of physicians in the U.S. are women, and that number will only grow with over 50% of incoming medical students identifying as female. There should be little...
Winter 2020: Medical Economics Report
Review of balance billing law implementation The Florida House of Representatives Health Market Reform Subcommittee is in the process of reviewing implementation of HB 221, which went into effect in 2017. The legislation banned balance billing in Florida. Since its...
Winter 2020: Medical Student Council Report
This fall has been busy and bustling for emergency medicine interest groups (EMIG) around Florida. FCEP’s Medical Student Council held its quarterly conference call, gathering eight EMIG student leaders from around Florida to reflect on fall activities. Students at...
Winter 2020: EMRAF President’s Message
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and Christmas. If you’re like me, this is your favorite time of the year. Not only do we get to celebrate the holidays, but we finally get a little taste of “cold” weather. Not quite as cold as Denver was for ACEP19, but at...
Winter 2020: EMS/Trauma Report
Cold and flu season is upon us, and I want to bring to attention to appropriate BSI and PPE. “BSI scene safety” is not just a magical phrase we say to pass an EMS scenario; these are highly important actions for both our patients and ourselves. All too often I witness...
Winter 2020: Pediatric Education Committee
One of the Pediatric Committee’s main goals for this upcoming year is to serve as a greater educational presence throughout the state, educating first responders, nurses, residents and physicians in all matters regarding pediatric emergency medicine. In early...
