residency

• From Resident to Attending

  Image Credit: Pixabay Author: Meaghan Mercer, DOAAEM/RSA 2015-2016 Immediate Past PresidentOriginally Published: Common Sense May/June 2015 As residency comes to an end, I realize that although I feel ready for life as an attending from a clinical standpoint, we are provided little education on life outside of academia. Many questions remain, such as: What tests […]
• Getting the Most Out of Residency

  Image Credit: Pixabay Author: Meaghan Mercer, DO2014-2015 RSA PresidentOriginally Published: Common Sense September/October 2014 As I enter my third year of residency, the end of training is becoming more of a reality every day. I have received many pearls of wisdom along my path from medical students to residents to soon-to-be-attendings. With less than a […]
• Developing International Residency Programs

  In this episode, Fred Kency, Jr., MD and Terry Mulligan, DO MPH FAAEM, review Dr. Mulligan’s experience building EM residencies abroad. Dr. Kency is a resident at University of Mississippi Medical Center and Co-Vice Chair of the ’16-’17 RSA Education Committee. Dr. Mulligan is the Associate Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Director of the International Emergency Medicine Program and Fellowship, and 2017 AAEM Board Member.
• Residency Work Hour Restrictions: Is the Pendulum Swinging Back?

  Author: Mike Wilk, MDPGY-1, Brown EM Originally Published: Common Sense January/February 2017 “I walked into the hospital on my first day of residency and didn’t walk out until 36 hours later. Those were the darkest days of my life, but I am the doctor that I am today because I went through that,” I still […]
• There’s a First for Everything: Surviving and Thriving Through Internship and Pregnancy

  Author: Faith Quenzer, DO PGY-1 Originally Published: Common Sense November/December 2016 July was a whirlwind. Fresh out of medical school, I moved to the desert in California to a brand new emergency medicine residency. I was one of five interns and the only female in our inaugural class. Five weeks into the program, I felt […]
• How Do I Know If I Go Too Slow? Improving Efficiency for Residents, Part 2

  Originally Published: Common Sense, March/April 2016 Author: Gregory K. Wanner, DO PA-CSenior Emergency Medicine Resident, Thomas Jefferson University Author: Andrew W. Phillips, MD MedCritical Care Fellow, Stanford University, Division of Critical CareStaff Emergency Physician, The Permanente Group In “Improving Efficiency for Residents, Part 1” (Common Sense, Mar/Apr 2016), we discussed patients per hour (pt/hr), factors […]
• Lessons from the 2016 Match

  Image: Common Sense Author: Mike Wilk, MS4 Medical Student Council President ’15-’16 Originally Published: Common Sense, May/June 2016 The 2016 match in emergency medicine continued the trend of rapid growth and a bright future for our great specialty. In comparing this year’s NRMP data to last year’s, the number of EM programs increased from 171 to […]
• How Do I Know If I Go Too Slow? Improving Efficiency for Residents, Part 1

  Image Credit: Flickr Originally Published: Common Sense, March/April 2016 Author: Gregory K. Wanner, DO, PA-CThomas Jefferson University Author: Andrew W. Phillips, MD, MedStanford University, Division of Critical Care Read part 2 here: Improving Efficiency for Residents Residency is a time for improvement. Improving procedural skills, gaining clinical acumen, and growing knowledge are chief goals during […]
• 6 Elements to Consider When Making Your Rank List

  Image Credit: Flickr Author: Matthew CamaraMSIV – Ross UniversityInternational Rep, AAEM/RSA Medical Student Council ’14-’15 When interview season is underway, students have the task of putting prospective programs into a rank list. It may be beneficial to start creating a preliminary rank list based on information that is available to you for each program. As […]
• Be a Non-Terrible Intern in Ten Easy Steps

  Image Credit: ReSurge International Author: Gregory Wanner, DO PA-C Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Welcome to residency! Now that you’ve had some time to learn the hospital computer system, find the coffee maker, and begin to settle into your new role as an intern, it’s time for a few tips. Intern year is tough. You have […]

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