What to read to stay up-to-date

[Jamers]

Finishing residency in a few months and just curious what sources others have found useful to keep up on emergency medicine while in practice. I won't have residents where I am working and while I like pod casts I wanted something I could actually read as well. Any opinions?

Jamers

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[pagemmapants]

Uptodate helps.

Smartassness aside, it actually does. Make an account and it can track CME credits for you and give you certificates so you don't have to spend all your CME money on airplanes to conferences (unless you want).

 

[@JackShephard]

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[deleted109597]

Follow #FOAMed on twitter. Read http://em.medicine.parziv.al/.

 

[dchristismi]

I read a lot at SERMO. There are a ton of cases, some in real time, and I like the discussion. I "read" the journals that come (on the beach or in airplanes mostly), but like less formal discussions. This way, I not only get the EM perspective, but also other specialists. (It's fascinating to watch neurologists debate)

A couple months after a particularly memorable discussion about ovarian torsion in the presence of flow, I had exactly that case, somehow convinced the GYN to take the pt to the OR and I got a really nice note afterwards saying I'd been dead on. It's those random little pearls.

 

[Dr.CCM]

I read a lot at SERMO. There are a ton of cases, some in real time, and I like the discussion. I "read" the journals that come (on the beach or in airplanes mostly), but like less formal discussions. This way, I not only get the EM perspective, but also other specialists. (It's fascinating to watch neurologists debate)

A couple months after a particularly memorable discussion about ovarian torsion in the presence of flow, I had exactly that case, somehow convinced the GYN to take the pt to the OR and I got a really nice note afterwards saying I'd been dead on. It's those random little pearls.

What is SERMO...worthwhile in residency?

 

[Groove]

My list:

1) Whatever EMR you use at your job, find someone or some way to print out a monthly report of pt's d/c that returned within 72 hour and were admitted. It seems to be a common report under the reporting area (virtually all EMRs have reporting functionality) and was already available in my first job. I easily had someone in admin set it up in my 2nd and I run it once a month. Go over each pt chart and see if you missed anything or if anything about their second visit with admission would have changed your management. Everyone gets some of these every month. Some, I would not have done anything differently. Some changed my management. It's a useful report. I don't know of anyone else that does this, so I may be in a minority but I accidentally found the report starting my first job and have used it routinely since.

2) Uptodate - self explanatory. Use it for cases during the day, or make a mental note to research something about an interesting case when you have time. Records CME. Get a personal account if you can and perhaps see if your employer will pay for it.

3) Critical Decisions in EM - I have a personal subscription

4) Annals

Pick 1 or 2 conferences a year. I wouldn't re-read Rosens or Tint when you graduate if that's what you mean.

That's really all I do and I can't really keep up as much as I'd like in the first place. It would be difficult for me to read like a resident on a routine basis.

Some of my colleagues just seem to periodically search uptodate, etc.. and go to 1-2 conferences a year. Whatever you need to do for yourself.

 

[Colbert]

Anyone use NEJM Journal Watch? Worth the money?

Also has anyone ever tried Access Emergency Medicine? $600/year but tons of resources. Just trying to figure out where to spend my CME

 

[RustedFox]

Ummm.... this forum is all that you need. Pfft.

/lolz.