A chat with an ED clinical pharmacist
Integrating an ED clinical pharmacist was a complete practice changer for us at UC Davis! It is a positive trend across the US and in this episode, we talk with Chris Adams, Clinical Senior Pharmacist ....
Category: Emergency Medicine
Let’s talk PrEP
Back in our March 2020 episode, This is Hope, we spoke with Dr. Larissa May about HIV screening in the ED. Screening programs, along with education and other resources, is making a difference, but there ....
Please Don’t Hurt Me!
Kids, pain, and the emergency department can be a set up for disaster. In this podcast, three pediatric specialists get into why that is and how we can all be better at treating kids in ....
Project HOPE
It can be overwhelming to read the news these days, with all the pain and suffering in the world. We may struggle with how to respond or what WE can do, but there are always ....
Pay Attention
This is the fourth and final episode of our Women in EM series. We’ve heard personal stories of lived experiences and microaggressions, learned about the “leaky pipeline” that leads to a dearth of women in ....
Mind The Gap
Did you know that women physicians make 72 cents on every dollar their male counterparts make?! According to the New York Times, this leads to women earning about $2 million less than men over their ....
The Leaky Pipeline
This is the second episode in our series on women in emergency medicine. In the first episode, My Role in Doctor, women physicians shared their stories with us and we saw several themes emerge. Gender ....
My Role Is Doctor
This is the first episode in a multi-part series on women in emergency medicine. Being a woman in medicine, and our specialty specifically, is both challenging and rewarding. Over the next several episodes, we’ll explore ....
It isn’t just our problem: ED crowding part 2
In our last episode, we discussed several factors that lead to emergency department crowding, as well as the consequences for patients and providers, as presented in a recent commentary in NEJM Catalyst. We continue the ....
Victims of our own success: ED crowding part 1
If you’ve been in the emergency department recently, either as an employee or as a patient, you’ve undoubtedly seen the effects of ED crowing - busy waiting rooms, long wait times, and delays in care, ....