I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with the always delightful Dr. Patricia Chambers to talk about influenza. In our conversation we discussed how to discuss testing or not for the flu, as well as why antivirals are not always indicated.
Piggybacking off of a great article by Krauss et al. in Annals of EM I bring you this edition of the Art of Medicine: Tips for dealing with anxious children.
Don't make excuses when you are late for a meeting. Instead focus on the folks that you made wait and respect their time and presence.
Reflective listening is a great technique that assures that families know that you have understood what they are saying through verbal repetition, paraphrasing and summary.
This post in the Art of Medicine series delves into what we, as evaluators are looking for when we assess residents in terms of how they know their limits and ask for help (which is totally appropriate!).
This post in the Art of Medicine series therefore delves into what we, as evaluators are looking for when we assess residents in terms of how they organize and prioritize in the Pediatric Emergency Department.
This post in the Art of Medicine series delves into what we, as evaluators are looking for when we assess residents in terms of how they develop plans in the Pediatric Emergency Department.
This post in the Art of Medicine series delves into what we, as evaluators are looking for when we assess residents in terms of how they gather the essential information from their patients and their families in an accurate manner.
The next video in the Art of Medicine series focuses on how to talk with parents about simple febrile seizures. These can be incredibly scary, but fortunately the prognosis is almost uniformly great. Let me know what other topics you'd like to see in this series.
This is the first video in the ongoing Art of Medicine series common . The goal is these videos is to share a demonstration of how I would talk to parents about common conditions encountered in the Emergency Department. I could think of no better topic than mild to moderate croup without stridor at erst. In less than 4 minutes you [...]
