Happy Holidays everyone! I’d like to thank all of the readers who engaged me online and in person about the content of the PEMBlog this year. Throughout the course of the year I’ve been able to delve into a number of topics and learn quite a bit in the process. Without further ado I’d like to highlight a few of my favorite posts from the past year.
The 8-Part Bronchiolitis Series
I was reminded again over the past 48 hours what a dastardly disease bronchiolitis can be. Back at the beginning of the year I dove into bronchiolitis like never before covering the disease form a number of angles.
PEMCurrents
Ted Brenkert and I are very proud of our efforts to launch PEMCurrents, a Pediatric Emergency Medicine focused podcast. Our main goal has always been to present high yield topics in a bite sized format. Why listen to terrible talk radio when you can learn something during your commute to work? The ketamine episode is one of my favorite and clearly distills what we are trying to do.
Altered Mental Status & Shared Presentations
I really like the ability to share my presentations online using services like SlideShare and Scribd. I did this a number of times over the past year, most notably with a presentation on altered mental status, one of my favorite conditions to evaluate and manage in the ED.
Keeping things Brief
I have a very short attention span. Anyway, what was I talking about – oh yeah, my attention span. I think that the internet is the perfect place for bit sized education. In my humble opinion I feel that this is accomplished quite readily via the Briefs feature on the site. Most weeks I try to share a topic of interest in a quick hitting format. The one that seemed to net the most discussion at work this year was the one on Summer Penile Syndrome.
Totally teeming with tech topics and tools
Alliteration… sigh. For those of you that know me I’m sure you’d say that I’m a bit of a tech geek. I enjoy sharing some of my favorite tech tools and apps. One of my most favorite apps that I started using this year was the bookmark service Pocket.
That’s all for now – I plan on roaring into the new year tackling a diverse array of Pediatric Emergency Medicine focused topics in a multitude of formats across the web. Check me out on Twitter @PEMTweets and on facebook. I’ll be unveiling some new features and adding more multimedia content. Thank you again for a wonderful year and Happy Holidays!
