Brief Educational Advances

Development and Implementation of an Emergency Medicine Podcast for Medical Students: EMIGcast

Volume 16, Issue 6, November 2015.
Andrew Lichtenheld, BS, et al.

Podcasts, episodic digital audio recordings downloaded
through web syndication or streamed online, have
been shown to be an effective instructional method in
undergraduate health professions education, and are
increasingly used for self-directed learning. Emergency
medicine (EM) has embraced podcasting: over 80% of
EM residents report listening to podcasts and a substantial
number identify podcasts as the most valuable use
of their educational time.Despite proven efficacy in
undergraduate medical education and remarkable popularity
with EM residents and attendings, there remain few EM
podcasts targeted to medical students. Given that podcast
effectiveness correlates with how well content matches the
listener needs, a podcast specific to EM-bound medical
students may optimally engage this target audience.

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Integration of a Blog into an Emergency Medicine Residency Curriculum

Volume 16, Issue 6, November 2015.
Jay Khadpe, MD, et al.

Technologies and techniques for knowledge translation
are rapidly evolving and there is a need for graduate medical
education (GME) curricula to keep up with these advances
to reach our learners in an effective manner. Technologies
such as blogs, microblogs, wikis, podcasts, and vodcasts have
the potential to expand upon the current didactic models by
adding dimensions and engaging learners in modalities not
previously available.

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Our Philosophy

Emergency Medicine is a specialty which closely reflects societal challenges and consequences of public policy decisions. The emergency department specifically deals with social injustice, health and economic disparities, violence, substance abuse, and disaster preparedness and response. This journal focuses on how emergency care affects the health of the community and population, and conversely, how these societal challenges affect the composition of the patient population who seek care in the emergency department. The development of better systems to provide emergency care, including technology solutions, is critical to enhancing population health.