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Image Credit: Pexels Author: Adriana Coleska, MD, AAEM/RSA Board of Directors Originally published: Common Sense November/December 2019 My name is Adriana and I am one of the AAEM/RSA Board Members and your liaison to the Publications and Social Media Committee. As I transition into my role as the senior resident, I thought I would share with […]

Image credit: Pexels Authors: Andrea Purpura, MD; Robert Lam, MD; and Ryan DesCamp, MDAAEM/RSA Wellness Committee Originally published: Common Sense September/October 2019 If you feel like you are suffering symptoms of burnout, you are not alone. Most prevalence studies show that more than 65% of all emergency physicians are experiencing symptoms of burnout.1 Most physicians find they […]

Author: Meaghan Mercer, DOOriginally Published: Common Sense March/April 2015 Writing this around New Year’s Day makes me nostalgic. There is a contagious sense of hope and excitement this time of year. Fourth-year medical students are thrilled that interviews have come to a close, rank lists are in, and Match Day looms around the corner. Interns […]

Image Credit: Pixabay Author: Thomas Hull, MSIVMedical StudentLoyola University Chicago SSOMAAEM/RSA Social Media Committee This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. The eyes do not see what the mind does not know,” a common saying many of us have come to hear in medicine. A simple and powerful aphorism illustrating the fundamental connection between […]