The DownEast Emergency Medicine Podcast Down East Emergency Medicine

Interviewing and beginning your career in medicine comes with challenges! Dr. Sarah Bunting, MD is a PGY-1 emergency medicine resident at Maine Medical Center. Listen in to hear her advice on transitioning from medical school to residency, virtual interviewing, and what to look for in a residency!
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Hallie Bates, MSIV and Alex Schin, MSIV
Peer Reviewed by Lauren Wendell, MD and Jeffrey A. Holmes, MD

The 21st Century CURES act has mandated that starting on April 5th, 2021 patient notes (with a few very narrow exceptions) must be easily available to patients via their patient portal. How did this come about, and what does it mean for us?
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This lecture was presented at the 2021 Maine Medical Center Winter Symposium. For more information on the symposium click here.
Sam Wood, MD

Ultrasound Jedi, Dr. Andrew Fried, takes us through a masterclass on placing ultrasound guided peripheral IV's.
 
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Jeffrey A Holmes, MD
 

This year we are very fortunate to have Dr. Amal Mattu, EKG Jedi, as teaching faculty for our 39th Maine Medical Center/Maine ACEP Winter Symposium. In this lecture, he helps us differentiate septal STEMIs from other potentially life threatening mimics.
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To check out our virtual 39th Winter Symposium, check out the conference website at www.mmcwintersymposium.com
 
 
Jeff Holmes, MD

Kids poop. Most of the time it goes well- aside from the messes and the wipes and the cleaning and the change of clothes. But sometimes medically pediatric diarrhea is not alright. In this interview with pediatrician Dr. Jay Larmon we go over the spectrum of pediatric diarrhea, from the a-okay to the not-so-right and everything in between.
 
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Authors: Jason Hine MD and Jay Larmon MD
Peer Review: Jeff Holmes MD and Mike Burla MD

In medicine we often draw a solid line between community and academic medicine, but this likely is a fallacy. In fact there is a huge amount of academia that can be found and thrive in a community hospital. In this interview we talk with Dr. Salim Rezaie of the REBEL EM blog and podcast, a man who has walked both sides of this imaginary line between community and academics. In our chat we discuss ways to get involved in academics in the community and the vast array of rewards that come with that including improved patient care, increased fervor for your work, decreased burnout, and increased career longevity. 
 
Authors: Jason Hine MD, Salim Rezaie MD
Peer Review: Jeff Holmes MD, Mike Burla MD