emergency medicine education
Clinical teaching and practical ideas for your next study session.
Medical Education
Seven Bedside Teaching Questions: Find the Reasoning Gap
The seven prompts are not a checklist to fire at every learner. Use them selectively to locate a reasoning gap, distinguish diagnosis from action, and give one useful feedback point during an ED shift.
Medical Education
When the Speculum Exam Stops: How to Finish the ED Evaluation Without Repeating the Assault
When a patient withdraws consent for a speculum exam, the next move is not persuasion. This ED framework shows how to separate urgent medical care, forensic options, prophylaxis, documentation, and follow-up so one declined component does not end the encounter.
Medical Education
Warfarin INR 4.5 With Life-Threatening Bleeding: Why 4-Factor PCC and Vitamin K Must Be Paired
A focused ED framework for turning an INR of 4.5 into the correct 4-factor PCC dose, adding IV vitamin K, and avoiding delays, unnecessary plasma volume, and INR-driven errors.