Irvine Western Journal of Emergency Medicine : Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health

UC Irvine Western Journal of Emergency Medicine : Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health

A multiple-mini interview (MMI) for emergency medicine residency admissions: A brief report and qualitative analysis

Introduction: A multiple-mini interview (MMI) is a type ofstructured interview, which may assess many non-cognitivedomains in residency applicants. There are few studies on MMIduring the emergency medicine (EM) residency admissionsprocess in the United States. We sought to determine the strengths,weaknesses, and acceptability of a pilot MMI for EM residencyadmissions.Methods: We piloted a five-...

Comparison of the bleeding cricothyrotomy model to SimMan for training students and residents emergency cricothyrotomy

Introduction: A cricothyroidotomy is an emergency procedurethat few emergency medicine residents see or perform duringtheir training. Therefore, there is a need for low cost, high fidelitymodels for training. In this study, we explore a new training modelfor cricothyroidotomies (the bleeding CRIC [cost-effective realisticinteractive cricothyroidotomy]) to determine...

Geriatric Trauma Care: Challenges Facing Emergency Medical Services

Isaac Chu, BA, MPH*, Federico Vaca, MD, MPH**, Sam Stratton, MD, MPH** Bharath Chakravarthy, MD**, Wirachin Hoonpongsimanont, MD**, Shahram Lotfipour, MD, MPH** *Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona, CA **Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California Irvine, School of Medicine, Irvine, CA Correspondence: Shahram Lotfipour, MD...

CAL/ACEP Joins CAL/AAEM and UC Irvine in Sponsoring the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

When you look at the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine's (WestJEM) cover and masthead this month you will see something new: two logos side by side, the California Chapter of AAEM (CAL/AAEM) and the California Chapter of ACEP (CAL/ACEP). Based on an agreement forged this year, CAL/ACEP has joined CAL/AAEM and the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, Irvine (UCI)...