Ben Azan

ED attending in NYC, #FOAMed enthusiast, #MedEd, founder of

[Ben Azan @BenAzan]

Hoping to help the sustainability of #FOAMed while keeping it free. Let me know what you think! https://t.co/u5TBROK7AG

[Academic Life in EM @ALiEMteam]

Introducing CME for ALiEM via FOAMbase! Get CME credit for posts you are already reading! https://t.co/6oi5yaXQdB @BenAzan @NupurGargMD

[Ben Azan @BenAzan]

The respiratory viral panel is the d-dimer of COVID19, except you want it to be positive. #noevidencebased

[Academic Life in EM @ALiEMteam]

Want to get more efficient in the clinical and non-clinical settings?

We just published a thematic analysis of our How I Work Smarter Series! @BenAzan @marilyninnes @Brent_Thoma @M_Lin @alvanduyvendyk @zafrinapoonja @TChanMD

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[Ben Azan @BenAzan]

VR and AR in healthcare. Hype or game changing tech? #gamesforchange

[Ben Azan @BenAzan]

@GitaPensaMD @meganranney 🍾🎉🍾🎉 now some well deserved peace of mind.

[Ben Azan @BenAzan]

Feedback/teaching vocab for end of the shift: "this ... is what you did well this shift, and this ... is what your next steps are" providing constructive feedback. #CORDaa18 #MedEd

[Ben Azan @BenAzan]

Teaching while in shift: A lot of this takes place already but may not be recognized. Get credit for it with your learners by modifying your vocabulary. Be explicit about teaching moments. #CORDAA18 with Dr. McGrath from @BostonCityEM

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Know the names of the people you work with. There is data for this being related to clinical efficiency https://t.co/dHEAaBVTL6 via @Gaaber28 @LincolnEM #CORDaa18

[Ben Azan @BenAzan]

Reputation is a commodity, you can trade on it, use it to get things done / get people to do things for you. Tend to your reputation, be liked, be Tigger. With Dr. Flax via @LincolnEM

[Michael Gottlieb @MGottliebMD]

Digital scholarship must be:
1. Original
2. Advance the field by building on theory, research or best practice
3. Archived and disseminated
4. Provide the health professions education community with the ability to comment and provide feedback

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#CORDAA18

[Ben Azan @BenAzan]

#designthinkin in healthcare, still very much a frontier, lots to do #CORDaa18 with @BonKu

[Ben Azan @BenAzan]

Shout out to @FTeranMD at #CORDaa18. Learning cardiac anatomy via 3D modeling/printing with @BonKu

[Ben Azan @BenAzan]

@CarlosRodz_EM @TheTechDoc @ACEPNow So are you for stress inoculation in the ED education environment or against it?

[Ben Azan @BenAzan]

@rajivthava @DDxDino @emergmedottawa For me personally (in the US), I feel like my tolerance for uncertainty would def go up were it not for the medicolegal risks.

[Ben Azan @BenAzan]

Don't always have time to do all the teaching I want to do on shift. I follow it up with post shift e-mails to my residents. Teaching points triggered when I'm signing their charts. #MedEd

[Ben Azan @BenAzan]

@JuddHollander @BenSlovis @JeffersonUniv @TJUHospital @DICEGRP @nnizami @annamariechang @jlynnwhite4 @draditijoshi @FrankSites2 @dmitripapa @jeff_sono Congratz @BenSlovis

[Ben Azan @BenAzan]

This, and later, agonize about whether to follow @CDCFlu guidelines for giving Tamiflu or actually consider the data, and not give it bc it's not been show to be effective, aside for shortening symptom duration + has documented side effects. https://t.co/hqZIG2lNDm

[Ben Azan @BenAzan]

Most of the time, narcotics Rx is overkill, specially for some of the minor traumatic ailments we see in the ED. Important to temper expectations. I tell my pts: "It's normal to have pain with your condition". I attempt to control pain in ED, very high bar for narcotic Rx. https://t.co/eVNP2WHVx3

[David Juurlink @DavidJuurlink]

BREAKING: American has surgery in Europe; does fine without opioids. https://t.co/fORuPWfH6E

[Ben Azan @BenAzan]

@ryanmarino @drusyniak @LNelsonMD I agree w/ article, however "the same dose every day at the same time means that there is no high or intoxication" seems untrue, specifically for methadone. Many of my ED methadone patients are clearly high from the medication. Would not want these guys taking care of a baby.

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@JWestEM @MassGeneralEM @AUBMC_Official Are you placing a lot of EZ-IJs? Feel if going there, might as well go full sterile and place the TLC. Not very familiar with the data on it.