Michael Greenwald, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Emory University/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Physicians wear many hats. At times we are teachers and other times psychotherapists. We are asked to diagnose and also to counsel. With experience each of us learns when to switch hats. But there is one important role that we sometimes fail to recognize and embrace: the role of “coach.”
Coaching is very similar to teaching but there are important differences.
Author
Michael S. Mitchell
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston Salem, NC 27157
msmitche@wakehealth.edu
Introduction
“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” –Benjamin Franklin
Death, taxes, and bronchiolitis.
Providers of pediatric patients know all too well that the winter season is characterized by colder weather, shorter days, and an abundance of children with bronchiolitis. Bronchiolitis is a dynamic disease and thus can have a varied presentation. It is within this variety of symptoms that overlapping medical conditions can hide, masquerading as bronchiolitis, especially as providers quickly become numb to the disease due to the overwhelming volume of patients presenting with similar symptoms. Myocarditis is one such disease with the potential for significant morbidity. Although it is rare, its symptoms significantly overlap those of bronchiolitis. It is the intent of this article to highlight these two disease states in helping pediatric providers identify myocarditis, essentially finding the proverbial needle in the haystack.
In a partnership with Academic Life in Emergency Medicine, a group of ACEP Peds Section members have written the case for Emergency Medicine residents doing Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowships. The pros and cons of the PEM fellowship are discussed.
Here is the link:
http://www.aliem.com/pediatric-emergency-medicine-fellowship/