Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
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The ALiEM podcast features educational content involving academics, life, and clinical EM
Episodes
- EM Match Advice 51: 2026 EM Match by the Numbers
The Emergency Medicine (EM) Match process continues to evolve, with the specialty experiencing significant shifts in recent years. In this 51st installment of the EM Match Advice podcast series, Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Stanford EM PD) hosts t…
- EM Match Advice 50: Making Your Rank List | Program Directors Share Their Best Advice
With interview season complete, it's time to make your rank list. Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Stanford) welcomes New York program directors Dr. Elaine Rabin (Mount Sinai Hospital, Elmhurst Program) and Dr. Miriam Kulkarni (St. John's Riverside Ho…
- EM Match Advice 49: 5 Keys to Crush Your EM Residency Interview
Stanford EM Program Director Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak breaks down the five keys to interview success, from strategic planning to post-interview reflection. Learn how to prioritize programs, avoid over-committing, and show up ready to impress on…
- EM Match Advice 48: Transitioning from ERAS to ResidencyCAS – Platform Features and Essential Resources
Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Host, Stanford University) speaks with Dr. Tim Fallon (Maine Medical Center) and Dr. Liza Smith (UMass Baystate), both leaders of CORD's Application Process Improvement Committee, about the historic transition from ERA…
- EM Match Advice 47 | EM Program Directors Reflect on the 2025 Match
The Emergency Medicine (EM) Match process continues to evolve, with the specialty experiencing significant shifts in recent years. In this 47th installment of the EM Match Advice podcast series, Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Stanford EM PD) hosts t…
- EM Match Advice 46 | Program Directors Share Match Season Insights
As interview season wraps up, medical students across the country are preparing their rank lists for the upcoming Match. EM Match Advice podcast host, Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Stanford EM Program Director) recently sat down with Dr. Melissa Pa…
- EM Match Advice 45: 2025 ERAS Updates - What EM Applicants Need to Know
Dr. Sara Kryzyzaniak (EMMA Podcast Host and Stanford EM Program Director) gives an early heads-up for senior EM medical students who are applying to the 2025-26 residency match. There have been some key updates in the Electronic Residency…
- EM Match Advice 44: Approaching your EM Sub-Internship Clerkship
Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Host and Stanford University PD) and Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM Founder/UCSF) are joined by Dr. Jessica Bod (Yale EM Clerkship Director) who gives thoughtful and thought-provoking insights into the EM sub-intern clerkship…
- EM Match Advice 43: EM Program Directors Reflect on the 2024 Match
Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Host and Stanford University PD) and Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM Founder/UCSF) are joined by Dr. Abra Fant (Northwestern PD) to reflect on the 2024 Match, after last year's shockingly high number (554) of unfilled position…
- EM Match Advice 42: Mid Interview Season Check-In
Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Host and Stanford University PD) and Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM Founder/UCSF) are joined by Dr. Aaron Kraut (University of Wisconsin PD) in this insightful, rapid-fire, practical episode through the lens of residency prog…
- EM Match Advice 41: The ERAS Application - New and Improved
Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Host and Stanford University PD) and Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM Founder/UCSF) are joined by Dr. Alexis Pelletier-Bui (Cooper University Hospital Associate PD) and Dr. Elizabeth Werley (Chair of CORD Application Process Im…
- EM Match Advice 40: PD’s Reflect on the 2023 Match
Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Host and Stanford University PD) and Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM Founder/UCSF) are joined by the Dr. Abra Fant (Northwestern PD) and Dr. Richard Church (University of Massachusetts PD) to debrief each other and you with wh…
- EM Match Advice 39: Mailbag Q&A as a Mid-Interview Season Check-in
Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Host and Stanford University PD) and Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM Founder/UCSF) are joined by the always-wise Dr. Matt Pirotte (Vanderbilt University PD) to answer questions that YOU, the students, submitted to us regarding…
- ACEP E-QUAL 52: How to build a Bridge Program and pay for it | Opioid Initiative
Speakers: Arianna Campbell, PA-C (Marshall Medical Center) Aimee Moulin, MD FACEP (Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of California Davis, Chief of the Division of Addiction Medicine) Host: Jason Woods, MD (Assistant Professor o…
- EM Match Advice 38: Our 2 Cents | The new Standardized Letter of Evaluation (SLOE)
In this episode of EM Match Advice, our new host, Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Stanford University), already has her finger on the pulse on the 2022-23 EM residency application season. Hot off the presses, the Council of EM Residency Directors jus…
- ACEP E-QUAL 51: Stroke Systems of Care
Guest: Edward Jauch MD, MS (Chief of System Research, Mission Health System, Asheville, NC) Host: Jason Woods MD References: Jauch EC, Cucchiara B, Adeoye O, Meurer W, Brice J, Chan YY, Gentile N, Hazinski MF. Part 11: adult stroke: 2010 A…
- ACEP E-QUAL 50: tPA for Stroke and Litigation
This episode is a rapid fire review of litigation issues surrounding the provision of (or lack of provision of) tPA for stroke. Guests: Latha Ganti, MD, MS, MBA Professor of Emergency Medicine & Neurology ,University of Central Florida Col…
- ACEP E-QUAL 49: Code Stroke | Optimizing ED Stroke Response
Guest: Adam Oostema, MD MS FACEP (Associate Professor of EM, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine) Host: Jason Woods MD Select References: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke rt-PA Stroke Study Gro…
- EM Match Advice 37: Program Directors Reflect on the 2022 Residency Match
In this episode of EM Match Advice, our panel tackles the hot topic of making your rank list for residency match, which includes the shocking news of so many SOAP positions this year (over 200!) as well as the upcoming preference signaling…
- The Leader’s Library 6: New Rules of Work
Join us in the sixth installment of ALiEM's The Leader's Library, which is a professional development book club for health professionals. Led by Dr. Dina Wallin and a team of renowned educators, the featured book is New Rules of Work: The…
- ACEP E-QUAL 48: Supporting New Buprenorphine Providers
In this episode from ACEP E-QUAL, we feature Dr. Jeanmarie Perrone ( @JMPerroneMD ), Professor of Emergency Medicine and the Director of the Center for Addiction Medicine and Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. Host: Jason Woods, MD…
- ACEP E-QUAL 47: Harm Reduction in the Emergency Department
In this episode from ACEP E-QUAL, Dr. Bill Soares is an Associate Professor of EM and Director of Harm Reduction Services in the Deptartment of Emergency Medicine at Bay State Medical Center. He also serves as a Fellow at the Institute of…
- EM Match Advice 36: It is Time to Make Your Rank List
In this episode of EM Match Advice, our panel tackles the hot topic of making your rank list for residency match, which includes "love letters" to programs and second look visits. In this podcast, Dr. Mike Gisondi and Dr. Michelle Lin host…
- ACEP E-QUAL 46: Opioids and Social Emergency Medicine
In this episode from ACEP E-QUAL, Dr. Elizabeth Samuels discusses a social emergency medicine approach to opioid use disorder. Guest: Elizabeth A. Samuels, MD MPH MHS, Brown Emergency Medicine Host: Jason Woods MD Select references: Weiner…
- EM Match Advice 35: Where did all the jobs go, and did the applicants follow?
In this episode of EM Match Advice, our panel takes on the tough issues of 2021. Specifically we discuss the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Workforce Study that projects fewer jobs for emergency physicians and the hot-off-…
- INFODEMIC 01: Introduction and COVID-19 Update
This session for the INFODEMIC Conference features speakers, Dr. Seema Yasmin and Dr. Yvonne Maldonado. INFODEMIC is a Stanford conference on social media and COVID-19 misinformation in 2021, has released open access podcasts of their disc…
- INFODEMIC 02: Vaccine Confidence
This session for the INFODEMIC Conference features speaker, Dr. Heidi Larson. INFODEMIC is a Stanford conference on social media and COVID-19 misinformation in 2021, has released open access podcasts of their discussions.
- INFODEMIC 03: Vaccine Hesitancy
This session for the INFODEMIC Conference features speakers, Drs. Agnes Binagwaho, Aida Habtezion, and Gloria Giraldo, and moderated by Dr. Seema Yasmin. INFODEMIC is a Stanford conference on social media and COVID-19 misinformation in 202…
- INFODEMIC 04: COViD-19 and the Distrust of Healthcare
This session for the INFODEMIC Conference features speakers, Dr. Italo Brown. INFODEMIC is a Stanford conference on social media and COVID-19 misinformation in 2021, has released open access podcasts of their discussions.
- INFODEMIC 05: Achieving COVID-19 Vaccine Equity
This session for the INFODEMIC Conference features speakers, Danielle Pacia, Lisa Menning, and Tom Bollyky, and moderated by William Haseltine. INFODEMIC is a Stanford conference on social media and COVID-19 misinformation in 2021, has rel…
- INFODEMIC 06: The Role of Social Media Companies
This session for the INFODEMIC Conference features speakers, Dr. Anne Merritt, Aaron Berman, and Brian Clarke, and moderated by Dr. Renee DiResta. INFODEMIC is a Stanford conference on social media and COVID-19 misinformation in 2021, has…
- INFODEMIC 07: Leveraging Physician Influencers: The New Public Health Educators
This session for the INFODEMIC Conference features speaker, Dr. Vin Gupta. INFODEMIC is a Stanford conference on social media and COVID-19 misinformation in 2021, has released open access podcasts of their discussions.
- INFODEMIC 08: Do Social Media Influencers Affected Vaccination Rates?
This session for the INFODEMIC Conference features speakers, Jessica Malaty Rivera and Dr. Sanjay Juneja, and moderated by Dr. Cedric "James" Rutland. INFODEMIC is a Stanford conference on social media and COVID-19 misinformation in 2021,…
- INFODEMIC 09: Role of Governments and Religious Leaders in Mitigating Disinformation
This session for the INFODEMIC Conference features speakers, Mayor Adrian Perkins and Rev. Dr. Gabriel Salguero, and moderated by Dr. Matthew Strehlow. INFODEMIC is a Stanford conference on social media and COVID-19 misinformation in 2021,…
- INFODEMIC 10: Ethical Imperatives for Social MediaCompanies and Influencers to Act
This session for the INFODEMIC Conference features speakers, Drs. Travis Rieder, Nancy Berlinger, and Arthur Caplan. INFODEMIC is a Stanford conference on social media and COVID-19 misinformation in 2021, has released open access podcasts…
- INFODEMIC 11: Conclusion
The conclusion session for the INFODEMIC Conference features speaker, Dr. Seema Yasmin. INFODEMIC is a Stanford conference on social media and COVID-19 misinformation in 2021, has released open access podcasts of their discussions
- EM Match Advice 34: The 2021 Residency Match and Program Director Reflections
We survived the 2021 Emergency Medicine residency match season in the pandemic era! Listen to the sage advice and reflections of program directors Dr. Jacob Ufberg (Temple), Dr. Amita Sudhir (University of Virgina), and Dr. William Caputo…
- ETMP 1.10: Gaming and Gamification | Education Theory Made Practical
Listen about the concepts of gaming and gamification in volume 1 of Education Theory Made Practical (chapter 10) with host Dr. Daniel Harper. E-book chapter written by Dr. Will Sanderson and Dr. Samantha L. Wood.
- ETMP 1.9: Dual-Process Reasoning | Education Theory Made Practical
Listen about the theory of dual-process reasoning in volume 1 of Education Theory Made Practical (chapter 9) with host Dr. Daniel Harper. E-book chapter written by Dr. Antonia Quinn, Dr. Daniel Robinson, and Dr. Adam Tobias.
- ETMP 1.8: Bloom's Taxonomy | Education Theory Made Practical
Listen about the theory of Bloom's Taxonomy in volume 1 of Education Theory Made Practical (chapter 8) with host Dr. Daniel Harper. E-book chapter written by Dr. Aaron Brown, Dr. Nicolas Pineda, and Dr. Christopher Sampson.
- ETMP 1.7: Self-Directed Learning | Education Theory Made Practical
Listen about the theory of self-directed learning in volume 1 of Education Theory Made Practical (chapter 7) with host Dr. Daniel Harper. E-book chapter written by Dr. Jenna Fredette, Dr. Cathy Grossman, and Dr. Joe Walter.
- ETMP 1.6: Reflective Practice | Education Theory Made Practical
Listen about the theory called reflective practice in volume 1 of Education Theory Made Practical (chapter 6) with host Dr. Daniel Harper. E-book chapter written by Dr. Jordan Spector, Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak, and Dr. Lauren Wendell.
- ETMP 1.5: Social Constructivism | Education Theory Made Practical
Listen about the theory of social constructivism in volume 1 of Education Theory Made Practical (chapter 5) with host Dr. Daniel Harper. E-book chapter written by Dr. Eric Cioè Peña, Dr. Abra Fant, and Dr. Anne Messman.
- ETMP 1.4: Emotional Intelligence | Education Theory Made Practical
Listen about the principles of emotional intelligence in volume 1 of Education Theory Made Practical (chapter 4) with host Dr. Daniel Harper. E-book chapter written by Dr. Lauren Conlon, Dr. Kory London, and Dr. Michael Pasirstein.
- ETMP 1.3: Communities of Practice | Education Theory Made Practical
Listen about the concept of communities of practice in volume 1 of Education Theory Made Practical (chapter 1) with host Dr. Daniel Harper. E-book chapter written by Dr. Andrew King, Dr. Michael Abraham, and Dr. Kevin Scott.
- ETMP 1.2: Naturalistic Decision Making | Education Theory Made Practical
Listen about the theory of naturalistic decision making in volume 1 of Education Theory Made Practical (chapter 2) with host Dr. Daniel Harper. E-book chapter written by Dr. Clare Desmond, Dr. Josh Kornegay, and Dr. Jillian Mongelluzzo.
- ETMP 1.1: Modal Model of Memory | Education Theory Made Practical
Listen about the theory called modal model of memory in volume 1 of Education Theory Made Practical (chapter 1) with host Dr. Daniel Harper. E-book chapter written by Dr. Sylvia Alden, Dr. Rachel Dahms, and Dr. Emily Rose.
- The Leader's Library 5: Keep Going
Join us in the fifth installment of ALiEM's The Leader's Library, which is a professional development book club for health professionals. Led by Dr. Dina Wallin and a team of renowned educators, the featured book is KEEP GOING: 10 WAYS TO…
- PECARN 4: Computerized Adaptive Screen for Suicidal Youth (CASSY) study
ALiEM podcast host, Dr. Dina Wallin, chats with author Dr. Jacqueline Grupp-Phelan about her recent PECARN publication "Prospective Development and Validation of the Computerized Adaptive Screen for Suicidal Youth" in JAMA Psychiatry 2021.…
- EM Match Advice 33: 2020-21 Interview Season | How it started, how it's going
The 2020-21 residency interview season has required rapid innovation and adaptability for both medical student applicants and residency programs given COVID-19's physical distancing restrictions. Listen to how it started and how it is goin…