Welcome to the AIR Infectious Disease Module! After carefully reviewing all relevant posts in the past 12 months from the top 50 sites of the Digital Impact Factor [1], the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to related to infectious diseases in the Emergency Department. 6 blog posts met our standard of online excellence and were approved for residency training by the AIR Series Board. More specifically, we identified 1 AIR and 5 Honorable Mentions. We recommend programs give 3 hours of III credit for this module.
AIR Stamp of Approval and Honorable Mentions
In an effort to truly emphasize the highest quality posts, we have 2 subsets of recommended resources. The AIR stamp of approval is awarded only to posts scoring above a strict scoring cut-off of ≥30 points (out of 35 total), based on our scoring instrument. The other subset is for “Honorable Mention” posts. These posts have been flagged by and agreed upon by AIR Board members as worthwhile, accurate, unbiased, and appropriately referenced despite an average score.
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Highlighted Quality Posts: Infectious Disease
| Site | Article | Author | Date | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SGEM | Lumbar punctures in febrile infants with positive urinalysis – it’s just overkill | Dennis Ren, MD | December 31, 2022 | AIR |
| EMDocs | Bacterial Meningitis | Mounir Contreras Cejin, MD | January 28, 2023 | HM |
| ALiEM | The Febrile Infant | Corey Ziemba, MD, Justin Hacnik, MD and J.D. Cambron, DO | March 29, 2023 | HM |
| EMCrit | Approach to CNS infection | Josh Farkas, MD | August 15, 2022 | HM |
| Core EM | Updates in STI Care | Daniel Imas, MD | March 17, 2022 | HM |
| REBEL EM | Short course antibiotics for Peds CAP | Marco Propersi, DO | Dec 5, 2022 | HM |
(AIR = Approved Instructional Resource; HM = Honorable Mention)
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Thank you to the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) and the Council of EM Residency Directors (CORD) for jointly sponsoring the AIR Series! We are thrilled to partner with both on shaping the future of medical education.
Reference
- Lin M, Phipps M, Chan TM, et al. Digital Impact Factor: A Quality Index for Educational Blogs and Podcasts in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care. Ann Emerg Med. 2023;82(1):55-65. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.02.011, PMID 36967275
Chris Belcher, MD
Assistant Professor and Assistant Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
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