The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine

The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine


Latest Episodes

SGEM#302: We Didn’t Start the Fire but Can Antacid Monotherapy Stop the Fire?
September 26, 2020

Date: September 22nd, 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Bond is an emergency medicine physician in Calgary. He is also an avid FOAM supporter/producer through various online outlets including TheSGEM. Reference: Warren et al.

SGEM#301: You Can’t Stop GI Bleeds with TXA
September 19, 2020

Date: September 16th, 2020 Guest Skeptics: Dr. Robert Goulden and Dr. Audrey Marcotte are Chief Residents from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Program at McGill University. Robert’s academic interests include research and evidence-based medicin...

SGEM Xtra: The Water is Wide
September 12, 2020

Date: September 11th, 2020 This is an SGEM Xtra episode. I was invited by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) to give a talk at their council meeting on burnout. It was an opportunity to share my journey and give an important messa...

SGEM#300: The Lung is Up Where it Belongs – With or Without a Chest Tube
September 06, 2020

Date: August 27th, 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Malthaner is the Chair/Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Director of Thoracic Surgery Research and Simulation, and Professor in the Departments of Surgery, Oncology,

SGEM Xtra: Read It In Books – Season#6
September 04, 2020

Date: September 3rd, 2020 It has been a tough year for all of us with the global pandemic of COVID19. I hope everyone is safe and taking care of themselves both physically and mentally. It is more important than ever during these difficult times to sta...

SGEM#299: Learning to Test for COVID19
August 22, 2020

Date: August 18th, 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. Reference: Carpenter et al. Diagnosing COVID-19 in the Emergency Department: A Scoping Rev...

SGEM Xtra: EBM and the Changingman
July 25, 2020

Date: July 20th, 2020 Guest Skeptic: Professor Simon Carley is Creator, Webmaster, owner and Editor in Chief of the St. Emlyn’s blog and podcast. He is Professor of Emergency Medicine at Manchester Metropolitan University and a Consultant in adult and ...

SGEM#298: What’s the Signs and the Symptoms of Pneumonia?
July 18, 2020

Date: July 13th, 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Justin Morgenstern is an emergency physician and the creator of the excellent #FOAMed project called First10EM.com. He has a great new blog post about increasing diversity in medicine using something called the ...

SGEM#297: tPA Advocates Be Like – Never Gonna Give You Up
July 04, 2020

Date: June 30th, 2020 Guest Skeptic: Professor Daniel Fatovich is an emergency physician and clinical researcher based at Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia. He is Head of the Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine,

SGEM Xtra: Presenting in a Northern Constellation
June 27, 2020

Date: June 27th, 2020 I had the pleasure of presenting at the Northern Constellation Faculty Development Conference 2020 on May 8th. This was the 9th annual conference put on by the Northern School of Medicine (NOSM). Dr.

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