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If you do any locums work, or are contemplating it, this is an excellent licensing guide from Barton Associates. http://www.bartonassociates.com/physicians/state-physician-licensing-guide/ Thanks! Ed
Category Archives: emergency medicine
Play nice in the EMR! My blog post at Barton Associates.
Using different EMR can be challenging. Here are some insights for locums workers. http://www.bartonassociates.com/2013/03/14/play-nice-in-the-emr/
The New Religion of Narcotics
I just finished reading Neil Gaiman’s fascinating novel, Gods of America. Here’s a link to it on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/American-Gods-Authors-Preferred-Text/dp/0062080237/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362266866&sr=8-1&keywords=American+Gods I first learned about his work by watching the movie Stardust, then reading the novel. One of the themes of Gods of America is … Continue reading
Silly Scripting Games. Yet another scourge on medicine and nursing.
This is my March EM News column Silly Scripting Games Our nurses will soon have ‘scripting’ guidelines for their interactions with patients. This is apparently widespread in many industries. The idea being, patients will be more satisfied with their … Continue reading
Travels in Emergistan, the trailer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY98t94uf68
Humor in the world of locums medicine
http://www.bartonassociates.com/2013/02/12/sense-of-humor-is-essential-for-locum-tenens-assignments/
Yes I do need a high capacity magazine! Here’s why.
Yes I do need a hight capacity magzine! Here’s why… Who needs a high capacity magazine? Who needs a weapon capable of firing more than ten rounds? These questions echo across the airwaves and in the pages of magazines, … Continue reading
When leading is following; my latest EM News column.
Here is my latest column in Emergency Medicine News. I hope you enjoy it! http://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2013/02000/Second_Opinion__When_Leading_is_Following.8.aspx My wife just built a pergola in our yard. Mind you, a pergola is a thing I never knew existed until it was pointed out … Continue reading
The hospitalists’s wing-man. (My January EMN column.)
Here’s the link to my January EM News column on the symbiosis between emergency medicine and hospital medicine. Text follows. http://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2013/01000/Second_Opinion__The_Hospitalist_s_Wing_Man.8.aspx Dear hospitalists, This is just a note to say that we, in emergency medicine, appreciate you. Like all of us, … Continue reading
The Nativity in the Emergency Department; my December EM News column
Merry Christmas! This is my December column in EM News. The Nativity in the Emergency Department. http://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2012/12000/Second_Opinion__The_Nativity_in_the_Emergency.9.aspx I once wrote a story for Christmas in which the nativity happened in an old, beat-up hunting trailer behind a man’s store, somewhere … Continue reading