Week #14: Journal Club

See Journal Club Content below for reading requirements this week
- This week grand rounds will be held off site, but it will be held during NORMAL GRAND ROUNDS hours (1000-1500). The only exemptions for journal club/wellness would be if you are on an out-of-town rotation or working nights.
- We will be doing some wellness activities and journal club.
  - Time: 1000-1500
  - Location: Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle, 1405 E Grayson St, Fort Sam Houston TX 78234
Journal Club Goals and Expectations
- Find your group below and the assigned material to review.
- This journal club will be similar to last quarter’s in that everyone will read one paper, and each group will then read one paper unique to their own groups. We will then have a large group discussion covering the paper assigned to everyone, and then go through our standard presentation for the papers assigned to individual groups.
- Projected Schedule:
  - 1000-1030: Arrival/split into groups
  - 1030-1130: Small group discussion
  - 1130-1300: Large group discussion
  - 1300 onward: Mentor family time/lunch
- PGY Level Assignment/Goals
  - EM1: Big overview of the paper, and if applicable epidemiology/definitions/diagnosis/workup and PICO (if original study)
  - EM2: Key takeaways, what to focus on, and if applicable recommendations/treatments
  - EM3: How is this going to change your practice?
- Journal Club Mentor Family Assignments
- For ALL to read – Isopropyl Alcohol Nasal Inhalation for Nausea in the Emergency Department
  - Group 1: Gryffindor
    - Balanced Crystalloids versus Saline in Noncritically Ill Adults
  - Group 2: Ravenclaw
    - Clinical Trial of Fluid Infusion Rates for Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis
  - Group 3: Slytherin
    - Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation
  - Group 4: Hufflepuff
    - Effect of Nebulized Magnesium vs Placebo Added to Albuterol on Hospitalization

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