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I recently had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Clay Smith from Vanderbilt University, who exhibited next to us at last month’s American College of Emergency Physician’s Scientific Assembly in Boston.  Upon learning about Keeping Up, I thought I’d use my next blog posting to share this great resource with all our readers.  Here’s a note from Clay to find out more:

Are you tired of feeling guilty about that stack of journals you need to read?  We are too!  That’s why we started Keeping Up.  The field of Emergency Medicine is so broad, it can feel overwhelming to stay current with the medical literature.  Keeping Up is an educational tool developed by the Vanderbilt University Department of Emergency Medicine to help you keep up with Emergency Medicine literature.  Every week, we bring you a concise written summary of the ten most important, most current articles relevant to Emergency Medicine.  Not only that, we also record these as a 25-30 minute podcast that you can download and listen to while you commute or exercise!  Podcasts have both audio and visual content.  If we are talking about Sgarbossa’s criteria, you will see a left bundle branch block ECG on screen!  The articles we choose are NOT esoteric.  We work full time in the ED and know what articles are important and will change your practice.  Also, the written and audio summaries take a just-the-facts approach, are fast-moving, and copiously sprinkled with laughter!  This is not meant to be journal club.  We don’t dwell on sleepy statistics and minutiae.  Of course, we tell you the key limitations and point out the major flaws but focus primarily on the important facts of the articles and on how they will change what you do on your next shift in the ED.  We search 45 journals, present 10 articles per week (50 weeks/year), cover 500 articles per year, and provide 25 CME credits per year.  Each article ends with a one-liner bullet summary, and all ten bullet points are summarized at the end in < 90 seconds!  Finally, we offer all this free until 2010!  Starting in 2010 we will charge $0.99/week ($49.50/year) for full content, including all archived content, or $1.98/week ($99/year) for full content plus 25 CME credits.  So stop feeling guilty and start Keeping Up with Emergency Medicine literature!”

Clay B. Smith, MD FAAP, FACEP
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics
Department of Emergency Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
(615)936-0093
http://www.keepingup.org