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December News

New Emergency Medicine Protocols

  • City Mouse, Country Mouse: Characteristics of Adolescents Presenting to a Urban Children’s Hospital Versus a Rural Emergency Department
  • Social Determinants of Health in the Elderly (GVSU)
  • Age, Gender and Ethnic Disparities in Management of Acute Toothache Emergency Departments

Publications

Research Presentations

National Association of EMS Physicians Annual Meeting
Jan 6-11 2025, San Diego CA

  • Jerrick T, Chassee T. The Use of High Flow Nasal Cannula During Interhospital Transfers in Pediatric Patients.
  • Dean A, Heckel P, Durocher E, Pakllazola A, Fujiware K, Coconubo D, Mendosa S, Jaksic D, Emmerich B, Ayotund O, Chassee T, Jones JS. Evaluating the Risks Associated with Interfacility Ambulance Transfers for Patients Requiring Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitalization.

MSU College of Human Medicine Fall Virtual Symposium
October 30, Secchia Center

  • Peter van der Eb MS, Jason Wanamaker MD, Sarah Winston Bush MD, Jeffrey Jones MD. Traumatic Aortic Injury in Adult Patient Without “Trauma Activation”
  • Peter van der Eb MS, Mason Gay, MD; Christine Kolacki, MD; Lindsey Ouellette MS. Cerebral Air Embolism Treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.
  • Daniel Bishay, MBS; Bradley W. Emmerich, MD; Matthew T. Singh, MD; Jeffrey S. Jones, MD. Severe Intracranial Hemorrhage as the Initial Presentation of B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia
  • Daniel Bishay, MBS; Ryan B. Pitney, MD; Todd Chassee, MD; Jeffrey S. Jones, MD. Meningitis and Complete Heart Block in a Patient with Acute Disseminated Lyme Disease
  • Nishika Patel BS, Amanda P. Dean DO, Adam Singer DO, Nate Ladaga DO. Primary Pyomyositis in a Pediatric Patient
  • Nishika Patel BS, Mason Gay, Mandy Dean, Alexander Clegg, Andrew Coleman, Juxhesta Cakrani, Travis Cook, Michael Melbardis, Nathan Debruine, Jessica Jawahir, Michael Foster, Jason Seamon, Jennifer Bach, Jeffrey S. Jones. Trampoline safety in children and adolescents: An analysis of instructional youtube videos.
  • Avery Sena MS, Elexus Carroll MD. Vertebral Artery Dissection Leading to Spinal Cord Infarction
  • Paige Sims MS-3, Nawal Bennett, MS; Kristen Sternhagen, BSN; Deepthi Devireddy, MS-3; Konstandina Stavropoulos, MS-4; Erin Leach, MD; Victoria Moaddel, MD; Avery Sena, MS-3; Brandon Trop, MS-4; Faten Khalil, MS-4; Cynthia Kuk, MD; Brooke Rezmer, MS-4; Layla Hak, MS-3 Jonathan Thompson, MS-4; Chris Benner, MD. Assessing Ergonomics During Clinical Procedures in the Pediatric Emergency Department
  • Blackmer, Ryan MS-2.  Hepatitis With Acute Liver Injury Secondary to Undifferentiated Viral Upper Respiratory Infection in an Immunocompetent Adult Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review
  • Elizabeth Nisper, MD; Jason Wanamaker, MD; Antonio Lopez-Castaneda, MD; Jeffrey Jones, MD. Increasing enrollment in Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) early in pregnancy
  • Paige Heckel, Jamie Katuna, DO; Brad Riley, MD; Jeffrey Jones, MD. Inverted Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy from a Weight Loss Supplement
  • Carissa Bartkowiak MS, Michael Foster DO, Mariah Barnes MD, Jason Seamon DO, Nawal Bennett MS. Atypical Presentation of Neisseria Meningitidis
  • Joel DeJonge MS-3, Jessica Jawahir, MD; Thomas Sapp, MD; Thomas Peterson, MD, Nawal Bennett MS.  Frozen Face: Bilateral Facial Nerve Palsy Following a Motorcycle Accident
  • Joel DeJonge MS-3, Giolitti J MS-3, Deschler D, Jones JS. Penetrating Oropharyngeal Trauma Resulting in Acute Quadriplegia in a Toddler Oral
  • Armstrong R MS-3, Dixon E, Moaddel V, Behmlander A, Keung MY, Reeder A, Sternhagen K, Emmerich B, Jones JS. Characterizing Pediatric Hospitalizations Following Cannabis Use: Clinical Patterns And Healthcare Outcomes
  • Carissa Bartkowiak MS, Mary Reiber MS, Bradley Emmerich, MD; Benjamin Kowalske; Disha Bhargava; Matthew T. Singh MD; May-Thurner Syndrome: An Uncommon Cause of Lower Extremity Pain
  • Cade A. Cantu, MS-2; Alexander W. Clegg, MD; Matthew Flannigan, DO; Bryan Judge, MD; Lisa Ambrose, MS. Stress Cardiomyopathy Triggered by Influenza A and Diabetic Ketoacidosis
  • Simran Bhogal, MS-3; Madi Mangione, MS-3; Sydney Hudock, MS-3; Matthew K. Hysell, MD; Monique Luna, MS; Emma Dixon, MS-4; Hunter Holsinger, DO; Lisa Ambrose, MS; Angela Zamarripa, MD; Chris Benner, MD. Aural Search & Rescue: Techniques for Ear Foreign Body Removal in the Emergency Department
  • Simran Bhogal, MS-3; Richard Steffan, Ainslie Johnson, Kyle Bivins, Kaleb Ramon, Deepthi Devireddy, Amanda Croft-DeHagen, Kurt Frick, Austin Fellows, Katrina Elzinga, Chris Benner, Jeffrey S. Jones. Educational insights from the screen: Analyzing pediatric death communication in medical television programs

AIUM Ultracon Conference in Austin, TX, April 6-10, 2024

  • Mertz N, Bhargava D, Loney B. Advocating for an Ultrasound-First Approach to Renal Colic in the Emergency Department
  • Johnson J, Bhargava D, Flannigan M. Use Of Point-Of-Care Ultrasound To Evaluate For Ruptured Ovarian Cyst In Pregnant Patients
  • Devireddy D, Barnes M. Use of Point-Of-Care Ultrasound in Expediting the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
  • Mertz N, Panzlau N. Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Prolonged Circulatory Survival in Organ Donors
  • Wechsler D, Flannigan M, Johnson J. Testicles Before and After Detorsion, Diagnosis by Point-of-Care Ultrasound
  • Armstrong R, Johnson J. Point-of-Care Ultrasound Detection of Aortic Dissection in a Patient with ST-Elevation and Hypotension
  • Johnson J, Flannigan M, Wechsler D. A Case of Cardiogenic Shock that Highlights the Importance and Limitations of Point-of-Care Transthoracic Echocardiography in the Emergency Department

Central Group on Educational Affairs (CGEA) Spring Conference in Milwaukee WI, April 4, 2024

  • Vu A, Grain C, Aurora B. Micromanagement.

MSU Medical Education Conference in Grand Rapids, May 21, 2024

  •  Vu A, Grain C, Aurora B. Micromanagement.

Department News

Presenting a Research Poster at a Scientific Meeting

  • Presenting a poster at a scientific meeting involves creating a visually appealing poster that clearly summarizes your research, then standing by it during a designated poster session, actively engaging with attendees who approach to discuss your findings, answering their questions concisely, and being prepared to explain your key points in a clear and concise manner, often using an "elevator pitch" style to capture their interest quickly.

    What NOT to do: The Poster Session

    by Dr. Glaucomflecken

    The next step is to check the conference guidelines for poster orientation and size. Remember that poster sessions may differ significantly – some use electronic posters (which may be 1-10 PowerPoint slides) while others use the traditional paper poster hung on bulletin board. MSU has online templates you can use to create your poster.

    • The title should be short and informative.
    • Use bullet points, large fonts, and simple graphics to convey the most important aspects of your research quickly.
    • Structure your poster with a clear introduction, methods, results, discussion, and conclusion sections (case reports and QI studies may use a different format).
    • Incorporate high-quality images, graphs, and tables to enhance understanding.
    • Finish your poster with a discussion that aligns with your research question.
    • Include references on your poster if you are citing external sources for information, data, or ideas presented within your poster, as it is considered good academic practice to credit the original work and demonstrate the credibility of your research; however, be mindful of space constraints and format the references concisely using the appropriate citation style for your field
    • Footnotes are permissible but keep them brief and avoid them entirely if possible.
    • Resist the temptation to fill all available space, leave some blank space to make the poster more attractive.
    • It is important to use consistent wording, font, font size, and colors.
    • If you are presenting at a conference in another city, print the poster on vinyl or fabric. This way it will fold up nicely in your carry-on luggage.

    The most common mistake researchers make when designing and presenting a poster is to treat the poster as if it were a mini manuscript. Remember, the goal is to clearly and quickly communicate research content to attendees who are walking around a large area with many posters, with limited time and attention span to read extensive information.

    Successfully communicating your study will rely on attracting attendees to your poster and making it easy for them to grasp key messages. Consider the 10-10 rule of thumb for poster viewing: attendees look at posters for 10 seconds from 10 feet (3 meters) away. During those 10 seconds, if they are attracted to the poster, they might want to read more information. Therefore, your key messages must be written using a large enough font size for people to read it from 7-8 feet away, and the information should be interesting and attractive enough so that attendees will want to come closer, read more, and ask questions. Substitute text for figures and graphs whenever possible

    For more information on creating a poster:

    Creating and Presenting Posters

    Online Poster Presentations: What; How; Why?

    Making a better research poster

    Poster presentations: how to make a good poster

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    Now that you have created your poster, let’s consider the presentation. Presenting a poster can be intimidating, but it's a valuable opportunity for feedback and confidence-building. Most poster presentations take place in a large room with dozens to hundreds of individual poster presentations occurring simultaneously.  A typical presentation lasts 5-15 minutes. The presenter should use the poster’s figures and tables to communicate with the audience.

    The presenter is an expert in that field and should be confident (but not arrogant) when presenting the research to the audience.  The presenter should understand everything that is on their poster (e.g., issue, topic, figures, tables, references).  The presenter should relax, speak clearly, start with the introduction, move through the methods, results, and end with the discussion section.  The presenter should engage in conversation with the audience and answer their questions during the poster presentation.  The presenter should not read word-for-word from a script, but rather they should follow a general progression through their poster that allows for active discussion between them and the audience.   Be flexible.  The audience will walk around to view as many posters as possible, stopping occasionally to view a poster and talk to a poster presenter about their research.  Some people may talk with the presenter for a few seconds, others may spend 15-20 minutes talking with a poster presenter.  Presenter-audience interactions should be rather informal and dynamic.

  • Practice your presentation several times before the poster event. Your audience will be focused on your poster for 5-15 minutes so you do not have much time to capture their attention and tell your story.
  • Focus most of your presentation on your figures and tables. Your audience will focus on figures, graphs, tables, and maps. They rarely read the poster text.
  • Speak clearly and know your topic. Remember you are the expert, so you need to understand all parts of your poster.
  • Start your presentation by introducing yourself and moving on to the Title and Introduction sections. Describe the issue and use figures to help explain the story.
  • Allow your audience to participate, allow them to ask questions throughout your presentation. Always be respectful of your audience. Most questions can be anticipated and prepared for.
  • Poster presenters should dress professionally and wear comfortable shoes. The presenter stands by their poster during the entire event, which can take several hours.