WikEM was happy to recently be named one of the top “100 helpful trauma sites to bookmark” by ParamedicToRN.org (www.paramedictorn.org/trauma-care.html). That’s right, many people use our WikEM app, but we also have a robust website with added features at www.WikEM.org. Check it out!… Read more
Editor Spotlight: Manuel Celedon
Manuel Amando Celedon Lopez (aka MAC or Manny) is one of our prolific section editors and actively involved with WikEM at HarborUCLA where he is also an Emergency Medicine Resident. Manuel immigrated to San Diego at the age of 12 from his native town of Guadalajara, Mexico. After finishing his B.S from UCSD, he worked as a clinical researcher for the NASH Clinical Research Network before moving on to medical school at UCLA.
His commitment to medical education began long before writing for WikEM, when he served as a chapter author for the USMLE review book, Crush Step 1 and was an instructor for the Princeton Review. When not practicing his basketball skills on the courts of sunny California, editing WikEM, or working in the ED, you’ll find him as a resident contributor for HippoEM.
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WikEM and AAEM/RSA Elective
WikEM is joining forces with AAEM/RSA to create an online collaborative educational experience for emergency medicine residents around the globe. The new WikEM elective offers residents the opportunity to learn medical writing and editing on an international platform accessed by thousands of emergency practitioners. Under guidance of the senior editors at WikEM with support from AAEM/RSA, the elective engages participants in active learning and synthesis of knowledge into bedside pearls. All content is then instantly available on the web and mobile applications for bedside reference.
Specific details about the elective are found here.
Highlights:
- Organize online educational resources for the Global Emergency Medicine Curriculum
- Create core content for mobile apps
- Participate
May Journal Club Review
Every month WikEM editors create a review of core journal articles. The articles are integrated with the core content of the wiki and are accessible via the mobile apps so docs can have evidence based content at their fingertips when caring for patients. … Read more
Power of Collaboration
Tonight, we asked the online community for a photo of hand-foot-mouth disease and within minutes Justin Hensley from Texas A&M immediately uploaded a great photo which is now free and available for anyone to use non commercially.… Read more
WikEM noted among best apps every nurse should be using
WikEM is happy to be included in a recently published compilation of “Apps Every Nurse Should Be Using” http://onlinelpntorn.org/
Intro to Editing: Templates
Using templates to organize information on the wiki becomes increasingly more useful as content grows. In a nutshell templates are pages that contain information that can be inserted on any page. If the content on the template changes it is automatically updated on every page that uses the template.
The best examples are the Sgarbossa’s Criteria page and the STEMI page. Both pull their information from the Sgarbossa’s Template and allow any updates to Sgarbossa to be reflected everywhere the template was used.
Create a new template just as you would any page except begin the name with “Template:”. To insert the template on another page type {{Template NAME}} and it will automatically bring in the content.
We know this can get confusion so don’t hesitate to… Read more
Resident Editor: Jonathan Osgood
Congrats to Dr. Jonathan Osgood, from Harbor-UCLA for achieving Resident Editor status!… Read more
Editor Spotlight: Joel Miller
Joel Miller, MD MPH joined WikEM within the last year but quickly became involved on the site, especially in the Toxicology section where he now serves as one of the section editors.
Joel graduated from Wayne State School of Medicine and also completed an MPH in Global Health and Population at the Harvard School of Public Health.
He is currently a resident in Emergency Medicine at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA. Impressively, he is also an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at Western New England University where he teaches Pathophysiology and Toxicology.
When not in the ED, teaching Tox, or contributing to WikEM, Joel likes to walk his giant dogs through the woods of New England, rock climb and travel.
WikEM News: GEMC
Here is our latest newsletter announcing mobile access to the GEMC project on all iOS devices. An android version will be in the works soon and you can always access the GEMC on the Web