SimKit

07/28/2025

This episode features the presentation of a complex case involving a patient with altered mental status, facial swelling, and dental pain. The discussion highlights key elements of diagnostic reasoning and the importance of maintaining a broad differential when evaluating high-risk patients. The cas...

07/21/2025

In this episode, we dive into the case of a patient who presents with facial swelling—a common complaint with a wide differential. We walk through the clinical reasoning process, exploring key questions, potential red flags, and common diagnostic traps. As the case unfolds, we highlight the import...

05/30/2025

Burnout sneaks up — until it takes over.

Rob Orman paints the picture of slow mental erosion most clinicians recognize too late.

Don’t wait for the breaking point. Start reclaiming space for yourself now.

Full video: simkit.co/podcast/

04/27/2025

In this episode, we discuss a procedure so impactful that it can influence the direction of care and the patient’s subsequent hospital course. This procedure is the act of having a serious illness conversation. We talked to Dr. Neena Kashyap, an emergency medicine trained and now palliative care f...

04/10/2025

In this episode, Jason Hine speaks with Rob Orman, a renowned emergency physician and coach, about his career transition from emergency medicine to physician coaching. The conversation covers preventive measures for burnout, effective communication with hospital administrators, strategies for self-c...

04/06/2025

Testing models!

Cortical bone thickness check on our IO.

Now we make it full sized for landmark ID!

03/02/2025

02/18/2025

The American Diabetes Association released a consensus report in 2024 on the management of the hyperglycemic crises: DKA and HHS. Our goal is to give you some insight into the latest recommendations on the management of these critical presentations using this report and Dr. George Willis as our guid...

02/03/2025

The American Diabetes Association released a consensus report in 2024 on the management of the hyperglycemic crises: DKA and HHS. Our goal is to give you some insight into the latest recommendations on the management of these critical presentations using this report as our guide. In Part I, we discu...

01/21/2025

Boarding plagues Emergency Departments the country (world?) over. It negatively impacts patient satisfaction, staff wellbeing, patient safety, among others. But what does it cost the hospital/healthcare system? A recent article in Annals tries to answer that question. We sat down with first author a...

01/09/2025

Cannot say enough of the people and support at Maine SBDC for us and the work we are doing to help clinicians be procedurally confident!

12/22/2024

Are you dangerous when it comes to preforming rare procedures like cric, transvenous pacing, and Blakemore tube placement? Do you have a means to keep the rust away? In this podcast we review an article on mental practice and how we all should be practicing to keep ourselves sharp. Click HERE for ou...