Our goal with NEJM Resident 360 is to make residency easier for medical
trainees so we have a variety of educational offerings and interactive
discussion boards and now we have a podcast on the website. Curbside Consults
is a podcast series where we take the articles that are published in the
journal and use expert speakers to delve into the literature surrounding that
topic but also more into the article and how that's going to be practice-changing.
So we try to cover what is relevant particularly for residents and medical
students and we try to cut a bow obviously what is current as well and in
addition to the main podcast that is curbside consults this year we've also
created a spin-off called statistical reviews which tries to delve deeper into
some of the statistical concepts that are related with the primarily
literature. Oftentimes as residents, there are a lot of statistical concepts that
are kind of confusing and the point with the statistical review podcast really is
just to make statistics more accessible and easier for residents because it's
something that we've struggled with as residents and fellows. So just to give
you an idea of topics we've covered recently we've done intention-to-treat,
we've done power, and we're going to be publishing one on inferiority trials. And
in terms of the Curbside Consults or the actual podcast itself... so we've tried to
cover a range of topics with that as well so earlier on in the year, we've
done acute myocardial infarction in cardiogenic shock, one of our most recent
episodes that went out was about thromboprophylaxis in patients with cancer
using some of the newer anticoagulant anticoagulation agents and some of the
future podcasts that we're going to be taping includes an episode on
e-cigarettes, that's very topical now, and covers both pediatric and adult patients,
as well as looking at common things like diabetes and antibiotics. We try to have
experts that are in the field and so our speakers have really ranged from
editors that are here at the Journal and to local experts and we're gonna be
featuring experts that are just outside of Boston as well. And we're very mindful
with that in addition to having a core U.S. audience that New England Journal of
Medicine really is an international resource. So when we choose our experts
and we choose our topics, we're really mindful of trying to keep that broad
exposure so that it can be relevant to medical students and to residents across
all countries. As the form changes of the podcast and with the new edition of
statistical review if you have any topics or questions you have we'd love to hear
from you. You can always email us at residence360@nejm.org. Or you can
provide us any feedback anywhere that you can find our podcasts, so our
podcasts are available on all the usual platforms such as iTunes Google Play and
also by the New England Journal of Medicine Resident 360 website where you
can find our link and give us feedback as well. I think all of the podcasts have
been a lot of fun to work on. I think with each of them we're learning
something new and it's I think that's part of the fun experience of doing
these. It's been a lot of fun really going into that literature and discussing you
know what we think are core points, key points that residents and learners need
to know about. Having started statistical review I've actually found that to be
although statistics has traditionally considered such a dry topic actually
having to sit down, work with the statistical editors and consultants here at
New England Journal of Medicine it's been quite a steep learning curve, but
it's been something that I think we as the editorial fellows have
found quite useful in producing so we hope that that content is useful for our
listeners as well. We really consider Curbside Consults as very complementary
to the core material that is covered in Rotation Prep. So the best way to think
about the two of them is that Rotation Prep offers you the the kind of basics,
the foundation information that you need to get yourself prepared as you go into
a new rotation, and then Curbside Consults kind of complements that core
information with some up-to-date information of the latest
trials that might not necessarily make it to textbooks or to other resources
that you can access immediately. Well there are a lot of great resources on
resident360.nejm.org like journal clubs, online discussions, and even a podcast. In
order to access Rotation Prep, you have to have an individual or institutional
subscription to NEJM, NEJM Journal Watch, or NEJM Knowledge Plus.
Most residents and medical students have
access through an institutional subscription.