Introduction Amid the opioid crisis, emergency medicine (EM) physicians increasingly tackle opioid use disorder (OUD) in the emergency department. Although the "X waiver" is no more, OUD-specific education requirements persist for EM clinicians and trainees. Traditional EM education emphasizes pathophysiology but overlooks the role of stigma in OUD as well as the importance of a peer recovery support specialist (peer) and community referral partners. We aimed to create and deliver a holistic EM OUD curriculum to b…

Abstract Faculty development is a cornerstone of academic medicine, supporting personal growth, professional advancement, and departmental effectiveness across all stages of a faculty member’s career. Among the tools available, faculty retreats have increasingly emerged as a high-impact strategy to foster collaboration, advance strategic planning, and address individual and collective goals in a structured, reflective setting. While retreats are widely used in other sectors, practical guidance tailored to the acad…

<sec> <title>UNSTRUCTURED</title> Faculty development in academic medicine is important to promote personal and professional growth over the course of a career. Faculty retreats have increasingly emerged as a faculty development strategy which can broadly impact individual as well as departmental or institutional needs; however, limited resources are available, with specificity to academic medicine, to guide a department or other organizers on how to implement a faculty retreat. As such, this review attempts to co…

A middle-aged male with an unknown past medical history presented to the emergency department (ED) by ambulance after falling 4 feet off a step ladder. On arrival, the patient appeared uncomfortable and was complaining of back pain. He was in atrial fibrillation at 130 beats per minute and had a blood pressure of 100/69 mmHg. His primary survey was intact and secondary survey was notable for lumbar paraspinal tenderness to palpation, with no midline bony tenderness or step-offs. His Focused Assessment with Sonogra…

We describe the case of a 74-year-old male with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) who presented to the Emergency Department for evaluation of acutely worsened left-sided weakness following a fall from standing. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of his cervical spine revealed a chalk-stick fracture of C5-C7, which required surgical intervention. Chalk-stick fractures are rare, typically occurring in patients with AS, and often occurring from low-energy mechanisms. In the acute setting, provide…