FERNE Sponsors Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve Head CT Interpretation with Joshua Broder MD

Joshua Broder, MD, FACEP

Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery

Division of Emergency Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina


FERNE is pleased to support Joshua Broder, MD, FACEP in his efforts to study and improve head CT interpretation by emergency physicians as they care for Emergency Department patients with neurological emergencies.


Joshua Broder, MD, FACEP Biography


Joshua Broder received his B.S from Duke University (1994) and his M.D. from Yale University School of Medicine (1999). He was a chief resident at University of Maryland Division of Emergency Medicine (1999 - 2002), and then he was an assistant professor and assistant residency director at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2002 - 2005).

Now he is an assistant clinical professor of Surgery, director of Undergraduate Education in Duke University Medical Center. He is a professional member of American College of Emergency Physicians, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American Medical Association and North Carolina College of Emergency Physicians. He has received honors like Socrates Award for Resident Education from UNCCH in 2005, Faculty development award, center for international studies from UNCCH in 2005, Socrates Award for Resident Education from UNCCH in 2004, Medical Alumni Endowment Fund Award from UNCCH in 2004, Junior Faculty Development Award from UNCCH in 2003, Socrates Award for Resident Education from UNCCH in 2003, National Merit Scholar, Benjamin N. Duke Scholar (leadership scholarship), Duke Power Scholar (full academic merit scholarship), Golden Key Honor Society and Phi Eta Sigma (national freshman honor society).


Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve Head CT Interpretation by Emergency Physicians

Joshua Broder’s research focuses on head CT interpretation by emergency physicians. A randomized, controlled trial of two methods to improve head CT interpretation is open for enrollment. The trial compares the effect of an online interactive teaching module to a text article. Subjects will interpret 20 head CTs using an online PACS interface, before and after completing the educational intervention. This trial is approved by the Institutional Review Board at Duke University.

Enroll in this study at:

Web-based Radiology Education Tool for Emergency Medicine Trainees and Practitioners


Related Links:

Emergency Medicine Picture Archiving & Communication System This is the link to the EMPACS site, which includes information of CT interpretation of all types.

Medical Error Reduction in Emergency Medicine by Internet-Based Head CT Training This is the head CT project description.

Midnight Radiology: Emergency CT of the Head This is a manuscript that describes how to interpret head CTs in ED patients who present with neurological emergencies. This paper was also published on the EMedHome.com website.

 

Funded by the Foundation for Education and Research in Neurological Emergencies (FERNE)

 

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