Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment

Friday, August 23, 2013

LLSA 2014 Articles

The primary goal of LLSA 2014 is to promote continuous learning by diplomates.  ABEM facilitates this learning by identifying an annual set of 2014 LLSA articles to guide diplomates in self-study of recent EM literature.  Readings are intended to address issues of relevance to current clinical practice at the time they are posted.  ABEM recognizes that EM review course is an ever-evolving science and that new knowledge becomes available on a continual basis.

LLSA readings are designed as study tools and should be read critically.  They are not intended to be all-inclusive and are not meant to define the standard of care for the clinical practice of EM review courses.  ABEM does not endorse a specific research finding or treatment modality by virtue of its being the subject of a selected LLSA 2014 articles.

One criterion for choosing articles is that they be easily available from a variety of sources, such as common Emergency Medicine texts, libraries, and Internet websites.  In addition, some publishers allow access to the articles directly from the ABEM public website, ABEM MOC Online, or both by clicking on the underlined listings.