OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Western Journal of Emergency Medicine is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Sub-internship Simulation Curriculum to Enhance Medical Student Preparedness for Practice	173
Multimodal Rural Emergency Medicine Curriculum: Preparing Residents for Rural Practice	79
Learning Mass Casualty Triage via Role Play Simulation	34
A Design-Thinking Framework to Develop a Successful-Student Led Academic Conference	31
Hands On Training Lateral Canthotomy and Inferior Cantholysis Using Three-Dimensional Model	29
Utilization and Cost Savings of an Emergency Department Acetaminophen Route Pathway	24
Care of Bullet-related Injuries: A Cross-sectional Study of Instructions and Prescriptions Provided on Discharge from the Emergency Department	22
Effects of an Online Community Peer-support Intervention on COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation Among Essential Workers: Mixed-methods Analysis	21
The Price is Right: Cost Awareness Education for Emergency Medicine Residents	20
What’s Wrong with Me, Doc? Applying A Curriculum for Communicating Diagnostic Uncertainty in The Emergency Medicine Clerkship	19
Can Simulation be Used as a Tool to Assess Senior Resident Competence in Supervising Junior Residents Placing Central Lines	18
Development of a Emergency Department Operations and Throughput Curriculum for Resident Physicians	18
The Association of Emergency Medicine Residency Training In Medically Underserved Areas And Current Practice In Medically Underserved Areas	18
Targeted Procedure Lab to Improve Self-Identified Deficiencies Among Graduating Emergency Medicine Residents	18
Utility of Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block for Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Could It Be Useful?	17
WestJEM Full-Text Issue	17
Disparities in Emergency Department Naloxone and Buprenorphine Initiation	16
Electronic Screening for Adolescent Risk Behaviors in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial	14
Agitation Management in the Emergency Department with Physical Restraints: Where Do These Patients End Up?	14
Does Housing Status Matter in Emergency Medical Services Administration of Naloxone? A Prehospital Cross-sectional Study	13
Time to Treat the Climate and Nature Crisis as One Indivisible Global Health Emergency	13
Universal Precautions Plus: Physician-Directed Strategies for Improving Patient Health Literacy in the Emergency Department	12
Educational Continuous Process Improvement: Implementation of an Equity Dashboard for ACGME Milestone Score Assessment	12
The Development, Implementation, and Evolution of an Emergency Medicine Ultrasound-guided Regional Anesthesia Curriculum	12
Racial Disparities in Opioid Analgesia Administration Among Adult Emergency Department Patients with Abdominal Pain	12

A Multi-Procedure, Task-Training Kit And Curriculum For A Virtual Medical Student Rotation	12
Comparison of Pediatric Acute Appendicitis Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City	12
InnovateEM: Boosting Scholarly Productivity	12
Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients in the Emergency Department with Left Ventricular Assist Devices	11
Simulation-based Comparison of British and Australian Advanced Life Support Guidelines	11
The Emergency Medicine Educational Community and the Supply Side of the Workforce	10
Emergency Department Slit Lamp Interdisciplinary Training with Longitudinal Assessment in Medical Practice (ED SLIT LAMP) - A Preliminary Report on Physician Skill Acquisition	10
Emergency Medicine Neurocritical Care Bootcamp: A Collaborative Curriculum with Simulation Based Learning	10
Expanding Diabetes Screening to Identify Undiagnosed Cases Among Emergency Department Patients	10
Emergency Department Preparedness to Care for Sexual Assault Survivors: A Nationwide Study	10
Sex and Gender Transformative Medical Education Curriculum Begins with Assessment	10
Lung Ultrasound Score in COVID-19 Patients Correlates with PO2/FiO2, Intubation Rates, and Mortality	10
Welcome to the Block Party: An Emergency Medicine Reference for Regional Anesthesia	10
Applied Mathematics to Predict the Progression of Emergency Medicine Resident Productivity	10
An Examination of Trauma-Informed Medical Education in the Emergency Medicine Clerkship: Opportunities for Learner-Centered Curricular Development	9
“That Line Just Kept Moving”: Motivations and Experiences of People Who Use Methamphetamine	9
WestJEM Full-Text Issue	9
(O-D2) Needs Assessment Tool for Global Emergency Medicine Residency Curriculum Modification	9
From the Editors – Future Directions to Strengthen the Emergency Department Safety Net	9
Prospective Cohort Study of Emergency Department Visit Frequency and Diagnoses Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic in Urban, Low-Income, US- and Foreign-Born Mothers in Boston, MA	9
Emergency Medicine Resident Needs Assessment and Preferences for a High-value Care Curriculum	9
A Novel Sustainable QI Residency Elective	9
Gaps in the Identification of Child Race and Ethnicity in a Pediatric Emergency Department	9
CORD Abstracts 2023	9
Direct vs Video Laryngoscopy for Difficult Airway Patients in the Emergency Department: A National Emergency Airway Registry Study	9
Education Value Units: A Currency for Recognizing Faculty Effort	8
WOMen profEssioNal developmenT oUtcome Metrics in Academic Emergency Medicine: Results from the WOMENTUM Modified Delphi Study	8
Presenteeism in Emergency Medicine	8
Prehospital mSOFA Score for Quick Prediction of Life-Saving Interventions and Mortality in Trauma Patients: A Prospective, Multicenter, Ambulance-based, Cohort Study	8
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Insomnia and Sleep-aid Use in Emergency Physicians in Japan: Secondary Analysis of a Nationwide Survey	8
Effectiveness of face mask mandates in 4 suburban US communities during the SARS-CoV2 Omicron surge	8
Traumatic Injuries in Sexual Assault Patients in the Emergency Department	8
Does Inclusion of Residents in EKG screening in the ED change the Time to Catheterization Lab Activation?	8
Procedural Curriculum to Verify Intern Competence Prior to Patient Care	7
Western Journal Of Emergency Medicine	7
Application of Point-of-care Ultrasound for Screening Climbers at High Altitude for Pulmonary B-lines	7
Simulation in Emergency Medicine Residency Training Programs: A National Survey	7
Impact of Geriatric Consult Evaluations on Hospital Admission Rates for Older Adults	7
End-tidal Carbon Dioxide + Return of Spontaneous Circulation After Cardiac Arrest (RACA) Score to Predict Outcomes After Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest	7
The Emergency Medicine Education and Research by Global Experts (EMERGE) Network: Challenges and Lessons Learned	7
Implementation and Impacts of California Senate Bill 1152 on Homeless Discharge Protocols	6
Emergency Department Length of Stay Is Associated with Delirium in Older Adults	6
Haboob Dust Storms and Motor Vehicle Collision-related Trauma in Phoenix, Arizona	6
Creation of a Residency-Based Medical Student Education Committee	6
Qualitative Study of Emergency Medicine Residents’ Perspectives of Trauma Leadership Development	6
Substance Use Disorders Rotation: Addiction Medicine for EM residents and students	6
The Accuracy of Sepsis Screening Score for Mortality Prediction at Emergency Department Triage	6
Shuffling the Deck - Factors at Play in Applicant Program Ranking	6
Manual Uterine Aspiration (MUA) Simulation for Emergency Medicine (EM) Residents	6
Virtual Open House: Incorporating Support Persons into the Residency Community	6

Sustainable Purchasing Practices: A Comparison of Single-use and Reusable Pulse Oximeters in the Emergency Department	6
Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice in Resuscitation: Time to Completion of Critical Actions	6
Code SIM: Cardiac Arrest Simulations for Graduating Medical Students	6
Where Have All the FLOWERS Gone? A Multicenter Investigation of Frequent Users of Midwest Emergency Department Services During the COVID-19 Stay-at-home Orders	5
Perception of Quiet Students in Emergency Medicine: An Exploration of Narratives in the Standardized Letter of Evaluation	5
Quantifying Compassion Fatigue in Ancillary and Clinical Staff in an Adult Emergency Department	5
Variation of Emergency Medicine Resident Productivity During the COVID-19 Pandemic	5
Sonographer Educator in the Emergency Department: Evaluation of a Novel Education Intervention	5
Blood Vessel Occlusion by the Layperson Audiovisual Assist Tourniquet (LAVA TQ) Compared to the Combat Application Tourniquet: Randomized Controlled Trial	5
Charcot Neuroarthropathy of the Foot and Ankle in the Acute Setting: An Illustrative Case Report and Targeted Review	5
Association Between the Affordable Care Act and Emergency Department Visits for Psychiatric Disease	5
Returns After Discharge From the Emergency Department Observation Unit: Who, What, When, and Why?	5
Gastroesophageal Balloon Tamponade Simulation-based Training in Emergency Medicine: Curricular Needs Assessment	5
Large-scale Implementation of Fascia Iliaca Compartment Blocks in an Emergency Department	4
Experiences with Medications for Addiction Treatment Among Emergency Department Patients with Opioid Use Disorder	4
Understanding Resources in our Community to Understand and Help the Patients We Serve	4
A Novel Technique to Identify Intimate Partner Violence in a Hospital Setting	4
Gender Disparities in Emergency Medicine Faculty Evaluations by Residents	4
Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on ED Adult Psychiatric Visits	4
“Visual Odyssey”: An Asynchronous Initiative to Encourage Learning of Core Concepts in Emergency Medicine	4
Homemade NeoPuff Simulator for NRP	4
The Status of Pediatric Critical Care (PCC) Experience in Emergency Medicine (EM) Residency Training Programs	4
Trends in Core Clerkship Grading Among Emergency Medicine Residency Applicants	4
Video Education Intervention in the Emergency Department	4
Deciphering a Changing Match Environment in Emergency Medicine and Identifying Residency Program Needs	4
Mission-Driven Individual Learning Plans: A Recipe for Resident Growth	4
The Standardized Letter of Evaluation: How We Perceive the Quiet Student	4
High-risk Return Visits to United States Emergency Departments, 2010–2018	4
Proportion of Emergency Department Visits for Alcohol Abuse Increased After the Arrival of COVID-19	4
Variation in Trauma Team Response Fees in United States Trauma Centers	3
Impact of Specific Resident-Driven Virtual Recruitment Sessions on Residency Applications and Match Preferences	3
REPS Shift Debrief	3
Incorporating a Resident-Driven Mentorship Program into Emergency Medicine Clerkship Rotations	3
Gamification of POCUS: Are Students Learning?	3
Strategic Educational Expansion of Trauma Simulation Initiative via a Plan-Do-Study-Act Ramp	3
Debriefing Gold: Harnessing the Power of Debriefing Data to Inform Education	3
Addressing Emergency Department Care for Patients Experiencing Incarceration: A Narrative Review	3
Comment on “Comparing Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Practice in US Emergency Departments, 2010-2017”	3
O-C2) The Association of Image Gain Intensity to the Accuracy of Point-of-care Ocular Ultrasound	3
Pregnancy Complications After Dobbs: The Role of EMTALA	3
A Novel Pediatric Resuscitation Simulation and Procedures Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Residents	3
Utilization and Impact of Pharmacist-led, Urinary Culture Follow-Up After Discharge from the Emergency Department	3
The Accuracy of Predictive Analytics in Forecasting Emergency Department Volume Before and After Onset of COVID-19	3
Is Two Better Than Three? A Systematic Review of Two-bag Intravenous N-acetylcysteine Regimens for Acetaminophen Poisoning	3
Safe Discharge Needs Following Emergency Care for Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Assault, and Sex Trafficking	3
The Impact of Alcohol Sales in A College Football Stadium on Healthcare Utilization	3
Novel, Synchronous, First-person Perspective Virtual Simulations for Medical Students in Emergency Medicine	3
Nursing Feedback for Emergency Medicine Residents: A Mixed Methods Survey Analysis of National Practices	3
Social Determinants of Health Patient Care Reflection in the Emergency Medicine Clerkship	3
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine	3
Number of Patient Encounters in Emergency Medicine Residency Does Not Correlate with In-Training Exam Domain Scores	3
A Competency-based Tool for Resident Evaluation of Pediatric Emergency Department Faculty	3
Scoring Tools in Emergency Medicine: A Novel Video Lecture Series	3
Epinephrine in Cardiac Arrest: Identifying a Potential Limit for Resuscitation	3
Implementation of a Leave-behind Naloxone Program in San Francisco: A One-year Experience	3