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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Sub-internship Simulation Curriculum to Enhance Medical Student Preparedness for Practice	97
Learning Mass Casualty Triage via Role Play Simulation	48
Multimodal Rural Emergency Medicine Curriculum: Preparing Residents for Rural Practice	48
A Design-Thinking Framework to Develop a Successful-Student Led Academic Conference	42
Hands On Training Lateral Canthotomy and Inferior Cantholysis Using Three-Dimensional Model	35
The Price is Right: Cost Awareness Education for Emergency Medicine Residents	28
Care of Bullet-related Injuries: A Cross-sectional Study of Instructions and Prescriptions Provided on Discharge from the Emergency Department	23
Utilization and Cost Savings of an Emergency Department Acetaminophen Route Pathway	23
Revisits After Emergency Department Discharge for Conditions with High Disposition-Decision Variability at Hospitals with High and Low Discharge Rates	21
Chronic Health Crises and Emergency Medicine in War-torn Yemen, Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic	21
Effects of an Online Community Peer-support Intervention on COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation Among Essential Workers: Mixed-methods Analysis	20
Visits to the Pediatric Emergency Department for Eye Conditions Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic	20
What’s Wrong with Me, Doc? Applying A Curriculum for Communicating Diagnostic Uncertainty in The Emergency Medicine Clerkship	20
Development of a Emergency Department Operations and Throughput Curriculum for Resident Physicians	19
Targeted Procedure Lab to Improve Self-Identified Deficiencies Among Graduating Emergency Medicine Residents	17
The Association of Emergency Medicine Residency Training In Medically Underserved Areas And Current Practice In Medically Underserved Areas	17
Agitation Management in the Emergency Department with Physical Restraints: Where Do These Patients End Up?	15
Can Simulation be Used as a Tool to Assess Senior Resident Competence in Supervising Junior Residents Placing Central Lines	15
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine	15
Utility of Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block for Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Could It Be Useful?	14
Disparities in Emergency Department Naloxone and Buprenorphine Initiation	14
COVID-19 Literature Published in Emergency Medicine Journals in 2020	14
WestJEM Full-Text Issue	14
Incidence of Emergency Department Visits for Electric Rental Scooters Using Detailed Ridership Data	13
Implementing a Novel Statewide Network to Support Emergency Department-initiated Buprenorphine Treatment	13

Assessment and Diagnosis of Mental Illness in EDs Among Individuals Without a Home: Findings from the National Hospital Ambulatory Care Survey	12
Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients in the Emergency Department with Left Ventricular Assist Devices	11
Does Housing Status Matter in Emergency Medical Services Administration of Naloxone? A Prehospital Cross-sectional Study	11
The Development, Implementation, and Evolution of an Emergency Medicine Ultrasound-guided Regional Anesthesia Curriculum	11
Electronic Screening for Adolescent Risk Behaviors in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial	11
A Multi-Procedure, Task-Training Kit And Curriculum For A Virtual Medical Student Rotation	11
Time to Treat the Climate and Nature Crisis as One Indivisible Global Health Emergency	11
InnovateEM: Boosting Scholarly Productivity	10
Comorbid Patterns in the Homeless Population: A Theoretical Model to Enhance Patient Care	10
Simulation-based Comparison of British and Australian Advanced Life Support Guidelines	10
Racial Disparities in Opioid Analgesia Administration Among Adult Emergency Department Patients with Abdominal Pain	10
Applied Mathematics to Predict the Progression of Emergency Medicine Resident Productivity	10
Sex and Gender Transformative Medical Education Curriculum Begins with Assessment	10
Educational Continuous Process Improvement: Implementation of an Equity Dashboard for ACGME Milestone Score Assessment	10
Universal Precautions Plus: Physician-Directed Strategies for Improving Patient Health Literacy in the Emergency Department	10
Making Our Preference Known: Preference Signaling in the Emergency Medicine Residency Application	10
Comparison of Pediatric Acute Appendicitis Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City	10
Expanding Diabetes Screening to Identify Undiagnosed Cases Among Emergency Department Patients	9
Vaginal Swabs Are Non-inferior to Endocervical Swabs for Sexually Transmitted Infection testing in the Emergency Department	9
Emergency Medicine Neurocritical Care Bootcamp: A Collaborative Curriculum with Simulation Based Learning	9
Lung Ultrasound Score in COVID-19 Patients Correlates with PO2/FiO2, Intubation Rates, and Mortality	9
The Emergency Medicine Educational Community and the Supply Side of the Workforce	9
Association of Suicide Attempt with Stimulant Abuse in California Emergency Departments in 2011: A Study of 10 Million ED Visits	9
Emergency Department Preparedness to Care for Sexual Assault Survivors: A Nationwide Study	9
A Novel Sustainable QI Residency Elective	8
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	8
“That Line Just Kept Moving”: Motivations and Experiences of People Who Use Methamphetamine	8
From the Editors – Future Directions to Strengthen the Emergency Department Safety Net	8
Welcome to the Block Party: An Emergency Medicine Reference for Regional Anesthesia	8
An Examination of Trauma-Informed Medical Education in the Emergency Medicine Clerkship: Opportunities for Learner-Centered Curricular Development	8
Cloud-Based Influenza Surveillance System in Emergency Departments Using Molecular-Based Testing: Advances and Challenges	8
Simulation-Based Mastery Learning Improves the Performance of Donning and Doffing of Personal Protective Equipment by Medical Students	8
Emergency Department Slit Lamp Interdisciplinary Training with Longitudinal Assessment in Medical Practice (ED SLIT LAMP) - A Preliminary Report on Physician Skill Acquisition	8
Response to AAEM’s “Response to the Yale PA Residency Program”	8
Community Hospital Response to COVID-19 Outbreak	8
Adoption of High-sensitivity Troponin Testing and Emergency Physician Ordering Behavior	8
Prehospital mSOFA Score for Quick Prediction of Life-Saving Interventions and Mortality in Trauma Patients: A Prospective, Multicenter, Ambulance-based, Cohort Study	7
CORD Abstracts 2023	7
WOMen profEssioNal developmenT oUtcome Metrics in Academic Emergency Medicine: Results from the WOMENTUM Modified Delphi Study	7
Virtual Town Hall Meetings to Convey Emergency Medicine Residency Program Information to Students	7
(O-D2) Needs Assessment Tool for Global Emergency Medicine Residency Curriculum Modification	7
WestJEM Full-Text Issue	7
Traumatic Injuries in Sexual Assault Patients in the Emergency Department	7
Gaps in the Identification of Child Race and Ethnicity in a Pediatric Emergency Department	7
Western Journal Of Emergency Medicine	7
Emergency Medicine Resident Needs Assessment and Preferences for a High-value Care Curriculum	7
Development of a Longitudinal Research Curriculum for Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship	7
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Insomnia and Sleep-aid Use in Emergency Physicians in Japan: Secondary Analysis of a Nationwide Survey	6
Impact of COVID-19 on Emergency Medicine Residency Programs: A Cross-Sectional Study in New York State	6
Does Inclusion of Residents in EKG screening in the ED change the Time to Catheterization Lab Activation?	6

Effectiveness of face mask mandates in 4 suburban US communities during the SARS-CoV2 Omicron surge	6
Education Value Units: A Currency for Recognizing Faculty Effort	6
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Presenteeism in Emergency Medicine	6
Direct vs Video Laryngoscopy for Difficult Airway Patients in the Emergency Department: A National Emergency Airway Registry Study	6
Effect of an Emergency Department Closure on Homeless Patients and Adjacent Hospitals	6
The Emergency Medicine Education and Research by Global Experts (EMERGE) Network: Challenges and Lessons Learned	6
Shuffling the Deck - Factors at Play in Applicant Program Ranking	5
Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice in Resuscitation: Time to Completion of Critical Actions	5
Substance Use Disorders Rotation: Addiction Medicine for EM residents and students	5
Application of Point-of-care Ultrasound for Screening Climbers at High Altitude for Pulmonary B-lines	5
End-tidal Carbon Dioxide + Return of Spontaneous Circulation After Cardiac Arrest (RACA) Score to Predict Outcomes After Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest	5
Simulation in Emergency Medicine Residency Training Programs: A National Survey	5
Creation of a Residency-Based Medical Student Education Committee	5
Code SIM: Cardiac Arrest Simulations for Graduating Medical Students	5
Emergency Department Length of Stay Is Associated with Delirium in Older Adults	5
Sustainable Purchasing Practices: A Comparison of Single-use and Reusable Pulse Oximeters in the Emergency Department	5
Procedural Curriculum to Verify Intern Competence Prior to Patient Care	5
Implementation and Impacts of California Senate Bill 1152 on Homeless Discharge Protocols	5
Manual Uterine Aspiration (MUA) Simulation for Emergency Medicine (EM) Residents	5
Haboob Dust Storms and Motor Vehicle Collision-related Trauma in Phoenix, Arizona	5
Western Journal Of Emergency Medicine	5
The Accuracy of Sepsis Screening Score for Mortality Prediction at Emergency Department Triage	5
Impact of Geriatric Consult Evaluations on Hospital Admission Rates for Older Adults	5
Strategies in Emergency Department-based COVID-19 Vaccination	4
Charcot Neuroarthropathy of the Foot and Ankle in the Acute Setting: An Illustrative Case Report and Targeted Review	4
Virtual Open House: Incorporating Support Persons into the Residency Community	4
Qualitative Study of Emergency Medicine Residents’ Perspectives of Trauma Leadership Development	4
Perception of Quiet Students in Emergency Medicine: An Exploration of Narratives in the Standardized Letter of Evaluation	4
Quantifying Compassion Fatigue in Ancillary and Clinical Staff in an Adult Emergency Department	4
Returns After Discharge From the Emergency Department Observation Unit: Who, What, When, and Why?	4
Blood Vessel Occlusion by the Layperson Audiovisual Assist Tourniquet (LAVA TQ) Compared to the Combat Application Tourniquet: Randomized Controlled Trial	4
Variation of Emergency Medicine Resident Productivity During the COVID-19 Pandemic	4
Just-in-time Procedure Guides in Emergency Medicine	4
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	4
Metrics of Resident Achievement for Defining Program Aims	4
Association Between the Affordable Care Act and Emergency Department Visits for Psychiatric Disease	4
Emergency Medicine History and Expansion into the Future: A Narrative Review	4
Clinical Features of Aortic Dissection in the Emergency Department: A Single-center Experience from South China	4
Association of Emergency Department Payer Mix with ED Receipt of Telehealth Services: An Observational Analysis	4
Up in Flames: The Safety of Electrocautery Trephination of Subungual Hematomas with Acrylic Nails	4
Experiences with Medications for Addiction Treatment Among Emergency Department Patients with Opioid Use Disorder	4
Sonographer Educator in the Emergency Department: Evaluation of a Novel Education Intervention	4
“Visual Odyssey”: An Asynchronous Initiative to Encourage Learning of Core Concepts in Emergency Medicine	4
Mission-Driven Individual Learning Plans: A Recipe for Resident Growth	4
Gastroesophageal Balloon Tamponade Simulation-based Training in Emergency Medicine: Curricular Needs Assessment	4
Trends in Core Clerkship Grading Among Emergency Medicine Residency Applicants	3
Deciphering a Changing Match Environment in Emergency Medicine and Identifying Residency Program Needs	3
The Standardized Letter of Evaluation: How We Perceive the Quiet Student	3
Homemade NeoPuff Simulator for NRP	3
A Novel Technique to Identify Intimate Partner Violence in a Hospital Setting	3
Safe Discharge Needs Following Emergency Care for Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Assault, and Sex Trafficking	3
Novel, Synchronous, First-person Perspective Virtual Simulations for Medical Students in Emergency Medicine	3
Educating Future Educators–Resident Distinction in Education: A Longitudinal Curriculum for Physician Educators	3
Addressing Emergency Department Care for Patients Experiencing Incarceration: A Narrative Review	3
The Impact of Alcohol Sales in A College Football Stadium on Healthcare Utilization	3
Gender Disparities in Emergency Medicine Faculty Evaluations by Residents	3
Large-scale Implementation of Fascia Iliaca Compartment Blocks in an Emergency Department	3
High-risk Return Visits to United States Emergency Departments, 2010–2018	3
Understanding Resources in our Community to Understand and Help the Patients We Serve	3
Epinephrine in Cardiac Arrest: Identifying a Potential Limit for Resuscitation	3
Video Education Intervention in the Emergency Department	3
A Competency-based Tool for Resident Evaluation of Pediatric Emergency Department Faculty	3
O-C2) The Association of Image Gain Intensity to the Accuracy of Point-of-care Ocular Ultrasound	3
This Article Corrects: “Persistent and Widespread Pain Among Blacks Six Weeks after MVC: Emergency Department-based Cohort Study”	3
Implementation of a Leave-behind Naloxone Program in San Francisco: A One-year Experience	3
Proportion of Emergency Department Visits for Alcohol Abuse Increased After the Arrival of COVID-19	3
Educating and Empowering Inner-City High School Students in Bleeding Control	3
Clinician Absences and Contributing Factors During a COVID-19 Surge: Potential Areas for Intervention and Planning	3
The Status of Pediatric Critical Care (PCC) Experience in Emergency Medicine (EM) Residency Training Programs	3
Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on ED Adult Psychiatric Visits	3
Debriefing Gold: Harnessing the Power of Debriefing Data to Inform Education	3
Variation in Trauma Team Response Fees in United States Trauma Centers	3
Comment on “Comparing Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Practice in US Emergency Departments, 2010-2017”	3
Pregnancy Complications After Dobbs: The Role of EMTALA	3
Emergency Medicine Residents’ “Just World” Bias Is Not Associated with a Biased Case Mix	3