Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds

Pregnancy complications can happen up to a year postpartum, and they can show up in any clinical setting. What should emergency medicine and urgent care clinicians do if an obstetrician isn't nearby?   Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds , an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo's podcasts. This month, we're bringing you a conversation from our ERcast: Clinical Per...

After Dr. Rana Awdish published her bestselling medical memoir In Shock , about her own critical illness in the last months of her fellowship, it was translated into multiple languages and taught in medical schools all over the country. She became a leading voice in medicine and the patient experience.  But Rana's healing journey was far from over. In the aftermath of her prolonged hospitalization...

Most clinicians didn't learn enough about teeth (unless we're dentists). We may learn about every other body part in depth, but we're often ill-equipped to manage outpatient dental fractures and other injuries.  Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo's podcasts. This month, we're bringing you a conversation from our Urgent Care...

"Game changer for sure. I've listened to it 3 times. Thank you!" This is just one of dozens of listener comments we received about the conversation you're about to hear. Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo's podcasts. This month, we're bringing you a fan-favorite conversation from our Primary Care Reviews and Perspectives po...

Even if you treat hives all the time, chances are you'll learn something totally new and helpful from this month's conversation. Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo's podcasts. This month, we're bringing you a discussion from our Urgent Care RAP podcast about the expert treatment of urticaria, with a little pop quiz to get t...

There is a lot for frontline clinicians to navigate these days when it comes to vaccines. For many of us, old-school diseases that existed only in our medical textbooks or on our Boards are starting to show up in our practices. No matter our work setting, healthcare providers are under more pressure than ever to educate patients about vaccine-preventable illnesses, and to recognize and manage thes...

Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo Education's podcasts. This month, we're bringing you a favorite conversation from our new audio course, In Their Prime: A Geriatrics Audio Course . In this conversation, renowned geriatrician and bestselling author Dr. Louise Aronson discusses helpful tips and tools for successful visits w...

Medical professionals are being targeted by scam artists in increasingly creative ways. Whether the phone call comes from a local government agency, court system, or medical licensing board, scammers are finding new, convincing ways to stoke panic in clinicians and then access their money. Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo...

Gunnar Esiason was two years old when he was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. He spent lots of time in hospitals, and by the time he was in his 20s, he was really sick. His medical team was running out of options.  But then, when Gunnar was 27, he participated in a clinical trial that would change his life. The drug he received as a research participant made all of his cystic fibrosis symptoms disa...

Alpha-gal syndrome has been all over the news as cases are on the rise. Have you ever diagnosed alpha-gal allergy? Would you know what to look for? Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo Education's podcasts. This month, we're bringing you a conversation from our Primary Care Reviews and Perspectives (RAP) and Urgent Care Revie...

Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo Education's podcasts. This month, we're bringing you a short and sweet conversation about the benefit of short and sweet antibiotic courses from our new product, The Right Script: An Antibiotic Stewardship Audio Course . With nearly a third of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions in the U.S...

Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo Education's podcasts. This month, we're bringing you a very special conversation with the current President of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Susan Kressly. With so much mistrust in medicine right now, and so many questions about the new composition of the ACIP and its impact on f...

One of the most stressful things a clinician can go through is a medical malpractice lawsuit. And all too often, no one talks about these cases.  Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo Education's podcasts. This month, we're bringing you a conversation from our Urgent Care RAP podcast about a real-life medical malpractice case,...

Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo Education's podcasts. This month, we're digging into some life-changing strategies to manage pain and anxiety with IUD placement. Dr. Matt Zeitler, a full-spectrum Family Medicine physician and educator at UNC sits down with host Dr. Neda Frayha to explore new recommendations from the CDC,...

Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo Education's podcasts. This month, we're sharing a pearl-packed conversation from ERcast on the most important updates in diverticulitis - a diagnosis that feels very bread-and-butter and yet actually has a lot of nuance to it. Should you order a CT? Should you prescribe antibiotics? EM phy...

Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo Education's podcasts. In light of the current measles outbreak, we are bringing you a conversation from Hippo's Peds RAP podcast in which pediatricians Drs. Liza Mackintosh and Mike Cosimini review the most important things front-line clinicians need to know about measles. They cover the c...

Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo Education's podcasts. In this episode, Drs. Micaela Bowers and Neda Frayha from Hippo's Primary Care RAP podcast tackle a clinical topic that has gained a lot of attention lately: menopausal hormone therapy. MHT has had a bad rap for years, but it's time for clinicians to rethink what we w...

Join Dr. Kelly Heidepriem and pharmacist Dr. Kyle Dvoracek as they dive into the growing concern around xylazine, also known as "Tranq," a potent substance increasingly being found in illicit drugs. In this discussion, they'll unpack the latest developments surrounding this dangerous drug, its effects on the body, and what clinicians need to know to recognize and respond to cases of xylazine expos...

The opioid epidemic is an ongoing crisis that devastates individuals and communities across the U.S. But did you know opioid use disorder dates back to the early 1800s? In this conversation, we'll explore the history of this public health issue and then shift focus to how clinicians and lawmakers can collaborate on harm reduction and effective treatment strategies for OUD. Explore Our Podcasts: hi...

Three months after Dr. Beth Weinstock's 20-year-old son, Eli, tragically died in 2021, the coroner revealed that his body contained both kratom, a legal herbal supplement, and fentanyl—something Eli never intended to ingest. His death highlights the deadly rise of fentanyl, which contributed to over 107,000 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2022, with synthetic opioids like fentanyl involved in...

What do you do with the patient who arrives in the ED with an unreasonable request? DeLaney, Drew, and Andy discuss how to best handle this all-too-common occurrence. Explore Our Podcasts: hippoed.com/podcasts

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in emergency medicine is here, particularly in the last several months and all of us will have our careers impacted by AI soon. There is a lot of computer science and jargon to understand, and Drew and Cam will help break down some of this nomenclature. Computers/AI are good at generating probabilities. But, making a diagnosis about a patient in front of you is more th...

Drs. Matt Delaney and Kelly Heidepriem review a real-life urgent care case on testicular torsion and discuss the known malpractice data on torsion, ways to reduce our legal risk, and how this can be an easy miss by anyone. Explore Our Podcasts: hippoed.com/podcasts

The terms vocation and profession are both commonly used to describe the practice of medicine. While these terms may seem interchangeable, there are subtle differences in their definitions that can make a big difference. DeLaney covers how we describe our lives in the emergency department and how what we say may make a difference. Explore Our Podcasts: hippoed.com/podcasts

We so frequently see patients in the Urgent Care with complaints about their ears - everything from pain, to fullness, to hearing loss to "I'm all plugged up!". Today Brett talks with Dr. Matthew DeLaney to cover strategies we can use to get these patients some relief. Explore Our Podcasts: hippoed.com/podcasts