RLS Pitfalls In Study Design And Statistical Methods

Authors

  • Lynn P. Roppolo, MD

    John Peter Smith Hospital; Adjunct Professor University of North Texas and Texas Christian University

    Dr. Roppolo is a retired Professor of Emergency Medicine from the University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) and is currently core faculty and the Assistant Ultrasound Director at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth Texas. She is an Adjunct Professor at the University of North Texas and Texas Christian University. She is a Senior Editor for the Journal of Emergency Medicine and has published numerous peer reviewed papers as first or senior author. She has assisted with coordinating the Research Learning Series for the last two years. Her scholarly and research interests involve anything related to ultrasound and managing acutely agitated patients to reduce physical assaults on ED staff. She is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, did her emergency medicine residency at the George Washington University and an emergency ultrasound fellowship at UTSW after being part of the residency leadership for 15 years. 
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    Dan Mayer, MD

    Albany Medical College

    I have practiced as an Emergency Medicine physician for the past 43 years. I have been teaching for the past 37 years and practicing clinical Emergency Medicine for 35 years in a variety of hospital settings including academic urban emergency departments and rural community hospital emergency departments. I was an attending Emergency Medicine physician at Albany Medical Center Hospital from 1987 until my retirement in 2014. I also taught evidence-based medicine, medical decision-making and Emergency Medicine at Albany Medical College. I have taught medical students, other health science students, residents and attending physicians. Currently I teach EBM to dental residents through NYU Dental School. I have been board certified in Emergency Medicine since 1984. I am currently retired from active clinical practice and still active in publishing medical research in Emergency Medicine and teaching EBM to dental residents. I am an Associate Editor for the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine and JACEP Open. I was an associate editor for MedEdPORTAL for 12 years and still perform reviews for them. I have been an outstanding peer-reviewer for Academic Medicine, JACEP Open, Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, Academic Emergency Medicine, MedEdPORTAL, and Annals of Emergency Medicine. I have given many presentations on EBM, Team Based Learning, Diagnostic error, Peer review, and critical appraisal at many national and international meetings.

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