Ankel, Felix K., MD
Physician Emergency Medicine
About

Specialty: Emergency Medicine

Title: Physician Emergency Medicine & Core Faculty, Emergency Department

Faculty Appointment: Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School

Education and Training:

  • Residency – University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Medical School – University of Wisconsin-Madison

Interests Specific to Education:

  • Innovative human-centered design
  • Systems thinking
  • Teaming behavior
  • IHI’s Quadruple Aim

Additional Contact:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/felixankel/
Publications While At HealthPartners
Highlights
selected publications
Journal Article
  • American Board of Emergency Medicine report on residency and fellowship training information (2024-2025). 
    Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2025
  • Association between American Board of Emergency Medicine certification performance and severe state medical licensure actions. 
    American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2025
  • 2023 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference on Precision Emergency Medicine: development of a policy-relevant, patient-centered research agenda. 
    Academic Emergency Medicine. 2024
  • American Board of Emergency Medicine report on residency and fellowship training information (2023-2024). 
    Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2024
  • Emergency medicine milestones final ratings are often subpar. 
    Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2024
  • Precision medicine within health professions education: defining a research agenda for emergency medicine using a foresight and strategy technique (FaST) review. 
    AEM education and training. 2024
  • The Dunning‒Kruger effect in resident predicted and actual performance on the American Board of Emergency Medicine in-training examination. 
    J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2024
  • American Board of Emergency Medicine report on residency and fellowship training information (2022-2023). 
    Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2023
  • American Board of Emergency Medicine report on residency and fellowship training information (2021-2022). 
    Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2022
  • Distributed autonomous organization of learning: future structure for health professions education institutions. 
    JMIR medical education. 2022
  • ALiEM Connect: large-scale, interactive virtual residency programming in response to COVID-19. 
    Academic Medicine. 2021
  • Can D-dimer in low-risk patients exclude aortic dissection in the emergency department?. 
    Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2021
  • American Board of Emergency Medicine report on residency and fellowship training information (2019-2020). 
    Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2020
  • Consensus guidelines for digital scholarship in academic promotion. 
    Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2020
  • The 2019 Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine. 
    Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2020
  • The connected educator: personal learning networks. 
    Clinical Teacher. 2020
  • Postmortem sperm retrieval in the emergency department: a case report and review of available guidelines. 
    Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine. 2019
  • What do program directors look for in an applicant?. 
    Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2019
  • Blockchain technology: a data framework to improve validity, trust, and accountability of information exchange in health professions education. 
    Academic Medicine. 2018
  • Creating a vision for education leadership. 
    Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2018
  • Executive summary from the 2017 Emergency Medicine Resident Wellness Consensus Summit. 
    Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2018
  • Quality evaluation scores are no more reliable than gestalt in evaluating the quality of emergency medicine blogs: a METRIQ study. 
    Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 2018
  • The ALiEM faculty incubator: a novel online approach to faculty development in education scholarship. 
    Academic Medicine. 2018
  • The Social Media Index as an indicator of quality for emergency medicine blogs: a METRIQ Study. 
    Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2018
  • Academic primer series: five key papers about team collaboration relevant to emergency medicine. 
    Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2017
  • Academic primer series: five key papers for consulting clinician educators. 
    Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2017
  • Blog and podcast watch: cutaneous emergencies. 
    Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2017
  • Building resilience into the workplace: bending the system to adapt. 
    ACSMs Health Fitness J. 2017
  • Teaching quality improvement in emergency medicine training programs: a review of best practices. 
    AEM education and training. 2017
  • Approved instructional resources series: a national initiative to identify quality emergency medicine blog and podcast content for resident education. 
    Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2016
  • Public and health professionals' misconceptions about the dynamics of body weight gain/loss
    2014
  • Social media guidelines and best practices: recommendations from the council of residency directors social media task force. 
    Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2014
  • Emergency medicine rural rotations: a program director's guide. 
    Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2013
  • A prospective, randomized, controlled study demonstrating a novel, effective model of transfer of care between physicians: the 5 Cs of consultation. 
    Academic Emergency Medicine. 2012
  • Teaching and clinical efficiency: competing demands. 
    Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2012
  • Developing a standardized faculty evaluation in an emergency medicine residency. 
    Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2010
  • Interviews with leaders in emergency medicine. 
    Academic Emergency Medicine. 2010
  • Integrating quality improvement and residency education: insights from the AIAMC National Initiative about the roles of the designated institutional official and program director. 
    Academic Medicine. 2009
  • Modafinil and zolpidem use by emergency medicine residents. 
    Academic Emergency Medicine. 2009
  • The effect of emergency department crowding on education: blessing or curse?. 
    Academic Emergency Medicine. 2009
  • An assessment of the faculty development needs of junior clinical faculty in emergency medicine. 
    Academic Emergency Medicine. 2008
  • Substance use in emergency medicine training programs. 
    Academic Emergency Medicine. 2008
    • Editorial Article
  • Emergency medicine milestones: the next step [editorial]. 
    Academic Emergency Medicine.  22. 2015
    • Chapter
  • Aortic dissection. 
    Rosen's emergency medicine: concepts and clinical practice. 2014
  • Compassion fatigue, in "the case of the not-so-humerous humerus". 
    Medical education in cases: volume 1 . 2014
  • What do program directors look for in an applicant?. 
    AAEM/RSA's rules of the road. 2014
  • Aortic dissection. 
    Rosen's emergency medicine: concepts and clinical practice. 2011
  • Making the decision: academics vs community practice. 
    Emergency Medicine: An Academic Career Guide. 2007
    • Conference Paper
  • ICE Summit 2016, Co-chair
    2017
  • ICE Summit 2016, Co-chair
    2016
  • Residency directors' perspective [panel discussioon]
    2007
    • Conference Poster
  • Trauma education: the next generation (of continuing education) [poster]
    2013
  • Improving disparities in pain control in the Emergency Department [poster]
    2012
  • Integrating quality improvement with resident education [poster]
    2012
  • Utilization of non-clinical shifts to educate residents and medical students on clinical quality initiatives in real time: introduction of the qRRT [poster]
    2012
  • Utilization of non-clinical shifts to educate residents and medical students on clinical quality initiatives in real time [poster]
    2011
  • Integrating advocacy and education: Region's walk to the capitol [poster]
    2010
    • Review
  • Entrustment decision making in clinical training [review]. 
    Academic Medicine. 2016
  • Quality indicators for blogs and podcasts used in medical education: modified Delphi consensus recommendations by an international cohort of health professions educators [review]. 
    Postgraduate Medical Journal. 2015
  • Developing and assessing initiatives designed to improve clinical teaching performance [review]. 
    Academic Emergency Medicine. 2012
  • A research agenda to assure equity during periods of emergency department crowding [review]. 
    Academic Emergency Medicine. 2011
    • Abstract
  • How to effectively supervise and teach residents: entrustment and autonomy [abstract]. 
    Academic Emergency Medicine. 2015
  • Residency applicant communication preferences and use of social media in residency application: a pilot study [abstract]. 
    Academic Emergency Medicine. 2011
  • Developing a standardized assessment of instructional quality in a residency program [abstract]. 
    Academic Emergency Medicine. 2008
  • Ends against the middle: the effect of competing demands on physician performance [abstract]. 
    Academic Emergency Medicine. 2008
    • Book
  • Adaptive leadership for the new #MedEd: the one hour read
    2018
    • presentations
    Presentation
  • A guide to the application process [presentation], AMSA (American Medical Student Association) Midwest Symposium
  • Before you make that decision: understanding bias in decision making [presentation], Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Conference: the Continuum of Education in the Healthcare Professions
  • Building leadership skills; consider a positive angle [presentation], Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting
  • Chest trauma [presentation], International Acute Care Conference (2nd)
  • Deliberate practice and reflection to address cognitive error [presentation], International Conference on Resident Education
  • Disruptive medical education [presentation], Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) Academic Assembly
  • Educational leadership: affecting change building leadership skills: consider a positive angle [presentation], Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting
  • Educational leadership: affecting change, building leadership skills: consider a positive angle [presentation], Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting
  • FOAMed and social media for EM educators [presentation], CORD (Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors) Academic Assembly
  • Finding the right mentor [presentation], CORD (Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors) Academic Assembly
  • Five easy pieces: collaborative residency management [presentation], Council of Residency Directors (CORD) Academic Assembly
  • GME funding 2.0: 2014 and beyond [presentation], AIAMC (Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers) Annual Meeting
  • Good to great residency programs [presentation], International Conference on Residency Education: Milestones in Residency Education - Competencies Controversies and Challenges
  • Head trauma [presentation], International Acute Care Conference (2nd)
  • Implementing milestones: historical context, competency based medical education, and outcomes [presentation], University of Illinois-Chicago-Emergency Medicine Residency
  • Implementing milestones: historical context, competency based medical education, and outcomes [presentation], University of Wisconsin Emergency Medicine Residency
  • Innovation and the future of Meded [presentation], Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) Academic Assembly
  • Innovative professional development [presentation], Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) Academic Assembly
  • Junior career development: mentoring - why it matters and how to do it well [presentation], Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) Academic Assembly
  • Milestones in training: more than just measurements [presentation], Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) 2012 Academic Assembly
  • Milestones one year in--what we've learned so far [presentation], CORD (Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors) Academic Assembly
  • Physician impairment: substance use during residency and implications for career development in emergency medicine [panel], Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting
  • Program director bootcamp [presentation], International Conference on Residency Education (ICRE)
  • Program director bootcamp [presentation], International Conference of Residency Education (ICRE)
  • Program director survival stories [presentation], International Conference of Residency Education (ICRE)
  • Program director survival stories [presentation], International Conference of Residency Education (ICRE)
  • Program director survival stories [presentation], International Conference of Residency Education (ICRE)
  • Program director survival stories [presentation], International Conference on Residency Education (ICRE)
  • Program director survival stories [presentation], International Conference of Residency Education (ICRE)
  • Program milestones: managing autonomy, context, and complexity to build expert programs [presentation], University of Texas-Houston-Emergency Medicine Residency
  • Reform, re-form, transform, or all of the above [presentation], International Clinical Educators Summit
  • Resident milestones: historical context, competency based medical education, and outcomes [presentation], University of Texas-Houston-Emergency Medicine Residency
  • Resiliency: consensus statement and action plan [presentation], AIAMC (Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers) Annual Meeting
  • Retreats: make sure your time together is well spent [presentation], CORD (Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors) Academic Assembly
  • Shock [presentation], International Acute Care Conference (2nd)
  • Surviving the RRC (Residency Review Committee): mock site visit and RRC meeting [presentation], CORD (Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors) Academic Assembly
  • Thoraco-abdominal trauma [presentation], International Acute Care Conference (2nd)
  • Thoracotomy training without the live animal: development of a pre-fabricated fiberglass torso for training EM residents multiple invasive truncal procedures [presentation], Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting - IEME (Innovations in Emergency Medicine Education) Exhibit
  • Tips to create your personal learning network [presentation], Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) Academic Assembly
  • Transitions in residency education [presentation], International Conference on Resident Education
  • Trends in EM competitiveness [presentation], AAEM/RSA (American Academy of Emergency Medicine/Resident and Student Association) 2012 Midwest Medical Student Symposium
  • iMedEd quality appraisal: how to guide for learners, teachers, and producers [presentation], Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) Academic Assembly
    • Invited Talk
  • Entrustment decision-making [invited presentation], Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Conference
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