Eric J. Lentsch

As an Otolaryngology-Head and Neck surgery resident, like all residents, he found that the performance of the clinical duties left little time for reading and learning.He decided early on that, with a little time each day, he would try to answer just one “Question”. That question might be clinical, basic science, or a pimp question he had missed from an attending. This took only 10-15 minutes each day, but allowed the to research over 350 questions each year in a unrushed, unhurried fashion that improved the learning and retention.

This was the best learning experience of the residency.

When he started the academic career, he began intermittently emailing questions to the residents and the term e-pimp was coined by one of them (now a Academic Otolaryngologist herself). The name stuck. Eric began doing daily e-pimps for the residents, and then expanded to residents all over the country.

Before long, colleagues in practice were asking to be included. Recognizing what a great learning experience writing the questions was for the own practice,he had the service accredited for CME and the response has been phenomenal.