
Elevate your urgent care practice with the Evidence-Based Urgentology podcast! Join hosts Tracey Davidoff, MD and Joe Toscano, MD, for engaging discussions on clinically relevant topics, centered on our peer-reviewed urgent care content. Each episode offers practical advice and expert insights from experienced urgent care clinicians, helping you stay up-to-date and equipped for every patient encounter.
In this episode, Tracey Davidoff, MD, Joe Toscano, MD, Benjamin Silverberg, MD, MSc, FAAFP, FCUCM, and Ammie Rodden, PA-C, discuss the September 2026 Evidence-Based Urgent Care article, Urgent Care Evaluation of Pain and Swelling in the Scrotum.
- 0:17 — Podcast introduction
- 1:59 — Topic introduction: acute scrotal pain; authors Dr. Ben Silverberg & Ammie Rodden PA-C
- 2:35 — Why they wrote this article
- 4:24 — Key takeaways
- 5:30 — Physical exam signs & clinical judgment
- 7:19 — TWIST score explained in detail
- 9:33 — Ultrasound decisions & Doppler flow pitfalls
- 13:30 — Risk-stratifying who needs imaging now vs. later
- 14:37 — STIs & epididymitis: the age-35 cutoff is dead
- 18:22 — Sensitive exams, chaperones & patient comfort
- 22:09 — Beyond torsion: Fournier’s gangrene & trauma
- 24:17 — Key learning moments
- 27:26 — Wrap-up & what’s coming next
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In this episode, Tracey Davidoff, MD, Joe Toscano, MD, Benjamin Silverberg, MD, MSc, FAAFP, FCUCM, and Ammie Rodden, PA-C, discuss the September 2026 Evidence-Based Urgent Care article, Urgent Care Evaluation of Pain and Swelling in the Scrotum.
- 0:17 — Podcast introduction
- 1:59 — Topic introduction: acute scrotal pain; authors Dr. Ben Silverberg & Ammie Rodden PA-C
- 2:35 — Why they wrote this article
- 4:24 — Key takeaways
- 5:30 — Physical exam signs & clinical judgment
- 7:19 — TWIST score explained in detail
- 9:33 — Ultrasound decisions & Doppler flow pitfalls
- 13:30 — Risk-stratifying who needs imaging now vs. later
- 14:37 — STIs & epididymitis: the age-35 cutoff is dead
- 18:22 — Sensitive exams, chaperones & patient comfort
- 22:09 — Beyond torsion: Fournier’s gangrene & trauma
- 24:17 — Key learning moments
- 27:26 — Wrap-up & what’s coming next
👉 Subscribers, take the CME test here.
✅️ Not a subscriber? Join here!

Tracey Davidoff, MD, FACP, FCUCM, has practiced Urgent Care Medicine for more than 15 years. She is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. Dr. Davidoff is a member of the Board of Directors of the Urgent Care Association and serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the College of Urgent Care Medicine’s “Urgent Caring” publication. She is also the Vice President of the Southeast Regional Urgent Care Association and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Urgent Care Medicine. At EB Medicine, Dr Davidoff is Editor-In-Chief of Evidence-Based Urgent Care, and co-host of the Urgentology podcast.

