Articles: emergency-medicine.
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Multicenter Study
General competencies are intrinsic to emergency medicine training: a multicenter study.
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has promulgated six areas called General Competencies (GCs) that residency programs are required to evaluate. The authors sought to determine if these domains were an intrinsic part of emergency medicine (EM) residency training by using a global assessment evaluation device. ⋯ EM residents from several residency programs showed statistically significant progressive acquisition of the ACGME GCs using a global assessment device. This suggests that the GCs may be an intrinsic component in the training of EM residents.
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Trauma management and education in europe: a survey of twelve geographically and socioeconomically diverse European countries.
To record the current standards of management and education in trauma surgery in 12 geographically and socioeconomically diverse countries in Europe. ⋯ Standardisation of management and training would be desirable, and should be possible at least in countries that are members of the European Union.
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Multicenter Study
Faculty evaluation by residents in an emergency medicine program: a new evaluation instrument.
Evaluation of preceptors in training programs is essential; however, little research has been performed in the setting of the emergency department (ED). The goal of this pilot study was to determine the validity and reliability of a faculty evaluation instrument-the Emergency Rotation (ER) scale-developed specifically for use in emergency medicine (EM). ⋯ The ER scale appears to be valid and reliable. It performs well when compared with previously psychometrically tested tools. It is a sensible, well-adapted tool for the teaching environment offered by EM.
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Multicenter Study
Does interview date affect match list position in the emergency medicine national residency matching program match?
Some residency applicants believe that the date on which they interview with a residency program influences how the program ranks them in the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP). Therefore, the authors studied whether interview date affects match list position in the emergency medicine (EM) residency match. ⋯ In this study, interview date for EM residency positions in the 1997-98 season did not affect match list position among ranked applicants. Moreover, interview date had nno effect on the decision to leave candidates unranked.
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study Clinical Trial
A multicenter study to improve emergency medicine residents' recognition of intracranial emergencies on computed tomography.
Cranial computed tomography (CT) has assumed a critical role in the practice of emergency medicine for the evaluation of intracranial emergencies. Several recent studies have documented a deficiency in the emergency physician's ability to interpret these studies. The purpose of this study was to quantify the baseline ability of emergency medicine residents to interpret cranial CTs, and to test a novel method of cranial CT interpretation designed for the emergency physician in training. ⋯ Emergency medicine residents are deficient in their ability to interpret cranial CT scans. A novel educational course was demonstrated to significantly improve this ability.