Ian G Stiell1, Jennifer D Artz2, Eddy S Lang3, Jonathan Sherbino4, Laurie J Morrison5, James Christenson6, Jeffrey J Perry1, Claude Topping7, Robert Woods8, Robert S Green9, Rodrick Lim10, Kirk Magee11, John Foote12, Garth Meckler13, Mark Mensour14, Simon Field11, Brian Chung6, Martin Kuuskne15, James Ducharme4, Vera Klein2, Jill McEwen6. 1. *Department of Emergency Medicine,University of Ottawa,Ottawa,ON. 2. ‡Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians,Ottawa,ON. 3. §Department of Emergency Medicine,Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary,Calgary,AB. 4. ¶Division of Emergency Medicine,Department of Medicine,McMaster University,Hamilton,ON. 5. ǁRescu,Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute,St. Michael's Hospital,Toronto,ON. 6. ††Faculty of Medicine,Department of Emergency Medicine,University of British Columbia,Vancouver,BC. 7. ‡‡Faculté de médicine,Département de médicine familiale et de médicine d'urgence,Université Laval,Quebec,QC. 8. §§Department of Emergency Medicine,University of Saskatchewan,Saskatoon,SK. 9. ¶¶Department of Critical Care,Dalhousie University,Halifax,NS. 10. ***Department of Pediatrics and Medicine,University of Western Ontario,London,ON. 11. ǁǁDepartment of Emergency Medicine,Dalhousie University,Halifax,NS. 12. †††Department of Family and Community Medicine,University of Toronto,Toronto,ON. 13. ‡‡‡BC Children's Hospital/University of British Columbia,Vancouver,BC. 14. §§§Northern Ontario School of Medicine,Sudbury,ON. 15. ¶¶¶Department of Emergency Medicine,McGill University,Montreal,QC.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We sought to conduct a major objective of the CAEP Academic Section, an environmental scan of the academic emergency medicine programs across the 17 Canadian medical schools. METHODS: We developed an 84-question questionnaire, which was distributed to academic heads. The responses were validated by phone by the lead author to ensure that the questions were answered completely and consistently. Details of pediatric emergency medicine units were excluded from the scan. RESULTS: At eight of 17 universities, emergency medicine has full departmental status and at two it has no official academic status. Canadian academic emergency medicine is practiced at 46 major teaching hospitals and 13 specialized pediatric hospitals. Another 69 Canadian hospital EDs regularly take clinical clerks and emergency medicine residents. There are 31 full professors of emergency medicine in Canada. Teaching programs are strong with clerkships offered at 16/17 universities, CCFP(EM) programs at 17/17, and RCPSC residency programs at 14/17. Fourteen sites have at least one physician with a Master's degree in education. There are 55 clinical researchers with salary support at 13 universities. Sixteen sites have published peer-reviewed papers in the past five years, ranging from four to 235 per site. Annual budgets range from $200,000 to $5,900,000. CONCLUSION: This comprehensive review of academic activities in emergency medicine across Canada identifies areas of strengths as well as opportunities for improvement. CAEP and the Academic Section hope we can ultimately improve ED patient care by sharing best academic practices and becoming better teachers, educators, and researchers.
OBJECTIVE: We sought to conduct a major objective of the CAEP Academic Section, an environmental scan of the academic emergency medicine programs across the 17 Canadian medical schools. METHODS: We developed an 84-question questionnaire, which was distributed to academic heads. The responses were validated by phone by the lead author to ensure that the questions were answered completely and consistently. Details of pediatric emergency medicine units were excluded from the scan. RESULTS: At eight of 17 universities, emergency medicine has full departmental status and at two it has no official academic status. Canadian academic emergency medicine is practiced at 46 major teaching hospitals and 13 specialized pediatric hospitals. Another 69 Canadian hospital EDs regularly take clinical clerks and emergency medicine residents. There are 31 full professors of emergency medicine in Canada. Teaching programs are strong with clerkships offered at 16/17 universities, CCFP(EM) programs at 17/17, and RCPSC residency programs at 14/17. Fourteen sites have at least one physician with a Master's degree in education. There are 55 clinical researchers with salary support at 13 universities. Sixteen sites have published peer-reviewed papers in the past five years, ranging from four to 235 per site. Annual budgets range from $200,000 to $5,900,000. CONCLUSION: This comprehensive review of academic activities in emergency medicine across Canada identifies areas of strengths as well as opportunities for improvement. CAEP and the Academic Section hope we can ultimately improve ED patient care by sharing best academic practices and becoming better teachers, educators, and researchers.
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academics; education; emergency medicine; research
Authors: Angelika Beyer; Kilson Moon; Peter Penndorf; Thomas Hirsch; Uta Zahn-Tesch; Wolfgang Hoffmann; Holger N Lode; Neeltje van den Berg Journal: PLoS One Date: 2022-05-26 Impact factor: 3.752