Race and Ethnicity and Primary Language in Emergency Department Triage.

Importance: Emergency department (ED) triage substantially affects how long patients wait for care but triage scoring relies on few objective criteria. Prior studies suggest that Black and Hispanic patients receive unequal triage scores, paralleled by disparities in the depth of physician evaluations.

Objectives: To examine whether racial disparities in triage scores and physician evaluations are present across a multicenter network of academic and community hospitals and evaluate whether patients who do not speak English face similar disparities.

Racial disparities in emergency medicine: Implementation of a novel educational module in the emergency medicine clerkship.

Objectives: Despite decades of literature recognizing racial disparities (RDs) in emergency medicine (EM), published curricula dedicated to addressing them are sparse. We present details of our novel RD curriculum for EM clerkships and its educational outcomes.

Methods: We created a 30-min interactive didactic module on the topic designed for third- and fourth-year medical students enrolled in our EM clerkships.

Association of Race and Ethnicity With Triage Emergency Severity Index Scores and Total Visit Work Relative Value Units for Emergency Department Patients.

This cross-sectional study evaluates the association of race and ethnicity with triage Emergency Severity Index scores and total work relative value units for emergency department (ED) patients.

The Ethics of Procedural Education Under Pandemic Conditions.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted emergency medicine residents' education. Early in the pandemic, many facilities lacked adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), and intubation was considered particularly high risk for transmission to physicians, leading hospitals to limit the number of individuals present during the procedure. This posed difficulties for residents and academic faculty, as opportunities to perform endotracheal intubation during residency are limited, but patients with COVID-19 requiring intubation are unstable and have difficult airways.

Integrating Health Equity Content Into Health Professions Education.

Health equity is a common theme discussed in health professions schools, yet many educators are wary of addressing it. Avoidance of health equity content in health professions education leads to student frustration and missed opportunities to educate the next generation of health care professionals about sensitive yet important issues. Moreover, this gap in students' knowledge can negatively influence patients and perpetuate disparities.

How Should Health Professional Education Respond to Widespread Racial and Ethnic Health Inequity and Police Brutality?

Health professions educators continuously adapt curricular content in response to new scientific knowledge but can struggle to incorporate content about current social issues that profoundly affect students and learning environments. This article offers recommendations to support innovation and action as students and faculty grapple with ongoing unrest in the United States, including racism, murders of Black people by police, and COVID-19.

Gender differences in funding among grant recipients in emergency medicine: A multicenter analysis.

Objective: To describe differences in funded grants between male and female faculty in two academic emergency departments.

Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of grant funding at two academic emergency departments from January 2012-September 2018. We queried the grants department databases at each institution and obtained records of all funded grants for emergency medicine (EM) faculty.

Variations in Opioid Prescribing Behavior by Physician Training.

Introduction: Opioid abuse has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Patients often present to the emergency department (ED) with painful conditions seeking analgesic relief. While there is known variability in the prescribing behaviors of emergency physicians, it is unknown if there are differences in these behaviors based on training level or by resident specialty.

Under-represented minorities in emergency medicine.

Background: According to the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Institute of Medicine, promoting diversity in the health care workforce is a national priority. The under-representation of minorities in health care contributes significantly to the problem of health disparities currently facing racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States (US). Evidence shows that improved diversity among medical providers contributes to higher satisfaction for minority patients and better educational experiences for trainees.