Using an alumni survey to target improvements in an emergency medicine training programme.

Introduction: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) is the governing body responsible for accrediting graduate medical training programme in the USA. The Emergency Medicine Milestones (EM-Milestones) were developed by the ACGME and American Board of Emergency Medicine as a guide and monitoring tool for the knowledge, skills, abilities and experiences to be acquired during training. Alumni surveys have been reported as a valuable resource for training programme to identify areas for improvement; however, there are few studies regarding programme improvement in emergency medicine.

Predictors of a Top Performer During Emergency Medicine Residency.

Background: Emergency Medicine (EM) residency program directors and faculty spend significant time and effort creating a residency rank list. To date, however, there have been few studies to assist program directors in determining which pre-residency variables best predict performance during EM residency.

Objective: To evaluate which pre-residency variables best correlated with an applicant's performance during residency.

Focused Board Intervention (FBI): A Remediation Program for Written Board Preparation and the Medical Knowledge Core Competency.

Background: Residents deemed at risk for low performance on standardized examinations require focused attention and remediation.

Objective: To determine whether a remediation program for residents identified as at risk for failure on the Emergency Medicine (EM) Written Board Examination is associated with improved outcomes.

Intervention: All residents in 8 classes of an EM 1-3 program were assessed using the In-Training Examination.