Objectives: General emergency medicine (EM) physicians provide most pediatric emergency care in the United States, yet EM physicians feel underprepared to manage pediatric emergencies. Pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) education during EM residency is variable, and learner preferences regarding educational experiences have not been widely explored through a qualitative lens. We aimed to better describe EM physicians' PEM educational needs and preferred teaching methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: General emergency physicians provide most pediatric emergency care in the United States yet report more challenges managing emergencies in children than adults. Recommendations for standardized pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) curricula to address educational gaps due to variations in pediatric exposure during emergency medicine (EM) training lack learner input. This study surveyed senior EM residents and recent graduates about their perceived preparedness to manage pediatric emergencies to better inform PEM curricula design.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProblem: There are growing calls for medical education to effectively teach about and explicitly name racism as a driver of inequities in social determinants of health and inspire student action to address health inequities.
Approach: Using a novel application of the generative co-design approach, in 2020 Perelman School of Medicine students and faculty implemented a student-led, interdisciplinary elective course for preclerkship medical students. The co-design process allowed for an iterative and conversation-based experience emphasizing how social systems and racist policies shape health care access and outcomes.
Importance: Prior studies have revealed gender differences in the milestone and clinical competency committee assessment of emergency medicine (EM) residents.
Objective: To explore gender disparities and the reasons for such disparities in the narrative comments from EM attending physicians to EM residents.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This multicenter qualitative analysis examined 10 488 narrative comments among EM faculty and EM residents between 2015 to 2018 in 5 EM training programs in the US.
Background: Emergency medicine (EM) clinician well-being has been negatively impacted throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Resident physicians are particularly vulnerable yet less is known about their perspectives.
Methods: The objective of this study was to use qualitative methods to understand EM residents' perspectives on well-being during COVID-19.