Characteristics of Academic Detailing: Results of a Literature Review.

Background: Academic detailing is an evidence-based strategy to improve patient care. Efforts to understand the intervention and to use it strategically require an understanding of its important characteristics. A recent systematic review and a subsequent reporting framework call for more accurate and complete reporting of continuing medical education interventions.

Can emergency medicine practitioners predict disposition of psychiatric patients based on a brief medical evaluation?

Objective: Emergency medicine practitioners (EMPs) often provide 'medical clearance' before evaluation by a psychiatry practitioner (PP). We set out to determine the level of agreement between EMP impression and disposition as determined by PPs.

Patients And Methods: This was a prospective observational study in an urban tertiary teaching hospital emergency department.