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- The study investigates how crowding in emergency departments (ED) impacts resident education, specifically focusing on their ability to meet point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) educational goals.
- Researchers reviewed medical records from an academic trauma center over two years, analyzing the relationship between achieving POCUS scan targets and the ED's overcrowding levels.
- Results indicated that higher ED crowding (as measured by the National Emergency Department Overcrowding Scale) significantly reduced the chances of residents completing their required POCUS scans, with other factors like the number of residents and availability of ultrasound devices also influencing success rates.
Background: The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) In Training Exam (ITE) gauges residents' medical knowledge and has been shown to correlate with subsequent performance on the ABEM board qualifying examination. It is common for emergency medicine (EM) residencies to employ subspecialty-trained faculty members with the expectation of improved resident education and subspecialty knowledge. We hypothesized that the presence of subspecialty faculty in toxicology would increase residents' scores on the toxicology portion of the ITE.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Prior data has demonstrated increased mortality in hospitalized patients with acute heart failure (AHF) and troponin elevation. No data has specifically examined the prognostic significance of troponin elevation in patients with AHF discharged after emergency department (ED) management.
Objective: Evaluate the relationship between troponin elevation and outcomes in patients with AHF who are treated and released from the ED.
Background: Over the past 2 decades, emergency ultrasound has become essential to patient care, and is a mandated competency for emergency medicine residency graduation. However, the best evidence regarding emergency ultrasound education in residency training is not known. We performed a scoping review to determine the (1) characteristics and (2) outcomes of published structured training methods, (3) the quality of publications, and (4) the implications for research and training.
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