You have just finished a busy ED shift on a warm summer evening and feel that you have been able to help a lot of people today. You plan to visit a patio and relax as you have earned it! On your way out you overhear a patient and their family members saying that they came to this ED because they heard it was “the best”, and they would never go back to …
HiQuiPs (Quality Improvement)
Quality Improvement Quality of Care and the ED Preparation Part 1 – General Considerations for a QI Project in the ED Preparation Part 2 – Stakeholder Engagement and Behaviour Change Preparation Part 3 – Root Cause Analysis QI in the ED – Implementation Part 1. QI Implementation Methodologies QI in the ED – Implementation Part 2. Which Strategy to Choose: PDSA, Lean, or Six Sigma? Quality Improvement Projects and Patient Reported Measures …
The Canadian Enhanced Competency Directory
Ever wondered how you might carve out a niche within emergency medicine? With well over 50 opportunities for fellowships and enhanced competency programs, you aren’t the only one! The journey to produce this resource began two years ago when the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) Resident Section generated an initial Excel list of “fellowships” that had been pursued based on chief emergency medicine residents across the country. This was posted to CanadiEM …
Finding your niche in emergency medicine: The Canadian Fellowship Guide
The Royal College of Physicians of Canada emergency medicine Specialty Training Requirements mandate: “…a minimum of six months, usually in PGY-4, be devoted to achieving particular expertise either in a scholarly activity or a clinical area, pertinent to the practice of the specialty of Emergency Medicine.”1 You may have found yourself pondering what it is that you might want to do with your fourth year of residency that could provide you with a …