During your Emergency Medicine (EM) rotation, you’ve encountered numerous lacerations and have honed your suturing skills. Following the primary closure of your most recent laceration, your supervising physician has requested that you apply an appropriate dressing and provide wound care instructions, as the nursing staff are preoccupied with attending to other patients. You look at the Wound Product Information Sheet and are surprised by the variety of dressings available in the Emergency Department …
2023 CanadiEM Year in Review and Editor’s Choice Awards
In our 2023 year in review, CanadiEM celebrates its 8th birthday! Does CanadiEM continue to serve an important role in the medical education community? This year is an opportunity for those who value this virtual community of practice to get involved, especially for those who are interested in a leadership role. If that interests you, please reach out at [email protected]. 2023 was another busy year for CanadiEM! In the past year, CanadiEM had …
Call for Junior Editors, Class of 2023-24
We are pleased to announce that CanadiEM is now accepting applications for our Junior Editor program! If you are interested in learning more about Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM) or becoming part of our virtual community of practice,1 this program is for you. The application deadline is October 31, 2023. We are currently looking for applications for our blogs, infographics, newsletter, and social media teams. What are Junior Editors? The role of …
CCEDRRN Infographic: Patient-reported health outcomes of SARS-CoV-2
Although some COVID-19 survivors report persistent symptoms months after resolution of the acute infection, we do not know much about their long-term physical and psychological health outcomes. We sought to understand which patient factors are associated with poor patient-reported health outcomes to inform the development and prioritization of health interventions to improve the health of COVID-19 survivors.1 We used data from 22 CCEDRRN EDs across 5 provinces between March 2020 to July 2021. …
CanadiEM Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Call for Applications!
Are you a medical education expert looking to take your career to the next level? Are you passionate about open educational resources and want to make a difference in the Free Open-Access Medical Education (FOAMed) community? If so, we have the opportunity for you! Apply to be CanadiEM’s next Deputy Editor-in-Chief. The application deadline is May 31, 2023. CanadiEM.org is one of the leading Free Open-Access Medical Education (FOAMed) websites in the world …