Background The accreditation of medical educational programs is thought to be important in
supporting program improvement, ensuring the quality of the education, and promoting …

How do we define competence in emergency medicine (EM), and how do we know when a
resident has achieved it? In recent years, the idea of physician competence has become …

Background The Canadian C-Spine (cervical-spine) Rule (CCR) and the National Emergency
X-Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS) Low-Risk Criteria (NLC) are decision rules to …

ContextCurrent use of cranial computed tomography (CT) for minor head injury is increasing
rapidly, highly variable, and inefficient. The Canadian CT Head Rule (CCHR) and New …

Imagine that residents in your program have been less than complimentary about
interprofessional rounds (IPRs). The program director asks you to determine what residents are …

… , decision making and clinical performance (A Harvey, G Bandiera, A Nathens, V LeBlanc, …
11 Keinan G. Decision making under stress: scanning of alternatives under controllable and …

Background: Training and practice in medicine are inherently stressful. The effects of stress
on performance in clinical situations are poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We compare the predictive accuracy of emergency physicians'
unstructured clinical judgment to the Canadian C-Spine rule. METHODS: This prospective …

Objectives: Web‐based learning has several potential advantages over lectures, such as
anytime–anywhere access, rich multimedia, and nonlinear navigation. While known to be an …

STUDY OBJECTIVES: Significant impediments to effective emergency department (ED)
teaching compromise what could otherwise be an excellent learning milieu. There is little …