Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Aug 2013
Nurse-initiated analgesia pathway for paediatric patients in the emergency department: a clinical intervention trial.
The study aims to evaluate the impact of a nurse-initiated analgesia pathway (NIAP) intervention for paediatric patients in the ED. ⋯ The NIAP significantly reduced time to analgesia. It was associated with high levels of parental satisfaction.
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Emerg Med Australas · Aug 2013
Exploration of the perceptions of emergency physicians and interns regarding the medical documentation practices of interns.
The primary objective of the present study was to learn the factors that influence the documentation practices of ED interns. A second objective was to identify the expectations of emergency physicians (EPs) towards the medical record documentation of ED interns. ⋯ The lack of formal training is an impediment to the production of useful medical records by ED interns. One solution proposed by both interns and senior personnel was the introduction of the subject into intern education programmes.
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Emerg Med Australas · Aug 2013
'To teach or not to teach?' Factors that motivate and constrain Australian emergency medicine physicians to teach medical students.
Clinical teaching in the ED is crucial to the education of medical students. We attempted to identify and describe Australian emergency physicians who are currently clinical teachers and to elicit the factors that motivate and constrain them to teach. ⋯ Although most emergency physicians are willing to teach, systemic and university factors associated with teaching medical students acted against success of this outcome.