Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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To determine the effects of a case-based, core content-oriented emergency medicine (EM) curriculum on the basic EM knowledge of senior medical students. ⋯ A case-based EM curriculum coupled with ED clinical experience improves basic EM diagnostic and management knowledge of senior medical students.
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To define sources of job satisfaction and stress among emergency physicians and assess self-projected career longevity. ⋯ This study confirms the relatively high levels of projected attrition in EM and supports the perception that stress and burnout are associated with the specialty. Differences in job satisfaction and stress between those ABEM diplomates who were residency-trained in EM and those who became eligible for the board examination through practice or special-category eligibility appear minor.
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To describe one urban trauma transport system to clarify the impact of transport by nonmedical personnel on patient outcome. ⋯ NP transport of assaulted patients is generally associated with equivalent outcomes in comparison with FM transport in this urban environment. However, these data also provide evidence of an on-scene implicit triage with more severely injured patients generally transported by FMs.