Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Comparative Study
The psychological effects of a four-week emergency medicine rotation on residents in training.
To prospectively evaluate psychological stress reactions among residents in an emergency medicine (EM) rotation during a 4-week period. ⋯ A significant increase in psychologic distress was found among the non-EM residents during an EM rotation. The EM residents showed a trend for a decrease in psychological distress over the same 4-week period.
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To examine the impact of reducing ED "boarders" (through the use of a short-stay inpatient medicine unit) on the amount of time that treat-and-release patients spend in the ED. ⋯ Reducing the number of admitted patients waiting in the ED for inpatients beds, in this case by establishment of a short-stay medicine unit, is associated with a decrease in the interval that treat-and-release patients spend in the ED.
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To test the overall reliability of a performance-based clinical skill assessment for entering emergency medicine (EM) residents. Also, to investigate the reliability of separate reporting of diagnostic and management scores for a standardized patient case, subjective scoring of patient notes, and interstation exercise scores. ⋯ SPs can be used to reliably assess bedside clinical skills of EM residents. While component reliability levels are slightly lower than the global clinical skill reliability coefficient, they are still high enough to use for identification of individual strengths and weaknesses.
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Review
Burnout and its correlates in emergency physicians: four years' experience with a wellness booth.
To measure the degree of burnout among emergency physicians (EPs) and to identify and rank predictive factors. ⋯ Elevated levels of burnout exist among a substantial percentage of surveyed EPs. However, there is evidence for a "survivor" category of practitioners for whom burnout either does not develop or is a reversible process. The projected attrition rate over 5 and 10 years appears to be no greater than that of the average medical specialty.