Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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The emergency medicine (EM) subinternship provides a varied experience for senior medical students depending on gender, specialty choice, and interest. A didactic curriculum can be standardized, but the clinical component is difficult to control. Students can be directed to see patients with specific chief complaints. ⋯ Students who participated in the usual didactic curriculum and were required to see ED patients with representative chief complaints performed better on a general EM exam than those who employed common methods of choosing patients.
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To quantify the frequency, cost, and characteristics associated with emergency department (ED) visits that are related to methamphetamine use. ⋯ Methamphetamine abuse accounts for a modest but substantial proportion of ED utilization and hospital cost. Methamphetamine-related ED visits are most commonly related to mental illness, trauma, skin, and dental-related problems.