Articles: emergency-medicine.
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Postgraduate medicine · Aug 2023
Exploring a case for education about sexual and gender minorities in postgraduate emergency medicine training: forming recommendations for change.
Social medicine and health advocacy curricula are known to be uncommon in postgraduate medical education. As justice movements work to unveil the systemic barriers experienced by sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations, it is imperative that the emergency medicine (EM) community progress in its efforts to provide equitable, accessible, and competent care for these vulnerable groups. Given the paucity of literature on this subject in the context of EM in Canada, this commentary borrows evidence from other specialties across North America. ⋯ The scarcity of SGM curricula can be attributed to the universal absence of formal acknowledgment of SGM health as a required competency by accreditation boards and professional membership associations. This commentary synthesizes hand-picked literature in an attempt to inform healthcare professionals on their journey toward developing culturally competent postgraduate medical education. By thematically organizing evidence into a stepwise approach, the goal of this article is to borrow ideas across medical and surgical specialties to inform the creation of recommendations and make a case for an SGM curriculum for EM programs in Canada.
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Pediatric emergency care · Aug 2023
The Association of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physicians' Self-Identified Skills in Suicide Risk Assessment and Management With Training in Mental Health.
Because changes to pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) education may help address barriers to youth suicide risk screening programs, this study aimed to understand the impact of formal training in areas that likely include suicide-related practices, developmental-behavioral pediatrics (DBP) and adolescent medicine (AM), on PEM physician-perceived level of training, attitudes, and confidence assessing and managing youth suicide risk. ⋯ The DBP and AM rotations were not associated with higher perceived levels of suicide risk training or greater confidence; however, perceived level of training predicted physician confidence, suggesting continued efforts to enhance formal PEM education in mental health would be beneficial.
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The professional body for nurses working in emergency medicine is the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia. The professional body for doctors working in emergency medicine is the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM). ⋯ Associate membership in ACEM would recognise their role in treating patients and would enhance their access to relevant continued professional development as has been endorsed by ACEM. It would also facilitate their further integration into the body of those who autonomously treat patients in the ED.