Articles: emergency-medicine.
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A survey of 24 existing pediatric emergency medicine fellowship programs as of December 1987 was conducted in order to characterize the following attributes of training in pediatric emergency medicine: amount of clinical time, required and elective rotations, didactic and research experience, patient volume, and staffing. Time spent in the emergency department varies between three and 10 months annually, with a mean of 34.5 hours per week. ⋯ Patient volume varies between 20,000 and 70,000, with a median of 41,000. The data offered should act as a reference for the further development of new and existing programs.
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Faculty development is a training process that strives continually to improve the creativity, productivity, and longevity of individuals committed to the practice of academic medicine. Information pertinent to faculty development is contained in textbooks scattered throughout the medical literature. ⋯ The cost of this library is +333.50. This library was designed to assist emergency physicians in obtaining useful sources of information as part of their continuing education as academic faculty.
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As emergency medicine comes of age, it is interesting to examine the scientific nature of the specialty as reflected in the literature. Representative volumes of three emergency medicine journals were reviewed for number and type of article, institutional origin, article length, and number of authors. For Annals of Emergency Medicine, (AEM) volumes for 1975, 1980, and 1985 were studied. ⋯ However, there are increasing numbers of papers with multiple authors. Listing of multiple authors on papers has prompted criticism of the literature in other medical specialties. If this trend continues, there may be a risk of compromising the integrity of the published research.
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Because emergency medicine is a broad-based specialty, there is much leeway in the structure of resident education. The monthly block curriculum is a major determinant of the overall residency training experience. The purpose of our study was to define the block curricula of the accredited emergency medicine residencies in the 1986-87 academic year. ⋯ Nearly all programs offered rotations in the adult ED, a surgical subspecialty, critical care, and an elective during residency training. The percentage of rotations requiring direct supervision by emergency physicians increased threefold by the PG4 year. Off-service rotations dropped 15-fold during the PG4 year relative to the PG1 year.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)