Articles: emergency-medicine.
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An outline of a didactic curriculum from the Core Content in Emergency Medicine is presented. The 430 hours of lecture are distributed over three years. Three new categories have been added to the Core Content as previously defined by the Graduate/Undergraduate Education Committee of the American College of Emergency Physicians: drugs of emergency medicine, laboratory/radiology use in emergency medicine, and resident evaluation series. The benefits of this core curriculum are improved organization in educational format, better defined curricular guidelines for developing residencies, and standardized guidelines for individual topic assessment and review.
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A personal reprint file is an important educational tool for every physician. We have developed a microcomputer-based system for the filing of journal articles and reprints relevant to the practice of emergency medicine. The system uses a Northstar microcomputer, but could be adapted for use on other similar microcomputers. The filing system is easy to use and allows filing and retrieval of articles coded according to the subject outline of the Emergency Medicine Core Content.
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A method is presented for reviewing the taped radio-telemetry records of paramedic calls managed by hospital-based emergency medicine residents. All paramedic calls to the LAC/USC base station are reviewed by an emergency medicine resident using a special tape review form which focuses on communication skills, initial paramedic field assessment, sense of urgency of the case, and the completeness of the filed report. ⋯ Tapes demonstrating particular skills or pitfalls in prehospital management are selected for monthly tape review conferences. Such conferences provide a method by which each side of the prehospital care team can perceive the position of the other, encouraging physicians and paramedics to enhance their respective roles in providing effective prehospital emergency care.