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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Sinclair, Douglas
• Abu-Laban, Riyad B.
• Toth, Peter
• LeBlanc, Constance
• Eisener-Parsche, Pamela
• Frank, Jason R.
• Holroyd, Brian

Titel

Emergency Medicine Training and Practice in Canada: Celebrating the Past & Evolving for the Future

Ist Teil von

• Canadian journal of emergency medicine, 2017-07, Vol.19 (S2), p.S1-S8

Ort / Verlag

New York, USA: Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (Royal College) and the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) independently offer EM residency training programs with differing training requirements and objectives (FRCPC-EM and CCFP(EM), respectively). The Collaborative Working Group on the Future of Emergency Medicine in Canada (CWG-EM) was constituted in 2013 to provide recommendations to the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP), the CFPC, and the Royal College and was composed of seven (7) members: a Chair, and two (2) members appointed by each of CAEP, the CFPC, and the Royal College. KEY FINDINGS FROM THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF EM TRAINING AND HHR NEEDS The findings from the national survey of CCFP(EM) and FRCPC-EM certified physicians, CCFP physicians, EM residents from both programs, and ED Chiefs were critical in determining the current context of Canadian emergency care, perceptions on training routes, training needs, and estimated health human resources needs both currently and in the future. The recommendations made by the CWG-EM are not a judgment on the current variation in practice experience and certification within the EM community of today, but rather represent a collective vision for the future based on findings from the first comprehensive survey of the entire Canadian EM community (including ED chiefs, practicing physicians certified in EM by either the Royal College or the CFPC, and all EM residents in training) as well as other data sources and reviews completed by the CWG-EM. [...]the CWG-EM would like to acknowledge the Educational Strategy, Innovations, and...