Clerkships in Emergency Medicine

Garmel, Gus M.; Pettis, Heather M.; Lane, Daniel; Darvish, Amir; Winters, Michael E.; Vallee, Phyllis; Mattu, Amal; Haydel, Micelle J.; Cheaito, Mohamad Ali; Bond, Michael C.; Kazzi, Amin

doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2019.11.024

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“…To improve medical students' acute care management skills and confidence, EM clerkships, where medical students are exposed to unique acute care encounters, are essential components of medical school curricula [4,5]. However, currently, there is a lack of consensus on ideal EM clerkship design, including the duration and content [6][7][8][9][10][11].…”

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Self-efficacy beliefs and expectations during an Emergency Medicine Clerkship

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Background Undergraduate emergency medicine (EM) training is important because all medical graduates are expected to have basic emergency knowledge and skills regardless of their future speciality. EM clerkship should provide opportunities to improve not only knowledge and skills but also the self-efficacy of learners. This study aims to evaluate the expectations, opinions, and self-efficacy beliefs of medical students during a 4-week mandatory EM clerkship. Methods This study used a prospective longitudinal design with quantitative and qualitative survey methods. It includes final year medical students of the 2015–2016 academic year. Voluntary de-identified pre- and post-clerkship surveys included 25 statements. The post-clerkship survey included two open-ended questions asking participants to identify the best and worst three aspects of EM clerkship. Responses were analysed to determine themes or commonalities in participant comments indicative of the EM clerkship learning experiences and environment. Results Sixty-seven out of seventy-nine (85%) students responded to both pre- and post-clerkship surveys. Medical students’ expectations of EM clerkships’ effect on knowledge and skill acquisition were high, and a 4-week mandatory EM clerkship was able to meet their expectations. Medical students had very high expectations of EM clerkships’ educational environment. In most aspects, their experiences significantly exceeded their expectations (p value < 0.001). The only exception was the duration of clerkship, which was deemed insufficient both at the beginning and at the end (p value: 0.92). The students perceived that their self-efficacy improved significantly in the majority of basic EM skills and procedures (p value < 0.001). Emergent qualitative themes in the study also supported these results. Conclusion This study showed that a 4-week mandatory EM clerkship increased medical students' perceived self-efficacy in basic emergency management skills. The EM clerkship met students' expectations on knowledge and skill acquisition, and exceeded students’ expectations on educational environment.

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Self-efficacy beliefs and expectations during an Emergency Medicine Clerkship

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“…Additionally, CORD has recommended that students and EM residency programs work to minimize the amount of visiting student rotations, to reduce the amount of travel during this pandemic 2 . Although two EM rotations including one home and one “away” or “visiting” clerkship was the pre–COVID‐19 standard recommendation for medical students, students may now only be able to rotate at their home program 4 . Visiting student rotations have traditionally afforded more contact between applicants, personnel, and programs, allowing for improved assessment of compatibility.…”

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“…These rotations give students the chance to learn the setting (i.e., county, community, academic) they prefer and augment their perception of overall "fit." 5 Due to these changes, both students and EM residency programs will make highstakes decisions with less information than in previous years. Although programs cannot change the circumstances surrounding COVID-19 or their own nonmodifiable factors (i.e., geographical region, city, program size, hospital affiliation), they can better represent themselves digitally via their websites and social media.…”

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Website usability analysis of United States emergency medicine residencies

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et al. 2021

AEM Education and Training

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Objectives: The Council of Residency Directors (CORD) in Emergency Medicine (EM) has recommended that all residency programs should conduct virtual interviews for the 2020 to 2021 application cycle due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While factors such as geographical region, city, program size, or hospital affiliation are not modifiable, EM residencies can bridge the information gap created by a lack of face-to-face interaction by representing themselves digitally. Measuring usability provides an objective method for EM residencies to improve their Web presence and effectively represent themselves to applicants. Methods: Our sample set included 55 U.S. EM residency program websites. Using methodology replicated from previous literature on health care website usability, we divided usability into four categories for quantifiable analysis: accessibility, marketing, content quality, and technology. Analysis was performed on each website and scored in all four categories. A "general usability" score was calculated for each website using a composite of the key factors within the four categories. Using a weighted percentage across all of the factors, an overall score was calculated.Results: Content quality was the overall highest scoring category (mean ± SD = 5.4, SE = 0.33). The overall lowest performing category was technology (mean ± SD = 0.8 ± 0.09, SE = 0.01). Conclusions:Measuring usability can help EM residency programs identify ways to improve their Web presence. To effectively promote their programs, residencies need quality content that communicates their key features. Our recommendation is for all residency programs to periodically perform website audits and apply the usability measures outlined to improve their digital presence, especially during times when face-to-face interactions will be limited.

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