TY - JOUR
T1 - An environmental scan of academic pediatric emergency medicine at Canadian medical schools
T2 - Identifying variability across Canada
AU - Artz, Jennifer D.
AU - Meckler, Garth
AU - Argintaru, Niran
AU - Lim, Roderick
AU - Stiell, Ian G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2018'.
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - Objective To complement our environmental scan of academic emergency medicine departments, we conducted a similar environmental scan of the academic pediatric emergency medicine programs offered by the Canadian medical schools.Methods We developed an 88-question form, which was distributed to pediatric academic leaders at each medical school. The responses were validated via email to ensure that the questions were answered completely and consistently.Results Fourteen of the 17 Canadian medical schools have some type of pediatric emergency medicine academic program. None of the pediatric emergency medicine units have full departmental status, while nine are divisions, two are sections, and three have no status. Canadian academic pediatric emergency medicine is practised at 13 major teaching hospitals and one specialized pediatric emergency department. There are 394 pediatric emergency medicine faculty members, including 13 full professors and 64 associate professors. Eight sites regularly take pediatric undergraduate clinical clerks, and all 14 provide resident education. Fellowship training is offered at 10 sites, with five offering advanced pediatric emergency medicine fellowship training. Half of the sites have at least one physician with a Master's degree in education, totalling 18 faculty members across Canada. There are 31 clinical researchers with salary support at nine universities. Eleven sites have published peer-reviewed papers (n=423) in the past five years, ranging from two to 102 per site. Annual academic budgets range from 10,000 to 2,607,515.Conclusions This comprehensive review of academic activities in pediatric emergency medicine across Canada identifies the variability across the country, including the recognition of sites above and below the national average, which may prompt change at individual sites. Sharing these academic practices may inspire sites to provide more support to teachers, educators, and researchers.
AB - Objective To complement our environmental scan of academic emergency medicine departments, we conducted a similar environmental scan of the academic pediatric emergency medicine programs offered by the Canadian medical schools.Methods We developed an 88-question form, which was distributed to pediatric academic leaders at each medical school. The responses were validated via email to ensure that the questions were answered completely and consistently.Results Fourteen of the 17 Canadian medical schools have some type of pediatric emergency medicine academic program. None of the pediatric emergency medicine units have full departmental status, while nine are divisions, two are sections, and three have no status. Canadian academic pediatric emergency medicine is practised at 13 major teaching hospitals and one specialized pediatric emergency department. There are 394 pediatric emergency medicine faculty members, including 13 full professors and 64 associate professors. Eight sites regularly take pediatric undergraduate clinical clerks, and all 14 provide resident education. Fellowship training is offered at 10 sites, with five offering advanced pediatric emergency medicine fellowship training. Half of the sites have at least one physician with a Master's degree in education, totalling 18 faculty members across Canada. There are 31 clinical researchers with salary support at nine universities. Eleven sites have published peer-reviewed papers (n=423) in the past five years, ranging from two to 102 per site. Annual academic budgets range from 10,000 to 2,607,515.Conclusions This comprehensive review of academic activities in pediatric emergency medicine across Canada identifies the variability across the country, including the recognition of sites above and below the national average, which may prompt change at individual sites. Sharing these academic practices may inspire sites to provide more support to teachers, educators, and researchers.
KW - Canada
KW - Pediatric
KW - academic
KW - administration
KW - budget
KW - education
KW - emergency medicine
KW - emergency medicine department
KW - environmental scan
KW - fellowships
KW - major teaching hospitals
KW - research
KW - teaching
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U2 - 10.1017/cem.2017.437
DO - 10.1017/cem.2017.437
M3 - Article
C2 - 29374505
AN - SCOPUS:85053244502
SN - 1481-8035
VL - 20
SP - 693
EP - 701
JO - Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
JF - Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
IS - 5
ER -