A Novel Tool for Assessment of Emergency Medicine Resident Skill in Determining Diagnosis and Management for Emergent Electrocardiograms: A Multicenter Study

Critical Appraisal of Emergency Medicine Educational Research: The Best Publications of 2016

“…Similar to prior years, the most common study populations were medical students (21/75; 28%) and residents (48/75; 64%) . Interestingly, this year only one study addressing medical students was highlighted for excellence, in contrast to prior years.…”

“…Three of these studies with an experimental design were highlighted . There was a decline in the number of observational studies (35/75; 47%), compared to 2015 (36/61; 59%), but an increase in the number of studies using survey methodology (19/75; 25%) in 2016 compared to 10 of 61, 16% in 2015, and 0% in 2014. It should be noted that all survey studies in this review drew data from participants from multiple institutions per the predetermined selection criteria.…”

“…Excluding surveys, 10 studies (13%) were conducted at two or more institutions. This is similar to 2015 where 10 of 61 (16%) were multi‐institutional.…”

Using a statewide survey methodology to prioritize pediatric cardiology core content

“…Consistent with our findings, investigators chose recognition and immediate management of "critical" EKGs as important assessment measures in a study evaluating emergency medicine residents. 16 The other 2 themes apparent less prominently within the "most selected" content involved more baseline knowledge and synthesis from the learner: building a differential and planning a workup.…”

Quantifying the medical student learning curve for ECG rhythm strip interpretation using deliberate practice

“…Although electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation is a core competency for all graduating medical students [1], literature from the past 3 decades has consistently shown that ECG interpretation skills are consistently below expectations for graduating medical students [2], [3], residents in training [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], and physicians in practice [10], [11], [12]. ECG interpretation errors may expose patients to harm through delayed diagnosis, inappropriate investigations and treatment, and delays in appropriate treatment [13], [14].…”