An environmental scan of academic pediatric emergency medicine at Canadian medical schools: Identifying variability across Canada

Artz, J.D.; Meckler, Garth; Argintaru, Niran; Lim, R.; Stiell, Ian G.

doi:10.1017/cem.2017.437

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“…Similar to other environmental scans for other academic endeavours, this report provides useful baseline information for comparison and highlights areas for improvement. 21,22 On a national level, our results are guiding the CAEP QIPS committee's key strategic activities to develop recommendations and coordinate large-scale initiatives to support the growth of QIPS capacity across Canada. For example, our results revealed that a few centres were significantly more successful at producing a high volume of scholarly QIPS output; there is an opportunity for sharing successful strategies amongst all EM departments and perhaps leading to larger multicentre QIPS initiatives.…”

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An environmental scan of quality improvement and patient safety activities in emergency medicine in Canada

Kwok

Perry

Mondoux

et al. 2019

CJEM

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ObjectiveWe conducted an environmental scan of quality improvement and patient safety (QIPS) infrastructure and activities in academic emergency medicine (EM) programs and departments across Canada.MethodsWe developed 2 electronic surveys through expert panel consensus to assess important themes identified by the CAEP QIPS Committee. “Survey 1” was sent by email to all 17 Canadian medical school affiliated EM department Chairs and Academic Hospitals department Chiefs; “Survey 2” to 12 identified QIPS leads in these hospitals. This was followed by 2 monthly email reminders to participate in the survey.Results22/70 (31.4%) Department Chairs/Chiefs completed Survey 1. Most (81.8%) reported formal positions dedicated to QIPS activities within their groups, with a mixed funding model. Less than half of these positions have dedicated logistical support. 11/12 (91.7%) local QIPS leads completed Survey 2. Two-thirds (63.6%) reported explicit QIPS topics within residency curricula, but only 9.1% described QIPS training for staff physicians. Many described successful academic scholarship output, with the total number of peer-reviewed QIPS-related publications per centre ranging from 1–10 over the past 5 years. Few respondents reported access to academic supports: methodologists (27.3%), administrative personnel (27.3%), and statisticians (9.1%).ConclusionThis environmental scan provides a snapshot of QIPS activities in EM across academic centres in Canada. We found significant local educational and academic efforts, although there is a discrepancy between the level of formal support/infrastructure and such activities. There remains opportunity to further advance QIPS efforts on a national level, as well as advocating and supporting local QIPS activities.

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confidence: 94%