Journal Article

Position Statement on Emergency Medicine Definitions from the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians

Christenson, Jim, Lim, Rodrick K., Rosenblum, Rebeccah, Koczerginski, Josh, Howlett, Michael, Chochinov, Alecs, Stiell, Ian G., McLeod, Bruce, Kuuskne, Martin, Borreman, Stephane, Caudle, Jaelyn, Fuller, Benjamin, Paraskevopoulos, Chryssi, Chan, Tom, McEwen, Jill, Currie, Tom, Pageau, Paul

2018

Overview

[...]these concepts have been set aside by CAEP.The coordination of patient care across multiple healthcare venues and providers Health care promotion and injury prevention Leadership and administration: leading interdisciplinary patient care teams, medical management, policies & procedures, emergency equipment & design, physician staffing, budgets Medical systems Within the emergency department: including patient triage, throughput and discharge External to the emergency department: including but not limited to pre-hospital transport & care and disaster planning & management Teaching relevant emergency medicine skills, knowledge and attitudes to other physician and non-physician health care providers Generation of emergency medicine knowledge through research and knowledge translation Patient safety and quality improvement related to emergency medicine CAEP Definition of an Emergency Physician An emergency physician is a physician who is engaged in the practice of emergency medicine and demonstrates the specific set of required competencies that define this field of medical practice.The Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada The College of Family Physicians of Canada (Emergency Physicians with equivalent non-Canadian training and certification are also recognized in Canada eg The American Board of Emergency Medicine) CAEP Statement on the Importance of Emergency Medicine Certification in Canada It is CAEP’s vision, that by 2020 all emergency physicians in Canada will be certified in emergency medicine by a recognized certifying body.* Toward that vision, provincial governments and Faculties of Medicine must urgently allocate resources to increase the numbers of emergency medicine postgraduate positions in recognized training programs so the Colleges are able to address the gap in human resources and training.CAEP recognizes that the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (Royal College) residency program is the single training program in Canada designed to produce designated specialists in emergency medicine.* Specialist designation by the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada is only obtainable through successful completion of one of following: a RCPSC-accredited specialty residency training program OR specialty emergency medicine training by a program acceptable to the RCPSC and a period of appropriate emergency medicine practice at a high level as determined by a formalized RCPSC practice assessment and certification process CAEP Board of Directors Jill McEwen, MD, FRCPC, Department of Emergency Medicine, CAEP President & corresponding author, University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC; Stéphane Borreman, MD, CCFP(EM), CAEP AMUQ Representative, Department of Emergency Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC Jaelyn Caudle, MD, FRCPC, Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, ON* Tom Chan, MD, CCFP(EM), Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Alecs Chochinov, MD, FRCPC, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, MB Jim Christenson, MD, FRCPC, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC; Tom Currie, MD, CCFP(EM), Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney, NS* Benjamin Fuller, BSc, MD, MCFP,CCFP(EM), FCFP, CCPE, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto and Queens University, Lakeridge Health Oshawa, Ontario Michael Howlett, MD, CCFP(EM), Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John, NB Josh Koczerginski, MD, Chair, CAEP Resident Section, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Martin Kuuskne, MD, Past-Chair, CAEP Resident Section, Department of Emergency Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC* Rodrick Lim, MD, FRCPC, Chair, CAEP Pediatric Section, Department of Paediatrics/Division of Emergency Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, Children's Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON Bruce McLeod, MD, FRCPC, CAEP Past-President, Department of Emergency Medicine, Valley Regional Hospital, Kentville, NS Paul Pageau, MD, CCFP(EM), CAEP President-Elect, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON Chryssi Paraskevopoulos, MD, CCFP(EM), Department of Emergency Medicine, McGill University, St. Mary’s Hospital Centre, Montreal, QC Rebeccah Rosenblum, MD, FRCPC, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, AB Ian Stiell, MD, FRCPC, ABEM, Chair, CAEP Academic Section, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, ON *Past (2014-15) CAEP BoardREFERENCES 1.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Boards of directors / CAEP Position Statement / Canada / Certification / Curricula / Departments / Emergency medical care / Emergency Medicine - standards / Emergency services / Female / Hospitals / Humans / Male / Medicine / Pediatric Emergency Medicine - standards / Pediatrics / Physicians / Practice Guidelines as Topic - standards / Practice Patterns, Physicians' - standards / Societies, Medical - standards / Surgeons / Training