May 2009 Vol 11, No 3

Original Research

EM Advances

• Emergency medicine as a career choice: a descriptive study of Canadian medical students
  Ian M. Scott, MD, MSc; Riyad B. Abu-Laban, MD, MHSc; Margot C. Gowans, BSc, Grad, Dip Clin Epi; Bruce J. Wright, MD; Fraser R. Brenneis, MD
• Impact of a nurse practitioner on patient care in a Canadian emergency department
  Ivan P. Steiner, BSc, CScM, MD; Darren N. Nichols, BMedSc, MD; Sandra Blitz, MSc; Lloyd Tapper, RN, BScN, MN; Andrew P. Stagg, MD, MSc; Leneela Sharma, MD; Carla Policicchio, RN, BScN, MN
• Multicentre evaluation of an emergency department asthma care pathway for adults
  M. Diane Lougheed, MD, MSc; Jennifer Olajos-Clow, RN(EC), MSc, CAE; Kim Szpiro, RN, MSc; Patricia Moyse, RN, CAE; Brianna Julien, RN, BScN, BAH, BSc; Miao Wang, MD, MSc; Andrew G. Day, MSc; Ontario Respiratory Outcomes Research Network

Education

Faculty Development

• Self-reported priorities and resources of academic emergency physicians for the maintenance of clinical competence: a pilot study
  Jonathan Sherbino, MD, MEd; Suneel Upadhye, MD, MSc; Andrew Worster, MD, MSc

Student Teaching and Evaluation

• Emergency medicine preclerkship observerships: evaluation of a structured experience
  Rick Penciner, MD

Pedagogical Tools and Methods

• Factor analyze this
  Andrew Worster, MD, MSc; Geoff Norman, PhD

CAEP Updates

CAEP Abstracts

• 2009 CAEP / ACMU Scientific Abstracts June 6-10, 2009 Calgary, Alta.
• 2009 CAEP / ACMU Scientific Abstracts - Plenary Presentations: 1-4
• 2009 CAEP / ACMU Scientific Abstracts - Oral Presentations: 5-24
• 2009 CAEP / ACMU Scientific Abstracts - Oral Presentations: 25-46
• 2009 CAEP / ACMU Scientific Abstracts - Poster Presentations: 47-76
• 2009 CAEP / ACMU Scientific Abstracts - Poster Presentations: 77-106
• 2009 CAEP / ACMU Scientific Abstracts - Poster Presentations: 107-136
• 2009 CAEP / ACMU Scientific Abstracts - Poster Presentations: 137-166
• 2009 CAEP / ACMU Scientific Abstracts Author Index
• 2009 CAEP / ACMU Scientific Abstracts Keyword Index

Knowledge Applied to Practice

Tips from the Trenches

• The reverse Silfverskiöld test in Achilles tendon rupture
  D. Joshua Mayich, MD; Alastair Younger, MD; Fabian Krause, MD

Case Reports

• Erythroderma: a dermatologic emergency
  Tony F. Bruno, MSc, MD; Parbeer Grewal, MD

Residents' Corner

• The impact of hospital overcrowding on postgraduate education: an emergency medicine resident's perspective through the lens of CanMEDS
  Sam Sabbah, MBBS

Radical Departure

• The radical departure invitational
  Jeffrey Freeman, MD