September 2005 Vol 7, No 5

Original Research

ED Administration

• Prospective time study derivation of emergency physician workload predictors
  
  Grant D. Innes, MD; Robert Stenstrom, MD, PhD; Eric Grafstein, MD; James M. Christenson, MD

Pediatrics

• Dog bites in Canadian children: a five-year review of severity and emergency department management
  
  Mia E. Lang, MD, PhD; Terry Klassen, MD

EMS

• Emergency preparedness: what every health care worker needs to know
  
  Michael D. Christian, MD; Daniel Kollek, MD; Brian Schwartz, MD, FCFP

Education

• A survey of one CCFP-EM program's graduates: their background, intended type of practice and actual practice
  
  Lisa G. Shepherd, MD; Julia K. Burden, BSc

Faculty Development

• Faculty perceptions and practice impact of a faculty development workshop on emergency medicine teaching
  
  Glen Bandiera, MD, MEd; Shirley Lee, MD, MHSc; John Foote, MD

Knowledge Applied to Practice

Diagnostic Challenge

• What are the chances?
  
  Thomas L. Kersey, MB BS; Anthony J. Hudson, FFAEM; William Adams, FRCR
• Answer
  
  Thomas L. Kersey, MB BS; Anthony J. Hudson, FFAEM; William Adams, FRCR

International EM

• Emergency medicine in Jamaica
  
  Archibald McDonald, FACS, DM (Surg); Jean Williams-Johnson, DM (Emerg Med); Eric Williams, DM (Emerg Med); Simone French, DM (Emerg Med)

Editorials / Commentaries

• Subspecialization in emergency medicine: Where do we go from here?
  
  Douglas Sinclair, MD

Commentary

• Needed: a commitment to basic training in emergency medicine teaching
  
  Jason R. Frank, MD, MA (Ed)

Case Reports

• Brugada syndrome in a young patient with palpitations
  
  Deanne G. Watrich, MD, CCFP; Robert A. Woods, MD; Ivan P. Steiner, MD, MCFP(EM)
• Spinal epidural abscess
  
  Amy Louis, BHSc; Christopher M.B. Fernandes, MD

News

• Emergency physician awarded Heart and Stroke Distinguished Service Award
• CAEP RESEARCH GRANTS 2006