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P071: Content of clinical informatics in international training standards for emergency medicine specialists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2018

B. R. Holroyd*
Affiliation:
University of Alberta, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB
M. S. Beeson
Affiliation:
University of Alberta, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB
T. Hughes
Affiliation:
University of Alberta, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB
L. Kurland
Affiliation:
University of Alberta, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB
J. Sherbino
Affiliation:
University of Alberta, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB
M. Truesdale
Affiliation:
University of Alberta, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB
W. Hersh
Affiliation:
University of Alberta, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB
*
*Corresponding author

Abstract

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Introduction: The field of Clinical Informatics (CI) and specifically the electronic health record, has been identified as a key facilitator to achieve a sustainable evidence-based healthcare system for the future. International graduate medical education programs have been challenged to ensure their trainees are provided with appropriate skills to deliver effective and efficient healthcare in an evolving environment. This study explored how international Emergency Medicine (EM) specialist training standards address training in relevant areas of CI. Methods: A list of categories of CI competencies relative to EM was developed following a thematic review of published references documenting CI curriculum and competencies. Publically available, published documents outlining core content, curriculum and competencies from international organizations responsible for specialty graduate medical education and/or credentialing in EM for the United States, Canada, Australasia, the United Kingdom and Europe. These EM training standards were reviewed to identify inclusion of topics related to the relevant categories of CI competencies. Results: A total of 23 EM curriculum documents were included in the thematic analysis. Curricula content related to critical appraisal/evidence based medicine, leadership, quality improvement and privacy/security were included in all EM curricula. The CI topics related to fundamental computer skills, computerized provider order entry and patient-centered informatics were only included in the EM curricula documents for the United States and were absent for each other organization. Conclusion: There is variation in the CI related content of the international EM specialty training standards which were reviewed. Given the increasing importance of CI in the future delivery of healthcare, organizations responsible for training and credentialing specialist emergency physicians must ensure their training standards incorporate relevant CI content, thus ensuring their trainees gain competence in essential aspects of CI.

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Poster Presentations
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Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2018