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Clinical education guideline creation by residents for junior learners in emergency medicine: a novel educational experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

Bandar Baw
Affiliation:
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
Teresa Chan*
Affiliation:
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
Suneel Upadhye
Affiliation:
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
*
Correspondence to: Dr. Teresa Chan, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, 247 Barton Street East, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, [email protected].

Abstract

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Clinical practice guidelines are an important vehicle for knowledge translation and improving patient care. For most learners, these documents can be daunting and confusing. We describe a novel educational experience that clarified the guideline generation process for learners while at the same time creating clinical educational guidelines (simplified learning aids) for junior learners in the emergency department (ED). We devised a system using near-peer mentors to generate a series of clinical education guideline learning materials created by residents and junior learners for the evaluation of undifferentiated chest pain in the ED. This process assisted in teaching residents and junior learners and generated an endurable educational product.

Type
Brief Educational Report • Bref COMPTE
Copyright
Copyright © Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2014

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