scholarly journals Workplace violence against physicians in Turkey’s emergency departments: a cross-sectional survey

BMJ Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. e013568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Başak Bayram ◽  
Murat Çetin ◽  
Neşe Çolak Oray ◽  
İsmail Özgür Can
Keyword(s):  
Workplace Violence ◽  
Emergency Departments ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional

scholarly journals P033: Procedural skills training in emergency medicine physicians within the Edmonton zone: a needs assessment

CJEM ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (S1) ◽  
pp. S76-S76
Author(s):  
R. Schonnop ◽  
B. Stauffer ◽  
A. Gauri ◽  
D. Ha
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
Emergency Departments ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Procedural Skill ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Procedural Skills ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Region ◽  
Perceived Importance

Introduction: Procedural skills are a key component of an emergency physician's practice. The Edmonton Zone is a health region that comprises twelve tertiary, urban community and rural community emergency departments (EDs) and represents over three hundred emergency physicians. This study describes the current attitudes toward procedural skill competency, current procedural skill practices, and the role for educational skills training sessions among emergency medicine physicians within a geographical health region. Methods: Multicenter descriptive cross-sectional survey of all emergency medicine physicians working at 12 emergency departments within the Edmonton Zone in 2019 (n = 274). The survey underwent several phases of systematic review; including item generation and reduction, pilot testing, and clinical sensibility testing. Survey items addressed current procedural skill performance frequency, perceived importance and confidence, current methods to maintain competence, barriers and facilitating factors to participation in a curriculum, preferred teaching methods, and desired frequency of practice for each procedural skill. Results: Survey response rate was 53.6%. Variability in frequency of performed procedures was apparent across the type of hospital sites. For majority of skills, there was a significantly positive correlation between the frequency at which a skill was performed and the perceived confidence performing said skill. There was inconsistency and no significant correlation with perceived importance, perceived confidence, or frequency performing a given skill and the desired frequency of training for that skill. Course availability (76.2%) and time (72.8%) are the most common identified barriers to participation in procedural skills training. Conclusion: This study summarized the current emergency department procedural skill practices and attitudes toward procedural skill competency and an educational curriculum among emergency medicine physicians in Edmonton. This represents a step towards targeted continuing professional development in the growing realm of competency-based medical education.

scholarly journals Changes in prevalence of workplace violence against doctors in all medical specialties in Norway between 1993 and 2014: a repeated cross-sectional survey

BMJ Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. e017757 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Hjulstad Johansen ◽  
Valborg Baste ◽  
Judith Rosta ◽  
Olaf G Aasland ◽  
Tone Morken
Keyword(s):  
Relative Risk ◽  
Workplace Violence ◽  
Medical Specialty ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Work Time ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical Specialties ◽  
Work Settings ◽  
Representative Samples ◽  
Violence Against Doctors

ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to investigate whether reported prevalence of experienced threats, real acts of violence and debilitating fear of violence among Norwegian doctors have increased over the last two decades.DesignRepeated cross-sectional survey.SettingAll healthcare levels and medical specialties in Norway.ParticipantsRepresentative samples of Norwegian doctors in 1993 (n=2628) and 2014 (n=1158).Main outcome measuresRelative risk (RR) of self-reported prevalence of work-time experiences of threats and real acts of violence, and of being physically or psychologically unfit during the last 12 months due to fear of violence, in 2014 compared with 1993, adjusted by age, gender and medical specialty.ResultsThere were no differences in self-reported threats (adjusted RR=1.01, 95% CI 0.95 to 1.08) or real acts (adjusted RR=0.90, 95% CI 0.80 to 1.03) of violence when comparing 2014 with 1993. The proportion of doctors who had felt unfit due to fear of violence decreased from 1993 to 2014 (adjusted RR=0.53, 95% CI 0.39 to 0.73). Although still above average, the proportion of doctors in psychiatry who reported real acts of violence decreased substantially from 1993 to 2014 (adjusted RR=0.75, 95% CI 0.60 to 0.95).ConclusionsA substantial proportion of doctors experience threats and real acts of violence during their work-time career, but there was no evidence that workplace violence has increased over the last two decades. Still, the issue needs to be addressed as part of the doctors’ education and within work settings.

Death in emergency departments: a multicenter cross-sectional survey with analysis of withholding and withdrawing life support

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 765-772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Le Conte ◽  
David Riochet ◽  
Eric Batard ◽  
Christelle Volteau ◽  
Bruno Giraudeau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Departments ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional

scholarly journals A majority of rural emergency departments in the province of Quebec use point-of-care ultrasound: a cross-sectional survey

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Léger ◽  
Richard Fleet ◽  
Julie Maltais- Giguère ◽  
Jeff Plant ◽  
Éric Piette ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Departments ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Point Of Care Ultrasound ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional

scholarly journals Language diversity and challenges to communication in Indian emergency departments

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Douglass ◽  
Lalit Narayan ◽  
Rebecca Allen ◽  
Jay Pandya ◽  
Zohray Talib
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Departments ◽  
Critical Incident ◽  
English Language ◽  
Rapid Assessment ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Language Diversity ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background Communication in emergency departments (ED) in India is complicated by the country’s immense language diversity. Prior research has revealed challenges in language and communication as barriers to care. Our objective was to quantify language diversity among clinicians in Indian EDs and better understand issues related to clinician-clinician and clinician-patient communication. Methodology A cross-sectional survey of ED clinicians was conducted. Survey participants were recruited in-person and through email at six partner sites in India. ANOVA and binary logistic regression were used for subgroup analysis. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ED clinicians. Interview data was analyzed using the rapid assessment process to determine predominant themes. Results 106 clinicians completed the survey. On average, clinicians spoke 3.75 languages. Seventy-one percent used a non-English language to speak to fellow clinicians most of the time, and 53% reported at least one critical incident over the last year where poor communication played a part. Interviews revealed challenges including low health literacy, high patient volume, and workplace hierarchy. Conclusions This study is the first to document the impact of language diversity and communication barriers in Indian EDs. The results highlight the need for effective strategies to improve communication between the multiple languages spoken by clinicians and patients.

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