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Published on: January 15, 2017
Scholarly tracks in emergency medicine
Linda Regan1, Sarah Stahmer, Andrew Nyce
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA. Lregan@jhmi.edu
Summary
Emergency medicine (EM) residency programs increasingly use scholarly tracks to foster resident specialization. These tracks enhance satisfaction, career prospects, and scholarly output, encouraging academic medicine careers.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Emergency Medicine
- Academic Development
Background:
- Residency programs in emergency medicine (EM) are implementing scholarly tracks.
- These tracks aim to guide residents in focusing their scholarly work within a specific niche.
Purpose of the Study:
- To discuss the current use, structure, and success of resident scholarly tracks in EM.
- To provide recommendations for successful implementation based on program experiences.
Main Methods:
- A working group of EM residency program leaders surveyed their approaches, implementation, and outcomes.
- Data were collected from eight training programs via a survey distributed through the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) list-serve.
- Results were discussed at the 2009 CORD Academic Assembly.
Main Results:
- Scholarly tracks encourage residents to develop a niche within EM.
- Benefits include increased resident satisfaction, improved success in securing faculty/fellowship positions, and higher scholarly productivity.
- Early outcomes from eight programs inform the findings.
Conclusions:
- Scholarly tracks are a valuable model for EM residency training.
- Key recommendations include clear goals, faculty alignment, protected time, and mentorship.
- This model may encourage more trainees to pursue academic medicine careers.
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