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How Well Do Core Faculty Understand The Emergency Medicine Milestones?
Randy Sorge1, Simiao Li-Sauerwine2, Jorge Fernandez3
1Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, Department of Emergency Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Introduction:
It is unclear how emergency medicine (EM) programs educate core faculty about the use of milestones in competency-based evaluations. We conducted a national survey to profile how programs educate core faculty regarding their use and to assess core faculty's understanding of the milestones.
Methods:
Our survey tool was distributed over six months in 2017 via the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) listserv. Responses, which were de-identified, were solicited from program directors (PDs), assistant/associate program directors (APDs), and core faculty. A single response from a program was considered sufficient.
Results:
Our survey had a 69.7% response rate (n=140/201). 62.9% of programs reported educating core faculty about the EM Milestones via the distribution of physical or electronic media. Although 82.6% of respondents indicated that it was important for core faculty to understand how the EM Milestones are used in competency-based evaluations, respondents estimated that 48.6% of core faculty possess "fair or poor" understanding of the milestones. Furthermore, only 50.7% of respondents felt that the EM Milestones were a valuable tool.
Conclusion:
These data suggest there is sub-optimal understanding of the EM Milestones among core faculty and disagreement as to whether the milestones are a valuable tool.
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