title: An Environmental Scan of Academic Emergency Medicine at the 17 Canadian Medical Schools: Why Does this Matter to Emergency Physicians?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We sought to conduct a major objective of the CAEP Academic Section, an environmental scan of the academic emergency medicine programs across the 17 Canadian medical schools.
  
  
  METHODS
  We developed an 84-question questionnaire, which was distributed to academic heads. The responses were validated by phone by the lead author to ensure that the questions were answered completely and consistently. Details of pediatric emergency medicine units were excluded from the scan.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At eight of 17 universities, emergency medicine has full departmental status and at two it has no official academic status. Canadian academic emergency medicine is practiced at 46 major teaching hospitals and 13 specialized pediatric hospitals. Another 69 Canadian hospital EDs regularly take clinical clerks and emergency medicine residents. There are 31 full professors of emergency medicine in Canada. Teaching programs are strong with clerkships offered at 16/17 universities, CCFP(EM) programs at 17/17, and RCPSC residency programs at 14/17. Fourteen sites have at least one physician with a Master's degree in education. There are 55 clinical researchers with salary support at 13 universities. Sixteen sites have published peer-reviewed papers in the past five years, ranging from four to 235 per site. Annual budgets range from $200,000 to $5,900,000.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This comprehensive review of academic activities in emergency medicine across Canada identifies areas of strengths as well as opportunities for improvement. CAEP and the Academic Section hope we can ultimately improve ED patient care by sharing best academic practices and becoming better teachers, educators, and researchers.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Emergency Medicine,University of Ottawa,Ottawa,ON.
authors.forename: Ian G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Stiell
authors.affiliation: ‡Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians,Ottawa,ON.
authors.forename: Jennifer D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Artz
authors.affiliation: §Department of Emergency Medicine,Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary,Calgary,AB.
authors.forename: Eddy S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.affiliation: ¶Division of Emergency Medicine,Department of Medicine,McMaster University,Hamilton,ON.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sherbino
authors.affiliation: ǁRescu,Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute,St. Michael's Hospital,Toronto,ON.
authors.forename: Laurie J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.affiliation: ††Faculty of Medicine,Department of Emergency Medicine,University of British Columbia,Vancouver,BC.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Christenson
authors.affiliation: *Department of Emergency Medicine,University of Ottawa,Ottawa,ON.
authors.forename: Jeffrey J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.affiliation: ‡‡Faculté de médicine,Département de médicine familiale et de médicine d'urgence,Université Laval,Quebec,QC.
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Topping
authors.affiliation: §§Department of Emergency Medicine,University of Saskatchewan,Saskatoon,SK.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Woods
authors.affiliation: ¶¶Department of Critical Care,Dalhousie University,Halifax,NS.
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Green
authors.affiliation: ***Department of Pediatrics and Medicine,University of Western Ontario,London,ON.
authors.forename: Rodrick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: ǁǁDepartment of Emergency Medicine,Dalhousie University,Halifax,NS.
authors.forename: Kirk
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Magee
authors.affiliation: †††Department of Family and Community Medicine,University of Toronto,Toronto,ON.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Foote
authors.affiliation: ‡‡‡BC Children's Hospital/University of British Columbia,Vancouver,BC.
authors.forename: Garth
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meckler
authors.affiliation: §§§Northern Ontario School of Medicine,Sudbury,ON.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mensour
authors.affiliation: ǁǁDepartment of Emergency Medicine,Dalhousie University,Halifax,NS.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Field
authors.affiliation: ††Faculty of Medicine,Department of Emergency Medicine,University of British Columbia,Vancouver,BC.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: ¶¶¶Department of Emergency Medicine,McGill University,Montreal,QC.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuuskne
authors.affiliation: ¶Division of Emergency Medicine,Department of Medicine,McMaster University,Hamilton,ON.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ducharme
authors.affiliation: ‡Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians,Ottawa,ON.
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.affiliation: ††Faculty of Medicine,Department of Emergency Medicine,University of British Columbia,Vancouver,BC.
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McEwen
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002170:Canada; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000458:organization & administration; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: academics; education; emergency medicine; research