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Performance Mindset: Expertise in Emergency Medicine

Performance Mindset: Expertise in Emergency Medicine

by Justin Godbout | Nov 26, 2020 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Medical Education, Pre-Hospital, Quality Improvement, Trauma

“The differences between expert performers and normal adults are not immutable, that is, due to genetically prescribed talent. Instead, these differences reflect a life-long period of deliberate effort to improve performance.” – K. Anders Ericsson What defines...
Solid Organ Donation from the Emergency Department – Missed Donor Opportunities

Solid Organ Donation from the Emergency Department – Missed Donor Opportunities

by Jessica McCallum | Apr 9, 2020 | All Posts, Critical Care, Featured, Pre-Hospital, Quality Improvement

In this post, we aim to highlight the perspectives of family, physicians, the emergency department and pre-hospital medicine in regards to organ donation. Types of Organ Tissue Donation There are 2 main types of deceased organ donation including neurologic...
Borderline Personality Disorder – Part 1

Borderline Personality Disorder – Part 1

by Daniel Beamish | Dec 12, 2019 | Grand Round Summaries, mental health, psychiatry, Quality Improvement

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a personality disorder that describes the emotional dysregulation, impulsivity, recurrent self-harm and suicidal behaviour experienced by many individuals. People suffering from this personality disorder frequently live chaotic...
We Need to Talk: Communicating with patients

We Need to Talk: Communicating with patients

by Erica Lee | Nov 21, 2019 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Patient Advocacy, Quality Improvement

During your medical training, how many times did someone watch you talk to a real patient? What about explaining their diagnosis? Or how to take their medications? Have you had a conversation with a patient and felt that you weren’t “speaking the same language”? Good...
Artificial Intelligence & Big Data in the ED

Artificial Intelligence & Big Data in the ED

by Scott Odorizzi | Oct 3, 2019 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement

In today’s post, we seek to: Understand what artificial intelligence (AI) is Generate a basic understanding of how AI works Review applications of AI in the Emergency Department (ED): Patient care Predictive Analytics ED Operations Intelligence Intelligence...

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