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Status report: Development of emergency medicine research since the macy report

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2003

Foundation sponsored a conference entitled "The Role of Emergency Medicine in the Future of American Medical Care," a report on which was published in Annals in 1995. This report promulgated recommendations for the development and enhancement of academic departments of emergency medicine and a conference to develop an agenda for research in emergency medicine. The American College of Emergency Physicians' Research Committee, along with several ad hoc members, presents updates in several of the areas addressed by the Macy Report and subsequent conferences, as a status report for the development of emergency medicine research as a whole, as of late 2002.

Research directions in emergency medicine

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1996

Emergency medicine is rapidly evolving as a medical specialty and as a critical component of the US health care system. Although more than 90 million patients visit emergency departments (EDs) annually in the United States, the specialty's role and potential for growth in the prevailing health care environment are poorly understood by the public and the medical community. To clarify the role of emergency medicine in the health care system, the Josiah Macy Jr.

A basic resource guide for emergency medicine research

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1990

The purpose of this bibliography is to provide emergency physicians with source documents to assist in designing and conducting research to answer questions of interest to the specialty. It is comprised of references submitted by members of the 1988-1989 Research Committee of the American College of Emergency Physicians in response to a request to identify basic sources of information about medical research .in general and research in emergency medicine in particular. The bibliography is not intended to provide all the information needed to conduct research or to serve as a means of bypassing formal training in research. However, the Committee does hope that it has provided a resource that can be used to obtain an overview of the research process or serve as the starting point for more intensive study of particular topics.

‘Need-to-Know’ emergency medicine articles of 2014

International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2015

Every year, thousands of articles are published in numerous medical journals that relate to the clinical practice of medicine. However, it is impossible for a single clinician to stay abreast of the literature, let alone to determine which articles should change daily practice. Physicians in our department have searched the emergency medicine and the specialty literature of 2014 to determine which articles are most relevant to the clinical practice of emergency medicine, summarized them, and listed key take-home points from these 'need-to-know' articles.

The efficacy and value of emergency medicine: a supportive literature review

International Journal of …, 2011

Study objectivesThe goal of this study was to identify publications in the medical literature that support the efficacy or value of Emergency Medicine (EM) as a medical specialty and of clinical care delivered by trained emergency physicians. In this study we use the term "value" to refer both to the "efficacy of clinical care" in terms of achieving desired patient outcomes, as well as "efficiency" in terms of effective and/or cost-effective utilization of healthcare resources in delivering emergency care. A comprehensive listing of publications describing the efficacy or value of EM has not been previously published. It is anticipated that the accumulated reference list generated by this study will serve to help promote awareness of the value of EM as a medical specialty, and acceptance and development of the specialty of EM in countries where EM is new or not yet fully established.MethodsThe January 1995 to October 2010 issues of selected journals, including the EM journals with the highest article impact factors, were reviewed to identify articles of studies or commentaries that evaluated efficacy, effectiveness, and/or value related to EM as a specialty or to clinical care delivered by EM practitioners. Articles were included if they found a positive or beneficial effect of EM or of EM physician-provided medical care. Additional articles that had been published prior to 1995 or in other non-EM journals already known to the authors were also included.ResultsA total of 282 articles were identified, and each was categorized into one of the following topics: efficacy of EM for critical care and procedures (31 articles), efficacy of EM for efficiency or cost of care (30 articles), efficacy of EM for public health or preventive medicine (34 articles), efficacy of EM for radiology (11 articles), efficacy of EM for trauma or airway management (27 articles), efficacy of EM for using ultrasound (56 articles), efficacy of EM faculty (34 articles), efficacy of EM residencies (24 articles), and overviews and editorials of EM efficacy and value (35 articles).ConclusionThere is extensive medical literature that supports the efficacy and value for both EM as a medical specialty and for emergency patient care delivered by trained EM physicians.