Background The Canadian C-Spine (cervical-spine) Rule (CCR) and the National Emergency
X-Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS) Low-Risk Criteria (NLC) are decision rules to …

ContextCurrent use of cranial computed tomography (CT) for minor head injury is increasing
rapidly, highly variable, and inefficient. The Canadian CT Head Rule (CCHR) and New …

Imagine that residents in your program have been less than complimentary about
interprofessional rounds (IPRs). The program director asks you to determine what residents are …

Medical Education 2010: 44: 587–594 Objectives Training and practice in medicine are
inherently stressful. Research into the effects of acute stressors has revealed significant …

Background: Training and practice in medicine are inherently stressful. The effects of stress
on performance in clinical situations are poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to …

Objectives: Web‐based learning has several potential advantages over lectures, such as
anytime–anywhere access, rich multimedia, and nonlinear navigation. While known to be an …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We compare the predictive accuracy of emergency physicians'
unstructured clinical judgment to the Canadian C-Spine rule. METHODS: This prospective …

Background: Medical education has traditionally been compartmentalized into basic and
clinical sciences, with the latter being viewed as the skillful application of the former. Over time, …

Purpose: To evaluate the impact of a formal mentoring program on time to academic promotion
and differences in gender-based outcomes. Methods: Comparisons of time to promotion (i…

STUDY OBJECTIVES: Significant impediments to effective emergency department (ED)
teaching compromise what could otherwise be an excellent learning milieu. There is little …