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16 Abstracts Accepted for CAEP 2010!
Thursday, 25 February 2010

The Division of Emergency Medicine is pleased to announce that all 16 abstracts submitted to CAEP (Montreal May 29th-June 2nd 2010) have been accepted for presentation!


Dr. Joel Krause (PGY 2) has been invited to give an ORAL PRESENTATION to detail the results from the research study entitled "Reliability of Free-Text Presenting Complaints Entered at Triage as compared to CEDIS." Joel will also be presenting 2 posters entitled "Reliability of the 2007 CTAS Guidelines: Inter-rater agreement from a community and academic emergency department" and "Reliability of the Canadian triage and acuity scale: inter-rater and intra-rater agreement of nurses from a community and teaching hospital." Congratulations to Joel along with Dr. Chris Fernandes, Justine Jewell (RN) and Dr. Amit Shah who were the senior lead investigators of this study.


Dr. Heather Hames (PGY-4) has been invited to present a poster detailing the results of her study entitled "Intraarticular Lidocaine vs. Intravenous Sedation for the Reduction of Anterior Shoulder Dislocations in the Emergency Department." Please join me in congratulating Heather along with Dr. Wanda Millard who was the senior lead investigator of this study.

Success continues for the procedural sedation study group. Dr. Karalyn Church (PGY-4) has been invited to present a poster entitled "Ketamine-Propofol compared to Propofol for Procedural Sedation in the Emergency Department." Congratulations to Karalyn along with Dr. Greg Mosdossy, Dr. Amit Shah, Dr. Kris Lehnhardt, Dr. Mike Peddle and Dr. Andrew McRae who were the co-investigators of this study.


Dr. Rob Arntfield, Dr. Mike Peddle and Dr. Jon Dreyer have been invited to present a poster detailing the results of their study entitled "Profiling the burden of night work in an academic emergency department." Please join me in congratulating Rob, Mike and Jon on their achievement!


Dr. Jon Dreyer has also been invited to present a poster entitled "A comparison of emergency physician time in Ontario emergency departments using different methods of physician remuneration." Congratulations Jon!


Dr. Rob Sedran will be busy this year with 3 posters at CAEP resulting from a research project completed with UWO medical students Morgan Hillier, Ashley Brown, Audra Smallfield and Danny Mendelsohn.

 

Dr. Munsif Bhimani will be presenting 2 posters at CAEP resulting from research projects completed with UWO medical students Mike Ballantine and Audra Smallfield. Congrats Munsif!

 

Dr. Matt Shaw (CCFP-EM 2009) has been invited to present a poster entitled "Low probability ventilation-perfusion scans in the emergency department: The frequency and results of follow-up Doppler venous ultrasonography." Please join me in congratulating Matt along with Dr. Grant Coome who was the research mentor and co-investigator for this study.


Dr. Carroll Harder (CCFP-EM 2009) has been invited to present a poster entitled "Discrepant interpretation of emergency department radiographs." Please join me in congratulating Carroll along with Dr. Marcia Edmonds who was the research mentor and co-investigator for this study.


Dr. Sid Sahay (CCFP-EM 2009) has been invited to present a poster entitled "Emergency department use of Rh immune prophylaxis in early pregnancy." Please join me in congratulating Sid along with Dr. Terry Skoretz who was the research mentor and co-investigator for this study.


Dr. Angela Novena (CCFP-EM 2009) has been invited to present a poster entitled "What is the Comfort Level of Community Emergency Physicians when Performing Paediatric Procedures?" Please join me in congratulating Angela along with Dr. Rod Lim who was the research mentor and co-investigator for this study.


Please join me in congratulating the 3 FRCP residents, 4 CCFP-EM Graduates, 13 staff consultants and 4 UWO medical students on their outstanding success!

Montreal, get ready for a London invasion!
 
Good luck to 2010 CaRMS candidates!
Thursday, 04 February 2010

The program directors and residents would like to thank all the CaRMS candidates for making the journey out to London for interviews. Hopefully you had a great time unwinding at the social, exploring London in style and learning more about the Emergency Medicine residency program at Western. Best of luck with your remaining interviews and the match!

 
Welcome 2010 FRCP Candidates!
Friday, 15 January 2010

The University of Western Ontario FRCP Emergency Medicine program and current residents are getting ready to welcome applicants to London for CaRMS interviews set for Friday January 29 at 8 am. However, we are also looking forward to a fun and casual "Meet and Greet" for everyone on the evening of Thursday January 28th. Those candidates interviewing in the afternoon will have the opportunity to go on a citywide tour of London including its hospitals, UWO campus, Richmond Row and other highlights. Candidates interview in the morning, don't fret you'll have an opportunity to join us on the tour in the afternoon!

Information about the Emergency Departments in London, our Emergency Medicine program at Western as well as London itself can be found on our website. However if there are any questions you have, please don't hesitate to email any of the residents.

Good luck with your interviews and travel safe. We're looking forward to seeing you in London at the end of January!!

 

 
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