Louisiana state university health science center new orleans emergency medicine residency program policies to supplement lsuhsc house officer manual
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Monthly CORD Exam(7/08 updated) Re: Monthly CORD Exams The online monthly in-service exams must be completed by the day scheduled for discussion. The exams will be scheduled at least one month in advance and are “open book”. Residents who score less than 75% will be assigned additional questions in that topic. Failure to complete more than three exams on time during one academic year will result in probation and a letter in the permanent file. 2007-08
November 28: HEENT December 18: EMS Jan 31: Musculoskeletal Feb 29: Trauma Mar 31: Procedures Apr 30: Cardiovascular May 31: Anesthesia June 30 OB 2008-09 July: Neuro Aug: NeuroSurg Sept: Cutaneous Oct: Pediatrics Nov: Toxicology Dec: Environmental Jan: Endocrine Feb: Mock Inservice Mar: ID
April: Abd/GI May: Admin June: Research Journal Club 2nd Thursday each Month 7:00 pm The purpose of Journal Club is to discuss articles relevant to Emergency medicine. Whether these articles are "good" or "bad" is not important. What is important is to gain an understanding of research design, statistics, and interpretation of data. Hopefully this will enable you to gain a better understanding of the article: you read as well as help you in your own research projects. Journal Club Procedures will be as follows:
Responsibilities of the Journal Club Leader: The Leader of each Journal Club will be assigned by the chief residents prior to the start of each academic year. As Leader, be sure that you are able to attend on your assigned date. Pick an appropriate topic for your Journal Club Month. A list of suggested topics is posted on the yahoo website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LSUEM/ If you need assistance in choosing your topic, you can speak with any of the program directors. Your topic must be approved by Dr. Haydel three weeks prior to journal club. Once your topic has been approved, you must choose 3 articles pertaining to your topic. These articles must then be submitted to Dr. Haydel for final approval two weeks prior to journal club. After your articles are approved, select one article for yourself to present, then assign the other two articles to the other two presenters designated on the schedule. Your articles must be submitted for approval at least two weeks prior to the Journal Club Date. Once approved, submit your 3 articles to the section secretary for distribution to the residents and staff. Please indicate the Journal Club Month on each article, as well as the order of presentation of your 3 articles. For example, "Article #1- July 2002 Journal Club, etc." Journal Club Presenter Responsibilities Make sure that you are off the night of your respective presentation date. Request to be off when putting in your monthly schedule requests. Stay in touch with the Leader of your Journal Club, so that you can receive your article well in advance. Adhere to the Standard Journal Club Presentation Format (Journal Club Literature Critique Form)
Journal Club Literature Critique FormArticle title and journal: Study objectives: Hypothesis: Outcome measures(dependent variables):
Sample: Number of data points or sample size (n) __________ Inclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria: Treatment (independent variables): Sampling type: __ convenience _ consecutive _ randomized _ systematic __other: Describe each treatment group and indicate number (n) for each: Data type: __nominal (named ie yes, no) __ordinal (ordered, numbers) ___interval (specific differences) Statistics: What statistical analysis is used? Are the statistics used appropriate for the data? What are the confidence intervals? Results: Is the hypothesis accepted or rejected? Does the study answer the question asked? How could the study be redesigned to better answer the question asked? Were adverse effects of treatment, limitations to the study, and intention to treat discussed?
Is the study biased? Are conclusions supported by the data? Is the study good or not? Does it affect your practice?
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