Overly Optimistic Emergency Medicine Gender Trends?

Emergency medicine services: interprofessional care trends.

To understand trends in emergency medicine and interprofessional roles in delivering this care, we analyzed a 10-year period (1995-2004) by provider, patient characteristics, and diagnoses. The focus was on how doctors, physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) share emergency medicine visits. The National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey of over 1 billion "weighted" emerg...

The emerging science of gender-specific emergency medicine.

INTRODUCTION It is increasingly evident that sex and gender play an important role in disease and response to medical treatment. Accordingly, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun targeting funding and initiatives toward sexand gender-specific investigations. Although the field of Emergency Medicine (EM) has lagged behind other fields of medicine in its attention to sex and gender f...

Gender and future salary: disparate trends in internal medicine residents.

Gender and Future Salary: Disparate Trends in Internal Medicine Residents Andrew J. Halvorsen, MS, Joseph C. Kolars, MD, Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH Office of Educational Innovations, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn; Education and Global Initiatives, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Mich; General Internal Medicine – Hospital Internal Medicine, ...

Trends and challenges in international pediatric emergency medicine.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Pediatric emergency care internationally is practiced in a wide variety of local contexts, and the quality of care varies. International pediatric emergency medicine refers to the spectrum of care provided to children with serious illnesses and injuries globally. This article serves as the first of its kind to characterize current trends and challenges in this area. RECENT F...

Accident and emergency medicine or emergency medicine?