Proposal for a UBC Department of Emergency Medicine

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Proposal for a UBC Department of Emergency
Medicine
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Number of University Departments of Emergency
Medicine

• Canada
• Four universities have created Departments of
  Emergency Medicine
• Two other universities have made formal
  announcements of their intention to create
  Departments of Emergency Medicine
• United States
• 69 universities have created Departments of
  Emergency Medicine

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Process Completed
Sept 03 - Academic Working Group formed to -
promote Academic Emergency Medicine
- plan for the creation of UBC Department of EM
Sept 06 - Faculty Executive Committee recommend
External Review of proposal April 07 -
External Review recommended formation of a
Department of Emergency Medicine at UBC Oct 07
- Faculty Executive Committee recommend
proposal be sent to Full Faculty meeting
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The External Review Team

• University Chair
• Dr. Martin Schechter, Professor Head,
  Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, UBC
• External Reviewers
• Dr. Brian Holroyd, Professor Acting Chair,
  Department of Emergency Medicine, University of
  Alberta
• Dr. David Walker, Dean, Faculty of Health
  Sciences, Queens University

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Interviewed a wide range of representatives

• Dr. Gavin Stuart, Dean, Faculty of Medicine
• Dr. Roy Purssell, Head, Division of Emergency
  Medicine, Department of Surgery
• Ms. Susan Wannamaker, Senior Operating Officer,
  Vancouver Acute
• Dr. Tex Kissoon, Senior Medical Director, Acute
  Critical Care, BC Childrens Hospital Dr. Ran
  Goldman, Medical Director, Paediatric Emergency
  Dept., BC Childrens Hospital
• Dr. Kamal Rungta Dr. Kristin Sivertz,
  Co-Associate Deans, Postgraduate Medical
  Education
• Research Dr. Bernard Bressler, VP Research VCH,
  Exec. Director VCHRI Asst. Dean Research UGC,
  Dr. Alison Buchan, Senior Associate Dean,
  Research UBC
• Dr. Graydon Meneilly, Head, Department of
  Medicine
• Dr. Robert Armstrong, Head, Department of
  Paediatrics
• Dr. Chris Reilly, Head, Department of
  Orthopaedics, Childrens Womens Hospital
• Dr. Ash Singhal, Medical Director, Trauma
  Program, Childrens Womens Hospital
• Dr. Katherine Paton, Special Advisor, Clinical
  Faculty Affairs
• Dr. Grant Innes, Head, Division of Emergency
  Medicine, St. Pauls Hospital
• Dr. John Hepburn, Vice President Research, UBC
• Dr. Ross Brown, Critical Care Emergency Trauma
• Family Practice group Dr. Diana Chang,
  Emergency Medicine Director, St. Pauls Hospital,
  Dr. Jill Kernahan, Postgraduate Program Director,
  Dept. of Family Practice, Dr. Julian Marsden,
  Acting Division Head for Emergency Medicine,
  Dept. of Family Practice
• Dr. George Mackie, Vice President Provost and
  Academic pro tem
• Surgery group Dr. Nick Carr, Head, Division of
  Plastic Surgery, Dr. Richard Finley, Head,
  Thoracic Surgery, Dr. Eric Webber, Postgraduate
  Program Director, Dept. of Surgery, Dr. Barrie
  Woodhurst, Undergraduate Program Director, Dept.
  of Surgery
• Dr. Stephen Chung, Acting Head, Department of
  Surgery
• Dr. Bruce Fleming, Associate Dean, MD UG Program,
  Student Affairs

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The Committee reviewed the inventory of
scholarly activity produced by Emergency Medicine
faculty and felt that the research output of the
current Division of Emergency Medicine at UBC is
impressive.
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Research

• In the past 7 years UBC EM principle
  investigators have secured more than 13.1
  million in research funding.
• EM researchers have collaborated with other
  investigators to bring in an additional 10.3
  million in funding.
• UBC EM Faculty have published
• 226 articles in peer-reviewed journals
• 309 abstracts
• 9 books
• 78 book chapters

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Teaching

• EM faculty members provide over 80,000 hours of
  teaching while providing clinical care annually.
• The students rated the experience in Emergency
  highly in the Self Study Report for the upcoming
  accreditation survey.

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There was significant and consistent
acknowledgement of the potential benefits and
support for the proposed Department of Emergency
Medicine at UBC amongst all of the individuals
interviewed.
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• The availability of recurring academic funding
  from the Ministry of Health provides an excellent
  resource for the establishment of a formal
  professoriate to facilitate and enhance academic
  development in the field of EM.

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The Committee strongly supports the Division of
Emergency Medicine becoming a full academic
Department at UBC as did virtually all of the
respondents we interviewed.
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And their final recommendation
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• We recommend that the proposal to create a
  Department of Emergency Medicine be approved.

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External Review Summary

• In summary, we believe there exists
• A critical mass of faculty to support the
  academic mission.
• A sufficient and distinctive body of knowledge.
• Active undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing
  professional programs in EM.
• Research success and national recognition.
• Broadly based support for the initiative to
  create a Department of Emergency Medicine at UBC.

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In Conclusion

• The Faculty Executive Committee has approved the
  proposal to create a UBC Dept of Emergency
  Medicine
• There is strong support from the Heads of the
  Departments most affected
• Family Practice
• Pediatrics
• Surgery
• We have an enthusiastic and committed EM Faculty
• We now have an important Window of Opportunity
• We respectfully request to be put forward for
  Departmental status

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Thank you.