Table 1
Regional needs assessment survey responses
|
Questions |
Responses (n = 80) |
|---|---|
|
Years in practice |
<5 years –35.4% |
|
5–10 years – 21.5% | |
|
10–20 years – 16.5% | |
|
>20 years – 25.3% | |
|
Practice sites |
Community ED – 64.1% |
|
Tertiary care ED – 44.9% | |
|
Urgent care – 38.5% | |
|
Pediatric ED – 10.3% | |
|
Training path |
CCFP-EM – 41.8% |
|
FRCPC-EM – 31.6% | |
|
CCFP – 11.4% | |
|
FRCPC-PEM – 7.6% | |
|
Allied health – 3.9% | |
|
ABEM – 3.8% | |
|
What are some roadblocks preventing you from further developing your career? |
Lack of time 40% (n = 32) |
|
Lack of resource/funding 12.5% (n = 10) | |
|
Lack of motivation/burnout 11.3% (n = 9) | |
|
Lack of opportunities 10% (n = 8) | |
|
Lack of mentorship 7.5% (n = 6) | |
|
What types of continuing professional education are you currently doing? |
Conferences – 86.3% |
|
Podcasts – 77.6% | |
|
Journal articles – 70.1% | |
|
Rounds/lectures – 63.8% | |
|
Workshops – 36.3% | |
|
Simulation – 3.9% | |
|
What do you wish staff physician continuing professional education looked like? |
Staff-only small group discussions |
|
‘Education responsive to our needs’ | |
|
Improved remote access/curated online content | |
|
Staff simulation | |
|
Procedural skills workshops |
ED emergency department, CCFP Canadian College of Family Physicians, EM emergency medicine, FRCPC Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada, PEM Pediatric Emergency Medicine, ABEM American Board of Emergency Medicine
Fig. 1
Depicting the process flow of information collection before our event, and distribution during the event
