>>> [log in to unmask] 05/30/01 01:40
>Extract from minutes of BAEM council, 11 Jan 2001:
>'Concern was expressed ... that A&E was losing its focus on the main work of
>management of minor injuries'
Matt,
Am I reading this right ? The BAEM believes that the main focus of Emergency Physicians should be on the management of minor injuries ??
This obviously reflects a major philosophical difference between some of us. While minor injuries comprise a significant part of our workload - and we need to be competent and slick at managing these patients - does anyone really think that this is why we spend 5 years training to be a specialist ? Most of the current trainees I have ever spoken to are doing EM because of a belief that its totally inappropriate for a really sick patient to be managed by a person who is in their second or third year out of med school and that these patients deserve senior initial management.
This speciality will not continue to attract quality applicants if some of our seniors believe we are being trained simply to be experts in the management of minor injuries - we are that as well, and it is an important aspect of our work - but I would be stunned if the BAEM was suggesting we should move away from the critical care aspects of our job and refocus principally on minor injuries.
Craig
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