Feasibility of a Multifaceted Social Emergency Medicine Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Emergency physicians are in a unique position to impact both individual and population health needs. Despite this, emergency medicine (EM) residency training lacks formalized education n the social determinants of health (SDoH) and integration of patient social risk and need, which are core components of social EM (SEM). The need for such a SEM-based residency curriculum has been previously recognized; however, there is a gap in the literature related to demonstration and feasibility. In this study we sought to address this need by implementing and evaluating a replicable, multifaceted introductory SEM curriculum for EM residents. This curriculum is designed to increase general awareness related to SEM and to increase ability to identify and intervene upon SDoH in clin

SUBMITTER: Shufflebarger EF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10284534 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature