Table 4.
Edmonton Zone Emergency Physician Preferences for Procedural Skills Curriculum Development in 2019
| All Sites | Tertiary | Urban | Rural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current methods to maintain competence | ||||
| Repeated clinical practice | 143 (97.3) | 71 (91.0) | 31 (96.9) | 41 (75.9) |
| Observation (clinical, peer consult, reading, video review) | 123 (83.7) | 60 (76.9) | 27 (84.4) | 36 (66.7) |
| Simulation | 75 (51.0) | 29 (37.2) | 20 (62.5) | 26 (48.2) |
| Formal course | 108 (73.5) | 49 (62.8) | 27 (84.4) | 32 (59.3) |
| Other | 8 (5.4) | 4 (5.1) | 1 (3.1) | 3 (5.6) |
| None of the above | 1 (0.01) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Preferred length of procedural skills course | ||||
| Half a day | 64 (43.5) | 37 (50.7) | 11 (34.4) | 16 (38.1) |
| Full day | 71 (48.3) | 30 (41.1) | 19 (59.4) | 22 (52.4) |
| Two days | 11 (7.5) | 5 (6.8) | 2 (6.3) | 4 (9.5) |
| No response | 1 (0.01) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Barriers to participation in procedural skills curriculum | ||||
| Cost | 31 (21.1) | 14 (18.0) | 4 (12.5) | 13 (24.1) |
| Availability of courses | 112 (76.2) | 61 (78.2) | 23 (71.9) | 28 (51.9) |
| Time | 107 (72.8) | 51 (65.4) | 21 (65.6) | 35 (64.8) |
| Lack of department/site support | 28 (19.0) | 16 (20.5) | 4 (12.5) | 8 (14.8) |
| Other | 5 (3.4) | 2 (2.6) | 1 (3.1) | 2 (3.7) |
| Facilitators to participation in procedural skills curriculum | ||||
| CME credit | 120 (81.6) | 61 (78.2) | 26 (76.5) | 33 (61.1) |
| Financial support | 56 (38.1) | 27 (34.6) | 14 (41.2) | 15 (27.8) |
| On site location of course | 112 (76.2) | 61 (78.2) | 22 (64.7) | 29 (53.7) |
| Academic promotion | 24 (16.3) | 12 (15.4) | 5 (14.7) | 7 (13.0) |
| Other | 9 (6.1) | 3 (3.9) | 1 (2.9) | 5 (9.3) |
Data are reported as n (%).