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    Emergency department care experiences among members of equity-deserving groups: quantitative results from a cross-sectional mixed methods study

    Emergency departments (EDs) serve an integral role in healthcare, particularly for vulnerable populations. However, marginalized groups often report negative ED experiences, including stigmatizing attitudes an...

    Susan A. Bartels, Meredith MacKenzie, Stuart L. Douglas in BMC Emergency Medicine (2023)

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    Open Access

    COVID-19 has heightened tensions between and exposed threats to core values of emergency medicine

    Professional culture is a powerful influence in emergency departments, but incompletely understood. Disasters magnify cultural realities, and as such the COVID-19 pandemic offered a unique opportunity to bette...

    Eve Purdy, Gillian Forster, Hayley Manlove in Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine (2022)

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    Recommendations for enhancing collaboration between the Canadian emergency department quality improvement and research communities

    While quality improvement (QI) and clinical research embody two distinct scientific approaches, they have the same ultimate goal—to improve health and patient care outcomes. By leveraging their respective stre...

    Lucas B. Chartier, Stuart L. Douglas in Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine (2021)