The Effect of Emergency Department Observational Experience on Medical Student Interest in Emergency Medicine

• Published in: The Journal of emergency medicine Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 458 - 462
• Main Authors: Gharahbaghian, Laleh, MD, Hindiyeh, Rasha, MD, MBA, Langdorf, Mark I., MD, MHPE, Vaca, Federico, MD, MPH, Anderson, Craig L., PHD, MPH, Kahn, J. Akiva, MA, Wiechmann, Warren, MD, MBA, Lotfipour, Shahram, MD, MPH
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2011
• Subjects: Adult; Career Choice; Data Collection; education; Education, Medical - methods; Emergency; Emergency Medicine - education; Female; Humans; job shadowing; Male; medical student; Observation; observational experience; Retrospective Studies; Students, Medical; tag along; Young Adult; job shadowing; education; medical student; career choice; observational experience; tag along

Abstract Background: In many different health care educational models, shadowing, or observational experience, is accepted as integral to introducing students to the specifics of medical specialties. Study Objectives: We investigated whether emergency department (ED) observational experiences (EDOs)...