Physician's evaluation and educational review in emergency medicine

Physician's Evaluation and Educational Review in Emergency Medicine The Phys,c,an's Evaluation and Educational Review (PEER) in Emergency Medicine makes available, for the first time, a teaching exammat,on designed to enable a physician to personally measure educational needs In Emergency Medicme. This self-assessment allows the phys,clan to tailor his continuing medical educahon Pro. gram to upgrade areas of greatest need or interest. Future offerings of PEER will help h,m determme how Well he has accomplished hts objecttves. PEER ts a teaching exammation which is designed to impart both self knowledge and clintcal knowledge There are no passing or fading grades Mbdern computer scoring techntques make it poss,ble to provtde each ind,v,dual w,th a confidential person. alized cnttque of his knowledge relating to the followtng areas. Cardiology Obstetrics/Gynecology Dermatology Ophthalmology Otolaryngology Orthopaedic Surgery General Medtcme Pediatrics General Surgery Psych,atry Legal Medlcme Radiology Neurology or Neurosurgery The program ,s self-managed and only the person taking the exammatlon w, II rece,ve the scoring sheet Absolute confidentiality ts mamtained and no outsider wtll be able to tdentify any mdtvtdual score. Upon completton of all prerequtsttes and the apphcation form, the College sends the self-assessment examma. tton package. An answer sheet, and sconng key will prowde ,mmedlate feedback, while the computer scormg evaluatmn provtdes ACEP with general data upon whtch future contmumg medtcal education plannmg can be based.

Making the Assessment The steps to be followed ,n apply, ng for the test are: 1) F, II out the apphcahon form 2) Send the apphcatton, together wtth a check for the appropriate amount indicated below, to the College. 3) Enclose your personal check for '~he followtng amounts. Members of ACEP $30.00 Non-Members $50.00 EmergencyMedtctne Residents $20.00 Donations to the Emergency Medtcme Foundation in excess of the charge for the test also make the mdtvldual ehglble for a copy of PEER Field tests of PEER requtred an average of four hours to complete the almost 300 question exammatton Based on this experience, the ACEP Contmutng Medical Education Committee has approved the examinahon for four credtt hours. These credtts will apply to the conttnuing education requtrement of the American College of Emergency Phys,cians. The completed answer sheet must be returned for cred,t. I

Emergency Medicine Foundation

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The Emergency Med,c,ne Foundat,on (EMF) has beep estabhshed as a nonprofit pubhc foundat,on under sectton 501 (c) (3) of the IRS Code as a mechantsm to provtde funds for educattonal and research programs relatedt0 emergency medtctne. A restricted fund has been established for the development of formative and summattve (e g teaching and certlfytng) examinatmns for emergency physlctans Since funds from EMF paid for outside consulta ° tton to develop PEER, ACEP members who donate more than $30.00 to this tax deducttble foundahon are ehgtblet0, receive a copy of PEER at no charge.

APPLICATION FOR S E L F - A S S E S S M E N T EXAMINATION Please send copy(ies) of the Physician's E v a l u a t i o n and Educational Review in Emergency Medicine to:

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ACEP 241 E Saginaw E. Lansing, MI 48823

Name Address [] I am an ACEP Member [] I am a resident in the Emergency Medicine Program at Name of SponsoringInstitution My check for Page 448 Volume 4 Number 5

, payable to the Emergency Medicine Foundation is enclosed September/October 1975 J ~