Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Journal Article Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-06T12:47:53 RDF description of The effect of emergency department crowding on education: blessing or curse? - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn19080 Crowding 16 <p>Emergency department (ED) crowding is a national crisis that contributes to medical error and system inefficiencies. There is a natural concern that crowding may also adversely affect undergraduate and graduate emergency medicine (EM) education. ED crowding stems from a myriad of factors, and individually these factors can present both challenges and opportunities for education. Review of the medical literature demonstrates a small body of evidence that education can flourish in difficult clinical environments where faculty have a high clinical load and to date does not support a direct deleterious effect of crowding on education. To provide a theoretical framework for discussing the impact of crowding on education, the authors present a conceptual model of the effect of ED crowding on education and review possible positive and negative effects on each of the six recognized Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) core competencies.<p> Academic Emergency Medicine 13569 Residency Education, Medical The effect of emergency department crowding on education: blessing or curse? 1 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00261.x public Quality of Health Care 21718 document-rn19080 Emergency Medicine 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00