May 5, 2015

Department of Family & Community Medicine Conference and Walter Rosser Day

By

Taylor Dear

This year, SREMI presented 6 posters at the DFCM Conference and Walter Rosser Day:

  1. A survey to assess knowledge, perceptions and use of Canadian clinical decision rules using a FOAMed podcast as a medium for knowledge translation.
  2. Needs assessment regarding an educational initiative for the assessment of alcohol withdrawal in the emergency department. 
  3. Comfort with geriatric emergency medicine competencies: a survey of Canadian emergency medicine residents
  4. The Influence of Cognitive Rest and Graduated Return to Usual Activities Discharge Instructions on Symptoms of Minor Traumatic Brain Injury.
  5. The Development of an iOS App to Measure Tremor in Patients with Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome.
  6. Administration of the CIWA protocol for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in the emergency department.

Congratulations to Dr. Bjug Borgundvaag for being awarded Best Poster for The Developemnt of an iOS App to Measure Tremor in Patients with Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome!