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Emergency Medicine (Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital)

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Unit Code


02138

Department/Institution Offering Unit


Department of Emergency Medicine
Butterfield Street
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
HERSTON QLD 4029
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/rbwh/services/emergency.asp

Unit Points


Research Points: 75

Coursework Points: 25

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Contacts


Unit Coordinator/s:

Dr Jaimi Greenslade, PhD
Department of Emergency Medicine
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Butterfield Street
HERSTON QLD

tel: + (07) 3636 4078
fax: + (07) 3636 1643
email: jaimi_greenslade@health.qld.gov.au

Alternative Contact:
Dr Kevin Chu, FACEM
Department of Emergency Medicine
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Butterfield Street
HERSTON QLD

tel: + (07) 3636 4078
fax: + (07) 3636 1643
email: Kevin_chu@health.qld.gov.au
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Overall Objectives


This unit aims to provide students with an understanding of all aspects of clinical research within an emergency setting. Students will work within the Royal Brisbane Emergency Department,which incorporates a full range of tertiary-referral services including trauma, resuscitation, acute care, and mental health. Students will be required to:

  1. Critically evaluate medical literature and identify gaps in literature that require further research
  2. Design original research in emergency medicine
  3. Carry out and communicate results of original research in emergency medicine
  4. Understanding the barriers to high quality clinical research in emergency medicine

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Content


Coursework:
 Students should undertake Intermediate Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Melbourne University. Further, students will be required to attend in-house training provided to interns. This comprises approximately 80 hours of structured emergency medicine coursework across 10 weeks. All major emergency medicine topics are covered. No formal assessment occurs within this course.

Research:
General research areas conducted in the department include sepsis, procedural sedation, trauma and medical education.

Sample Research Topics:

Triage of older patients in major trauma: This project examines whether older trauma patients are under-triaged compared to younger trauma patients and whether this under-triage is associated with poorer outcomes.

Evaluation of a new Massive Transfusion Protocol for exsanguinating trauma patients: This project examines whether a newly implemented massive transfusion protocol is effective in reducing coagulopathy and mortality in major trauma patients.

Development of a Sepsis registry: this project involves collecting clinical data on all emergency department patients admitted to the hospital with suspected infection. This data will be used to identify early indicators of mortality in sepsis patients.

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Assessment Breakdown


Research Component: 87.5 points
Research Report (up to 8,000 words): 85%
Oral presentation of report: 15%

Coursework Component: 12.5 points
Intermediate Epidemiology and Biostatistics will be assessed as per subject description.

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Student Numbers


Number of places available:
2

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