Emergency Medicine Physician

Description:

The Department of Emergency Medicine (Alberta Health Services Calgary Zone) is now accepting applications for a fulltime emergency physician. Only physicians who have completed a year of locum in the Emergency Department are eligible.

The Calgary Department of Emergency Medicine encompasses two emergency medicine residency programs and four hospital sites seeing over 300,000 patients per year. In addition to a full spectrum of high acuity clinical medicine, trauma, and cardiac care, we have active programs in human patient simulation and EM ultrasound, and Calgary is the home of STARS (Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society), one of North America's longest operating rotary wing aero medical systems. The Calgary Department of Emergency Medicine has a growing academic program with research and teaching opportunities.

The expectations of the Emergency Department for the position you are being offered are as follows:

Clinical Activities:

To provide clinical care at one or more of the Calgary adult emergency sites.

Education Activities:

1. Assist in the evaluation of trainees in the Emergency Medicine Residency program and other medical learners.
2. Perform clinical/bedside teaching while performing clinical duties in the Emergency Department.
3. Provide at least 24 hours of non-clinical (teaching, research, or quality improvement) activities for the year.

Research Activities:

Involvement in, or support for, ongoing research projects in the Emergency Department.

Continuing Medical Education:

1. Participate in the accredited CME programs of your appropriate Professional College.
2. Present at least one or more Educational Rounds as required by the department.

Department Administration:

1. Volunteer and/or participate in departmental tasks as assigned by the Zone Clinical Department Head or Deputy Head, including participation on committees.
2. Where possible, attend departmental Physician Business/Town Hall Committee meetings held quarterly and or Department Retreats held annually.
3. Apply to the University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, for an academic appointment in the Faculty of Medicine. This is now a condition of employment as the Department has University Department status.