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Geriatric Emergency Medicine Committee

To provide a forum for Canadian Emergency Medicine (EM) clinicians, researchers, educators, and administrators committed to optimizing the care of older people in EDs; and to define and promote standards of excellence in their care.

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Position Statement & Guidelines

Care of Older People in Canadian Emergency Departments

Vision
 

  • To create an environment within the Canadian emergency care community that promotes best practice, education, research, advocacy, and collaboration, which will serve to improve older adult emergency care across Canada.
     

Mission
 

  • To provide a forum for Canadian Emergency Medicine (EM) clinicians, researchers, educators, and administrators committed to optimizing the care of older people in EDs; and to define and promote standards of excellence in their care.

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Objectives

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  • To establish and promote a network of people working in EM with at least a partial focus on older people;

  • To provide a forum for exchange of developments in clinical care, research, education, and policy relating to older people in the ED and in pre-hospital care;

  • To create a centre of expertise within CAEP on the emergency department needs of Canada’s aging population;

  • To define standards for care of older patients in Canadian EDs;

  • To promote research that prioritizes older patients in EDs;

  • To enable education at the UGME, PGME, and CME levels.

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Terms of Reference

Interested in Geri-EM Research?

Are you interested in collaborating on a geriatric emergency medicine research project? Contact us here for research related ideas or questions.

Questions?

Please email membership@caep.ca.

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