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2019/20 Competition
The next grant competition opens on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at noon (ET) and closes on Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 23:59 (ET).
2018/19 Competition
EM Advancement Fund Grants
Dr. Keerat Grewal
Intracranial BLEEDing after head injury among anticoagulated elderly patients seen in the Emergency Department (IBLEED-ED): A population-based cohort study
Intracranial BLEEDing after head injury among anticoagulated elderly patients seen in the Emergency Department (IBLEED-ED): A population-based cohort study
Dr. Jake Hayward
Impact of emergency department opioid prescribing on substance misuse & health outcomes
Impact of emergency department opioid prescribing on substance misuse & health outcomes
CAEP-SREMI Grants
Dr. Brett Burstein
Understanding parental preferences for shared decision-making in the management of febrile young infants
Understanding parental preferences for shared decision-making in the management of febrile young infants
Dr. Fareen Zaver
Identifying challenges in the transition from residency to independent practice: a longitudinal comparison of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine physicians
Identifying challenges in the transition from residency to independent practice: a longitudinal comparison of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine physicians
Grizzly Den Grant
Dr. Christopher Skappak
SEPSIS ED: Identifying urinary biomarkers of patients with early sepsis in the emergency department
CAEP-CanVECTOR Grant
There was no suitable recipient for the 2018/19 competition.
Junior Investigator Grants
Dr. Jennifer Chao
Low dose intravenous ketorolac in renal colic: a pilot study to plan a randomized controlled trial
Low dose intravenous ketorolac in renal colic: a pilot study to plan a randomized controlled trial
Dr. Michael Hale
Residency selection in emergency medicine: a national program director and medical student survey
Dr. Kaif Pardhan
Perceptions of assessment and feedback: hawks, doves and impact on learning
Dr. Catherine Patocka
Does a 72-hour re-admission alert notification foster physician reflection? A mixed methods realist evaluation
Dre Justine Soucy-Legault
Les bêtabloquants en réanimation cardiorespiratoire : une revue systématique
Les bêtabloquants en réanimation cardiorespiratoire : une revue systématique
Dr. Justin Yan
A qualitative study to explore the patient experience with emergency department visits for hyperglycemia
A qualitative study to explore the patient experience with emergency department visits for hyperglycemia
2017/18 Competition
Grizzly Den Grant
Shannon Fernando
MD MSc PGY-4
The Impact of Frailty on Outcomes in Emergency Department Patients with Sepsis – A Feasibility Trial
CAEP Can-Vector Grant
Cristian Toarta
MD PGY-3
MD PGY-3
The Costs of PE Imaging in Canada
EM Advancement Fund Grants
David Barbic
MD MSc FRCPC
MD MSc FRCPC
Rapid agitation control with ketamine in the emergency department (RACKED): a randomized controlled trial
Simon Berthelot
MD CCMF(MU) FRCPC(MU)
MD CCMF(MU) FRCPC(MU)
The right care, for the right patient, at the right time, by the right provider: Value-based comparison of the management of ambulatory respiratory diseases in a primary care walk-in clinic and an emergency department
Junior Investigator Grants
Shannon Fernando
MD MSc PGY-4
Prognostic accuracy of the quick sequential (sepsis-related) organ failure assessment (qSOFA) in emergency department patients with suspected infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Jessica Moe
MD FRCPC
Identifying Subgroups And Risk Among Frequent Emergency Department Users: Whose needs can safely be met elsewhere?
Brodie Nolan
MD FRCPC
Identifying impact and causes of delays to interfacility transfers for injured patients transported by air ambulance to a trauma center
Robert Ohle
MD FRCPC
Validation of a clinical risk score for acute aortic dissection
Thomas Winter
MD PGY-3
Prehospital Trauma Handover in Manitoba: Exploring Barriers to Effective Communication and Developing a Standardized Handover Tool
2016/17 Competition
Grizzly Den Grant
Catherine Varner
MD CCFP(EM)
A blinded, randomized controlled trial of opioid analgesics for the management of acute fracture pain in older adults discharged from the emergency department
CAEP Can-Vector Grant
Kerstin de Wit
MD FRCPC
Patient preferences in emergency CT scanning for pulmonary embolism
EM Advancement Fund Grants
Ariane Boutin
MD FRCPC
Randomized controlled trial evaluating the additive value of intranasal fentanyl on ibuprofen in the pain management of children with moderate to severe headaches
Debra Eagles
MD FRCPC
A Study to Evaluate Barriers and Facilitators to the Emergency Department Discharge of Patients with Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter
Catherine Varner
MD CCFP(EM)
Challenging the dogma: A randomized controlled trial comparing prescribed light exercise to standard management for emergency department patients with acute mild traumatic brain injury
Junior Investigator Grants
Shannon Fernando
MD
Analysis of Bystander CPR Quality During Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests Using Data Derived from Automated External Defibrillators
Sarah Kilbertus
MD
Transition to practice: evaluating the need for formal training in supervision and assessment techniques among senior emergency medicine residents and new to practice emergency physicians
Rohit Mohindra
MD FRCPC
A prospective randomized pilot trial to reduce readmission for frail elderly patients with acute decompensated heart failure
Trevor Skutezky
MD
Improving patient care by engaging Emergency Department staff in a participatory design of a Patient Safety Event reporting platform at an urban tertiary care hospital
Robert Suttie
MD
Can Emergency Physicians Reliably Perform Carotid Artery Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Detect Critical Stenosis?
2015/16 Competition
EM Advancement Fund Grants
Simon Berthelot
Feasibility assessment of two activity-based costing methods for value-based analysis in the emergency department
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Jocelyn Gravel
Should we use oral Valacyclovir in acute herpetic gingivostomatits in children? A randomized controlled trial
Junior Investigator Grants
Dennis Cho
Optimizing Practice for Learning Emergency Department Transthoracic Echocardiography Using an Ultrasound Simulator
Véronique Dion
Définition des valeurs normales de la veine cave inférieure en pédiatrie à l’échographie au département d’urgence
Jean-Simon Letourneau
Acceptabilité et adaptation pour l’urgence d’un outil d’aide à la prise de décision partagée dans le recours à l’antibiothérapie pour traiter les infections respiratoires aigues
Laurie Robichaud
The Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Acute Infectious Mononucleosis in the Emergency Department
Brent Thoma
The METR:IQ (Medical Education and Translational Resources: Indicators of Quality) Study: Assessing the quality of novel educational resources
The 1996 – 2014 winners have been archived. Please contact kwyatt@caep.ca if you would like access to those lists.