Tell Us What YOU Think!

In our May/June 2020 newsletter, we discussed several important topics within the field of emergency medicine – scope of practice, student loan forgiveness, physician mental health and more. The following is a quick survey to get your opinions on these issues so our Young Physicians Section can continue to advocate in service to our patients and colleagues. Please read the newsletter content prior to completing this survey so you can have context for these questions.

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1. Scope of Practice
Read the YPS article about recent developments in scope of practice debates and the ongoing discussions about the definitions of oversight and supervision. 

Select the extent to which you agree that these three structures are adequate to ensure patient safety and quality care:

  Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
DIRECT SUPERVISION – The physician is physically present and personally examines every patient in concert with the PA or NP.
INDIRECT SUPERVISION – The physician is physically present for a consultation but does not personally examine every patient seen by the PA or NP.
OVERSIGHT – The physician is not present, but retroactively reviews the charts of patients seen by the PA or NP in order to provide feedback for quality assurance and continuing education.

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2. How do you feel about emergency physicians signing charts of patients they have not seen?

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3. Share any additional thoughts you would like us to consider regarding EM physician supervision of NPs and PAs in the ED:

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4. Physician Mental Health
When it comes to our mental health, this pandemic – both its severity and length – is very challenging. YPS is working to support ACEP’s efforts to break down barriers to mental health care for clinicians. To facilitate those efforts, please help us understand your own concerns and any potential deterrents to seeking support.

When seeking crisis support, are you more likely to talk with a peer or a mental health professional?

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5. Rank your personal deterrents to seeking mental health treatment from 1-6, with 1 being the biggest deterrent.

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6. Would you be more likely to seek professional mental health treatment if the potential licensure barriers/career consequences were removed?

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7. How likely are you to participate in a peer support program for emergency physicians that provides a structure for EM colleagues to discuss traumatic events and shared experiences?

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8. Student Loan Forgiveness
Context: Read the YPS article summarizing the 5 bills on the table.

Rate your level of support for the overall concept of incorporating student loan forgiveness into COVID financial relief packages:

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9. Indicate your level of support for incorporating forgiveness on student loan interest into financial relief packages:

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10. Indicate your level of support for incorporating hazard pay for frontline clinicians into financial relief packages:

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Last question! YPS is considering new logo options and would love your input.

Last question! YPS is considering new logo options and would love your input.

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11. Rank the logos, with 1 being your favorite.

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