EM C10
Managing and supporting patients in situational crisis to access health care and community resources
epa_guide_emergency_med_v2_2024, page 28
key feature: focus on supporting patients that frequently attend the emergency department in situational crisis because of challenges with one or more social determinants of health (under house, assistance with addictions, linkages with community support organizations)
Assessment plan
- direct observation by supervising physician or EM resident in TP - Transition to Practice with input from other healthcare professionals involved in the care of the patient (social worker, psychiatric emergency nurse)
- Form 1
- collect 5 observations of achievement