UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY IN RESEARCH IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Sponsored by The John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc, Geriatrics Emergency Department Collaborative (GEDC), AGS Geriatrics-for-Specialists Initiative (AGS GSI) 
Moderator: Ula Hwang, MD, MPH 
Presenters: Chris R. Carpenter, MD, MSc; Edgardo Ordonez, MD, MPH; Anita N. Chary, MD, PhD
This symposium will present the results of a three-year scoping review of the emergency medicine literature to determine baseline for diversity in research. The review was conducted as a part of the JAGS Diversity in Research Paper Series. JAGS is commissioning a series of papers that are focused on diversity in research with a focus on diseases and conditions that are common in older adults. For this paper, the author panel focused on elder abuse, delirium, falls, and polypharmacy. The authoring team will also present their recommended action steps for increasing study population diversity in research that is focused on older adults and emergency medicine.  Learning Objectives: (1)  describe the results of a three-year scoping review of the emergency medicine literature to determine baseline for diversity in research; (2) discuss the age, race, and ethnic diversity of study populations for research focused on delirium, elder abuse, falls, polypharmacy in the emergency department setting; and (3) review action steps for increasing study population diversity in research that is focused on older adults and emergency medicine.