Development of an International Elective in an Emergency Medicine Residency

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• 作者：Stephen R. Hayden ; MD^&lowast ; ; ; Chad M. Valderrama ; MD^&lowast ; ; Marian Xu ; MD^&lowast ; ; Maureen A. Curran ; MS^&dagger ; ; Roberto Mazondo ; MD^&Dagger ; ; Mounir A. Soliman ; MD ; MBA^&dagger ;
• 关键词：international emergency medicine ; prehospital care ; international elective ; residency training
• 刊名：Journal of Emergency Medicine
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：January 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：50
• 期：1
• 页码：153-158
• 全文大小：118 K

文摘

There is a continued interest in global emergency medicine (EM) training, research, and clinical program development. There are many opportunities for “voluntourism” in medicine, but many of these experiences do not have standard goals and objectives.

Objective

This article describes a rotation for EM residents from the United States to have a structured learning experience focusing on emergency medical settings in the prehospital phase (something often lacking in U.S. programs).

Discussion

The authors discuss the structure of the training program, including goals, objectives, and core competencies. First-hand accounts of the training experience are also presented.

Conclusions

Global training experiences can have clear benefits. Students go to places to “learn,” but can also “teach” at the same time. Setting goals and objectives helps to assure that students are gaining specific core competencies as part of the experience. Other global rotations would benefit from having a defined structure.