Emergency medicine doctoral education in Africa: a scoping review of the published literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While Africa accounts for a significant proportion of world population, and disease and injury burden, it produces less than 1% of the total research output within emergency care. Emergency care research capacity in Africa may be expanded through the development of doctoral programmes that aim to upskill the PhD student into an independent scholar, through dedicated support and structured learning. This study therefore aims to identify the nature of the problem of doctoral education in Africa, thereby informing a general needs assessment within the context of academic emergency medicine.

Methods

A scoping review, utilising an a priori, piloted search strategy was conducted (Medline via PubMed and Scopus) to identify literature published between 2011 and 2021 relat

SUBMITTER: Craig W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10127363 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature