Determination, categorization, and hierarchy of content for a pediatric emergency medicine curriculum designed for emergency medicine residents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Currently, the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education requires time-based pediatric experiences for emergency medicine (EM) residents in both pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) and critical care settings. The American Board of Emergency Medicine has published the Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, which is a list of content an EM resident should learn. However, this list is large and without prioritization and therefore can be difficult to incorporate into time-limited curricula.

Objectives

The primary objective of this study was to develop comprehensive categorization of PEM content using an EM lens. The second objective was to suggest a prioritization for the EM learner of the enumerated PEM elements.

Methods

We first assem

SUBMITTER: Cavallaro SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11017767 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature