The Addis Ababa toxicology curriculum project: educational needs assessment for the toxicology modules of an emergency medicine training program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Toronto Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration in Emergency Medicine (TAAAC-EM) is a bi-institutional partnership between the University of Toronto (UofT) and Addis Ababa University (AAU) focused on addressing the need for emergency medicine (EM) postgraduate training and care in Ethiopia. Toxicology is a key competency in EM. EM physicians are often the first and sole clinicians to identify and treat patients presenting with a wide range of intoxications. The goal of this project was to conduct an educational needs assessment to inform the development of a context-specific toxicology curriculum for the AAU EM training program.

Methods

Our needs assessment employed a survey (available electronically and in paper format) and face-to-face interviews conducted with E

SUBMITTER: Nowacki A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11446013 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature