Core Competencies in Trauma-Informed Care for Emergency Medicine: A Modified Delphi Consensus.

ABSTRACT: Background Trauma-informed care (TIC) is a framework to recognize and respond to all types of trauma, prevent re-traumatization, and promote resilience. Trauma includes any event that is physically or emotionally harmful and has lasting adverse effects. While TIC strategies are increasingly emphasized in medical education, thus far no core competencies exist to guide competency-based education in postgraduate education. Objective To build consensus on core competencies in TIC for emergency medicine (EM). Methods We recruited experts in TIC via snowball sampling to participate in a modified Delphi process. Panelists ranked competencies on a 5-point Likert scale through electronic survey. Threshold for consensus was defined as a mean of 3.75. Thematic analysis was perfor

SUBMITTER: Joseph K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12525889 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature