Development of a Global Health Milestones Tool for Learners in Emergency Medicine: A Pilot Project.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In medical education and training, increasing numbers of institutions and learners are participating in global health experiences. Within the context of competency-based education and assessment methodologies, a standardized assessment tool may prove valuable to all of the aforementioned stakeholders. Milestones are now used as the standard for trainee assessment in graduate medical education. Thus, the development of a similar, milestone-based tool was undertaken, with learners in emergency medicine (EM) and global health in mind.

Methods

The Global Emergency Medicine Think Tank Education Working Group convened at the 2016 Society for Academic Medicine Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. Using the Interprofessional Global Health Competencies published by th

SUBMITTER: Douglass KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6001724 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature