Attitude of interns towards implementation and contribution of undergraduate Emergency Medicine training: Experience of an Ethiopian Medical School.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Emergency Medicine is a medical specialty based on knowledge and skills required for the prevention, diagnosis and management of the acute and urgent aspects of illness and injury affecting patients of all age groups with a full spectrum of undifferentiated physical and behavioural disorders. Addis Ababa University School of Medicine started its Emergency Medicine Residency in 2010 and Emergency Medicine training for fourth-year medical students started in 2013. This study aims to assess attitudes of fifth year medical students towards Emergency Medicine training and its contribution to their final year of medical school training.

Methods

Two hundred fifth year medical students participated in the study by convenience sampling. Self-administered questionnaires a

SUBMITTER: Beyene T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6234139 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature