Impact of emergency medicine training implementation on mortality outcomes in Kigali, Rwanda: An interrupted time-series study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although emergency medicine (EM) training programmes have begun to be introduced in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), minimal data exist on their effects on patient-centered outcomes in such settings. This study evaluated the impact of EM training and associated systems implementation on mortality among patients treated at the University Teaching Hospital-Kigali (UTH-K).

Methods

At UTH-K an EM post-graduate diploma programme was initiated in October 2013, followed by a residency-training programme in August 2015. Prior to October 2013, care was provided exclusively by general practice physicians (GPs); subsequently, care has been provided through mutually exclusive shifts allocated between GPs and EM trainees. Patients seeking Emergency Centre (EC) care

SUBMITTER: Aluisio AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6400013 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature