Emergency Medicine Training Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the growing interest in the development of emergency care systems and emergency medicine (EM) as a specialty globally, there still exists a significant gap between the need for and the provision of emergency care by specialty trained providers. Many efforts to date to expand the practice of EM have focused on programs developed through partnerships between higher- and lower-resource settings.

Objective

To systematically review the literature to evaluate the composition of EM training programs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) developed through partnerships.

Methods

An electronic search was conducted using four databases for manuscripts on EM training programs - defined as structured education and/or training in the methods, procedures, and

SUBMITTER: Rybarczyk MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7304456 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature