Emergency Medicine Challenges in Ecuador.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Emergency medicine (EM) was recognized as a specialty in Ecuador in 1993. Currently, there are two four-year EM residency programs and an estimated 300 residency-trained emergency physicians countrywide. This study describes the current challenges in EM in Ecuador.

Methods

We conducted 25 semi-structured, in-person interviews with residency-trained emergency physicians, general practitioners, public health specialists, prehospital personnel, and physicians from other specialties. The interviewer asked about challenges in the areas of emergency care, working conditions of emergency physicians, EM residency education, EM leadership, and prehospital care. We analyzed data for challenges and registered the number of interviewees who mentioned each challenge.

Resu

SUBMITTER: Patino AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7673876 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature