Identifying the Gaps: Needs Assessment to Guide Development of a Dedicated Toxicology Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The American Board of Emergency Medicine identifies medical toxicology as an essential curricular element for emergency medicine (EM) residencies; however, access to medical toxicology education varies widely by institution. We hypothesized that EM residents are uncomfortable with core toxicology content and would be interested in  a dedicated toxicology curriculum.

Methods

An electronic needs assessment survey developed by experts in EM and medical toxicology was sent to residents and program leadership at nine EM programs participating in the Emergency Medicine Education Research Alliance (EMERA), a geographically diverse sampling of academic EM residency programs. We queried the presence of a current toxicology curriculum, interest in a dedicated toxicology c

SUBMITTER: Bush B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8206434 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature