A 1-year training program in emergency medicine for physicians in Karachi, Pakistan: Evaluation of learner and program outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pakistan has an underdeveloped and overburdened emergency care system, with most emergency departments (EDs) staffed by physicians not formally trained in emergency medicine (EM). As of January 2020, only nine Pakistani institutions were providing formal EM specialty training; therefore, a training program of shorter duration is needed in the interim.

Methods

The Certification Program in Emergency Medicine (CPEM) is a 1-year training program in EM consisting of two arms: CPEM-Clinical (CPEM-C), which includes physicians from The Indus Hospital (TIH) ED, and CPEM-Didactic (CPEM-D), including physicians from EDs across Karachi. Both groups participate in weekly conferences, including didactics, small-group discussions, workshops, and journal clubs. CPEM-C learners a

SUBMITTER: Kemmler CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8241570 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature