Confidence and knowledge in emergency management among medical students across Colombia: A role for the WHO basic emergency care course.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Globally, medical students have demonstrated knowledge gaps in emergency care and acute stabilization. In Colombia, new graduates provide care for vulnerable populations. The World Health Organization (WHO) Basic Emergency Care (BEC) course trains frontline providers with limited resources in the management of acute illness and injury. While this course may serve medical students as adjunct to current curriculum, its utility in this learner group has not been investigated. This study performs a baseline assessment of knowledge and confidence in emergency management taught in the BEC amongst medical students in Colombia.

Methods

A validated, cross-sectional survey assessing knowledge and confidence of emergency care congruent with BEC content was electronically a

SUBMITTER: Moretti K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8782416 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature