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Africa's First Emergency Medicine Training Program at the University of Cape Town/Stellenbosch University: History, Progress, and Lessons Learned.
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PMID:  21843223     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2011; 18:868-871 © 2011 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine ABSTRACT: Africa's first residency training program in emergency medicine (EM) was established at the University of Cape Town (UCT)/Stellenbosch University (SUN) in 2004. There have since been four classes for a total of 29 graduates from this program who are practicing, teaching, and leading EM. This article describes the structure of the program and discusses the history and major drivers behind its founding. We report major changes, cite ongoing challenges, and discuss lessons learned from the program's first 7 years that may help advise other nascent training programs in developing countries.
Authors:
Leana S Wen; Heike I Geduld; J Tobias Nagurney; Lee A Wallis
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Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine     Volume:  18     ISSN:  1553-2712     ISO Abbreviation:  Acad Emerg Med     Publication Date:  2011 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-08-16     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9418450     Medline TA:  Acad Emerg Med     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  868-71     Citation Subset:  IM    
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© 2011 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.
Affiliation:
From the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital (LSW)/Massachusetts General Hospital (LSW, JTN), Boston, Massachusetts; the Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Cape Town (HIG, LAW), Cape Town, South Africa; and the Division of Emergency Medicine, Stellenbosch University (HIG, LAW), Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch (LAW), South Africa.
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