A TRANSATLANTIC COMPARISON OF TRAINING IN EMERGENCY-MEDICINE

Authors
Citation
Jp. Wyatt et Je. Weber, A TRANSATLANTIC COMPARISON OF TRAINING IN EMERGENCY-MEDICINE, Journal of accident & emergency medicine, 15(3), 1998, pp. 175-180
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
ISSN journal
13510622
Volume
15
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
175 - 180
Database
ISI
SICI code
1351-0622(1998)15:3<175:ATCOTI>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The system of training in accident and emergency (A&E) medicine in the United Kingdom is at a critical and much earlier stage of development than in the United States. Transatlantic comparison offers the opport unity to explore possible ways of improving training in the United Kin gdom. Comparison revealed deficiencies in the UK training system in th e following: prehospital care training, formal theoretical teaching, c lose supervision in a clinical setting, and in-service training examin ations. Implementation of measures designed to address these deficienc ies would enhance UK training in A&E medicine.