A TRANSATLANTIC COMPARISON OF TRAINING IN EMERGENCY-MEDICINE

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.