Innovative Approaches to Emergency Medical Services Fellowship Challenges
Autor: | Kevin Schulz, Saranya Srinivasan, Joshua B. Gaither, Jennifer J Smith, M. Riccardo Colella, Benjamin W Weston |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Educational Advances
Quality management Distance education Graduate medical education lcsh:Medicine Education 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Emergency medical services Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Fellowships and Scholarships Curriculum Accreditation Medical education Modalities ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION business.industry lcsh:R lcsh:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid 030208 emergency & critical care medicine lcsh:RC86-88.9 General Medicine Quality Improvement United States Variety (cybernetics) Emergency Medicine business |
Zdroj: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 21, Iss 2 (2020) Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
ISSN: | 1936-900X |
Popis: | Author(s): Weston, Benjamin W.; Gaither, Joshua; Schulz, Kevin; Srinivasen, Saranya; Smith, Jennifer J.; Colella, M. Riccardo | Abstract: Introduction: Since the development of an Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited emergency medical services (EMS) fellowship, there has been little published literature on effective methods of content delivery or training modalities. Here we explore a variety of innovative approaches to the development and revision of the EMS fellowship curriculum.Methods: Three academic, university-based ACGME-accredited EMS fellowship programs each implemented an innovative change to their existing training curricula. These changes included the following: a novel didactic curriculum delivery modality and evaluation; implementation of a distance education program to improve EMS fellows’ rural EMS experiences; and modification of an existing EMS fellowship curriculum to train a non-emergency medicine physician.Results: Changes made to each of the above EMS fellowship programs addressed unique challenges, demonstrating areas of success and promise for more generalized implementation of these curricula. Obstacles remain in tailoring the described curricula to the needs of each unique institution and system.Conclusion: Three separate curricula and program changes were implemented to overcome specific challenges and achieve educational goals. It is our hope that our shared experiences will enable others in addressing common barriers to teaching the EMS fellowship core content and share similar innovative approaches to educational challenges. |
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