'To teach or not to teach- that is the question' The educational and clinical impact of introducing an outcome based, modular curriculum in Social Emergency Medicine (SEM) at a private tertiary care center in Karachi, Pakistan

Autor: Saima Ali, Syed Ghazanfar Saleem, Adeel Khatri, Sama Mukhtar
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: BMC Medical Education, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1472-6920
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-023-04385-z
Popis: Abstract Introduction An enhanced knowledge of Emergency Medicine (EM) personnel regarding negative Social Determinants of Health (SDH) can impact EM service provision in a resource limited country like Pakistan. Interventions to build capacity in identifying and addressing these SDH through education in Social Emergency Medicine (SEM) can be one of the ways in which EM key performance indicators (KPIs) can be improved. Method A SEM based curriculum was administered to the EM residents at a tertiary care center in Karachi, Pakistan. Pre, post and delayed post-test was conducted for knowledge of EM residents and analyzed using Repeated Measures ANOVA (RMANOVA). Clinical impact of this intervention was assessed through the ability of the residents to identify the patients’ SDH and determining appropriate disposition. Comparison of the bounce-back of patients in the pre-intervention (2020) and post-intervention year (2021) year was appreciated to see the clinical impact of this intervention. Result A significant improvement was seen in post intervention (p
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