Abstract
Emergency medicine residency programs offer Emergency Medical Services (EMS) curricula to address Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) milestones. While some programs offer advanced clinical tracks in EMS, no standard curriculum exists. We sought to establish a well-defined EMS curriculum to allow interested residents to develop advanced clinical skills and scholarship within this subspecialty.Core EMS fellowship trained faculty were recruited to help develop the curriculum. Building on ACGME graduation requirements and milestones, important elements of EMS fellowship training were incorporated into the curriculum to develop the final document.The final curriculum focuses on scholarly activities relating to the four core areas of EMS identified by The American Board of Emergency Medicine and serves as an intermediary between ACGME graduation requirements for education in EMS and fellowship level training.Standardization of the EMS scholarly track can provide residents with the potential to obtain competency beyond ACGME requirements and prepare them for success in fellowship training and/or leadership within EMS on graduation.
Highlights
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) provides the initial medical evaluation and treatment for patients with acute medical emergencies
Patients with emergent conditions benefit from initial triage, treatment, and stabilization performed by pre-hospital providers resulting in both improved short and long-term clinical outcomes [1,2]
Despite prior publications relating to EMS curricular design and the minimum training requirements determined by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for emergency medicine residents specific for EMS, the training experiences completed by residents are variable [4,5]
Summary
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) provides the initial medical evaluation and treatment for patients with acute medical emergencies. As the clinical interplay between the hospital and pre-hospital providers continues to strengthen, it is increasingly important to train emergency medicine residents to assume leadership roles in the management of EMS This would include focused education in the subspecialty of EMS to include fellowship training. Despite prior publications relating to EMS curricular design and the minimum training requirements determined by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for emergency medicine residents specific for EMS, the training experiences completed by residents are variable [4,5] Such variability leaves open the opportunity to provide our residents with a robust and well-defined curriculum that may lead to better preparation upon graduation or interest in EMS as a fellowship. EMS: Emergency medical services; ICS: Interpersonal communication skills; MK: Medical knowledge; PROF: Professionalism
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