Abstract
IntroductionAs emergency medicine (EM) has become a more prominent feature in the clinical years of medical school training, national EM clerkship curricula have been published to address the need to standardize students’ experiences in the field. However, current national student curricula in EM do not include core pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) concepts.MethodsA workgroup was formed by the Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine and the Pediatric Interest Group of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine to develop a consensus on the content to be covered in EM and PEM student courses.ResultsThe consensus is presented with the goal of outlining principles of pediatric emergency care and prioritizing students’ exposure to the most common and life-threatening illnesses and injuries.ConclusionThis consensus curriculum can serve as a guide to directors of PEM and EM courses to optimize PEM knowledge and skills education.
Highlights
As emergency medicine (EM) has become a more prominent feature in the clinical years of medical school training, national EM clerkship curricula have been published to address the need to standardize students’ experiences in the field
This consensus curriculum can serve as a guide to directors of pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) and EM courses to optimize PEM knowledge and skills education. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(6):647–651]
The consensus was that the curriculum should be targeted to the fourth-year medical student completing a four-week course in PEM, taking advantage of the knowledge and skills students had obtained during their core pediatric clerkship and potentially an EM clerkship
Summary
As emergency medicine (EM) has become a more prominent feature in the clinical years of medical school training, national EM clerkship curricula have been published to address the need to standardize students’ experiences in the field. Current national student curricula in EM do not include core pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) concepts. Most medical schools offer experiences in EM and exposure to pediatric emergency medicine (PEM), either as a stand-alone course or as part of their pediatrics or EM courses. This earlier exposure to PEM in medical school provides an invaluable opportunity for students to learn about the unique challenges and complexities of children with acute, undifferentiated complaints
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