Abstract
Background: Medical profession is a combination of multi- sectoral and multi-departmental approach. Emergency department is such type of service area which deals with emergent condition of patients by skilled professionals, staffs and necessary equipment. So, it is important to find out the necessity of establishment of fully equipped Emergency Medicine and Causality Department in health professional training institutes. Methods: This qualitative section representing a larger cross-sectional study that was conducted from July 2022 to June 2023 to identify current status of emergency care among interns and medical students of Bangladesh. This information were obtained by conducting in-depth interviews with 10 emergency physicians of eight medical college hospitals to find out essence of Emergency Medicine and Causality Department. Results: Most (80%) of the interviewees mentioned that learning Emergency Medicine is very vital for medical students and interns. They also mentioned that due to identity crisis of the Emergency Medicine, creating challenges for medical graduates to trained upon emergent cases. Majorities (70%) of the interviewees clearly defined that medical professionals are continuously losing skills to handle medical emergencies due to improper training facility by proper trainer and staffs. Many (60%) of the interviewees mentioned a hopeless situation that the learners’ skills not up to mark to deal emergency cases. It’s not only the learner fault, it’s also for lacking in our educational policy. Majorities (70%) of the interviewees agreed that if we want to flourish the essence of emergency Medicine care for our learners it is mandatory to establish separate Emergency Medicine Department by skilled trainers, staffs and required equipment. Conclusion: This study recommended to produce competent medical graduates by fully equipped of separate Emergency Medicine Department. CME J 2024; 3(2); 38-42
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