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The curriculum development process for an international emergency medicine rotation
Mark McIntosh1, Colleen Kalynych, Elizabeth Devos
1Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida 32209, USA.
Background:
Completion of electives abroad is not a new phenomenon for physicians in training. Benefits to the physician and the host country's population have been sufficiently described in the literature; however, many academic residency programs lack an international health curriculum that incorporates both the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's core and specialty-specific competencies.
Description:
The goal of this project was to develop a curriculum for emergency medicine residents completing International Emergency Medicine (IEM) rotations.
Evaluation:
A literature search was conducted to review available international rotation curricula and the curriculum development process. A committee was formed to create an IEM rotation, borrowing philosophical premises from the educational literature, particularly experientialism.
Conclusions:
The resulting article describes the curriculum development process and provides a curriculum template for medical specialties to utilize when sending residents abroad.
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