亚的斯亚贝巴毒理学课程项目:对紧急医疗培训计划中的毒理学模块的教育需求评估
Anna Nowacki1,2,3,4, Sofia Kebede5,6, Margaret Thompson7,8
1Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Anna.Nowacki@uhn.ca.
International journal of emergency medicine
|October 2, 2024
概括
埃塞俄比亚紧急医疗 (EM) 毒理学培训的教育需求评估显示,需要特定背景的课程. 培训应侧重于当地毒素和资源限制,以改善埃塞俄比亚和类似环境中的患者护理.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 多伦多阿迪斯阿贝巴紧急医疗学术合作伙伴关系 (TAAAC-EM) 旨在加强埃塞俄比亚的紧急医疗 (EM) 研究生培训和护理.
- 毒理学是一个关键的EM能力,要求医生管理多种类型的中毒.
- 教育需求评估对于开发适合亚的斯亚贝巴大学 (AAU) EM培训的毒理学课程至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在AAU EM计划中对毒理学培训进行教育需求评估.
- 为制定适合埃塞俄比亚需求的特定环境毒理学课程提供信息.
- 确定在EM毒理学教育和实践中需要改进的关键领域.
主要方法:
- 使用调查和面对面采访与埃塞俄比亚EM教师和居民的混合方法方法.
- 调查在2018年10月以电子形式和纸质形式分发.
- 2018年11月,对11名参与者进行了采访.
主要成果:
- 对17个调查答复和11个访谈进行的主题分析,确定了与系统,提供者和患者相关的主题.
- 增长的关键领域包括资源的可用性,医疗保健的获取,公共卫生教育,以及对当地毒素的特定背景培训.
- 发现的挑战包括不一致的资源可用性和需要量身定制的教育,以当地资源来管理中毒患者.
结论:
- 专注于普遍存在的局部毒理表现和实际管理挑战,包括资源限制,是必不可少的.
- 公共卫生倡议,如规范有毒物质销售和促进安全处理,对于降低风险至关重要.
- 这些发现与其他资源有限的环境有关,这些环境面临着类似的毒理学培训和管理挑战.
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