Open AccessThe Global Educational Toxicology Toolkit (GETKIT): A 1-Day Course for Teaching Poisoning Essentials in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC): Course Development and Pilot Data Analysis
Author(s) -
Kathryn T. Kopec,
Rais Vohra,
Cynthia Santos,
Ziad Kazzi,
Anselm Wong
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of medical toxicology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1937-6995
pISSN - 1556-9039
DOI - 10.1007/s13181-019-00745-8
Subject(s) - medicine , curriculum , family medicine , medical education , toxicology , psychology , pedagogy , biology
Worldwide an estimated one million deaths occur annually as a result of poisoning. Internationally there is a lack of toxicology training programs, especially in resource poor settings. We developed a one-day, interactive toxicology curriculum for healthcare practitioners in countries lacking clinical toxicology training and evaluated its feasibility and effectiveness for knowledge dissemination.