The 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 | Zendy

Kathryn T. Kopec | Zendy; Rais Vohra | Zendy; Cynthia Santos | Zendy; Ziad Kazzi | Zendy; Anselm Wong | Zendy

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The 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 , low and middle income countries , medical education , course (navigation) , developing country , engineering , aerospace engineering , economics , economic growth

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.

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