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Capacity building for emergency care: Training the first emergency specialists in M yanmar
Author(s) -
Phillips Georgina Ann,
Soe Zaw Wai,
Kong James Han Boon,
Curry Chris
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
emergency medicine australasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1742-6723
pISSN - 1742-6731
DOI - 10.1111/1742-6723.12297
Subject(s) - medicine , staffing , context (archaeology) , curriculum , emergency department , medical education , general partnership , nursing , psychology , pedagogy , finance , paleontology , economics , biology
Abstract Objectives The M yanmar M inistry of H ealth has formed a partnership with A ustralasian professional colleges and international medical specialists to deliver a comprehensive programme for emergency care training and development. We describe this programme, emphasising the training of the first emergency specialists for M yanmar. Methods Eighteen junior specialists ( EM18 ) joined a new postgraduate diploma in emergency medicine ( D ip EM ) through the U niversity of M edicine (1) ( UM1 ), Y angon. Diploma content included an introductory course, clinical rotations, 2 months in the emergency receiving centre ( ERC ) of the Y angon G eneral H ospital ( YGH ) supervised by a volunteer A ustralasian emergency physician ( FACEM ), several short courses and an educational visit to H ong K ong. Curriculum and assessments comprising written and oral exams were devised and delivered by volunteer FACEMs and H ong K ong specialists. Results All EM18 completed the 18 month programme and passed the final assessments to graduate in F ebruary 2014. Course strengths included the supervised clinical rotation to the ERC and short course teaching on emergency medical, surgical, trauma, paediatric and disaster topics. The educational visit to H ong K ong enabled the EM 18 to visualise more advanced EM systems that could be adapted to the M yanmar context. The participating international clinicians provided expert strategic advice on ED design, staffing, equipment, nursing and pre‐hospital systems to leaders within universities, hospitals and the M inistry of H ealth. Conclusion The first M yanmar postgraduate diploma in EM provides an example of collaborative and responsive clinical health capacity building in a context of very limited resources.