Africa's first emergency medicine training program at the University of Cape Town/Stellenbosch University: history, progress, and lessons learned.

Abstract

Africa's first residency training program in emergency medicine (EM) was established at the University of Cape Town (UCT)/Stellenbosch University (SUN) in 2004. There have since been four classes for a total of 29 graduates from this program who are practicing, teaching, and leading EM. This article describes the structure of the program and discusses the history and major drivers behind its founding.

We report major changes, cite ongoing challenges, and discuss lessons learned from the program's first 7 years that may help advise other nascent training programs in developing countries.

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Subjects

• Academic Medical Centers
• Developing Countries
• Education, Medical, Graduate
• Education, Medical, Undergraduate
• Emergency Medicine
• Hospitals, Teaching
• Humans
• Preceptorship
• Program Development
• South Africa

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Authors

• Leana S Wen
• Heike I Geduld
• J Tobias Nagurney
• Lee A Wallis

Publication date

2011-08-16

Journal

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. wen.leana [at] gmail.com

Release reference

Acad Emerg Med. 2011 Aug;18(8):868-71

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