Report of the Task Force on National Fourth Year Medical Student Emergency Medicine Curriculum Guide.

Full Abstract

This manuscript reports recommendations of the National Fourth Year Medical Student Emergency Medicine Curriculum Guide Task Force. This task force was convened by 6 major emergency medicine organizations to develop a standardized curriculum for fourth year medical students. The structure of the curriculum is based on clerkship curricula from other specialties such as internal medicine and pediatrics. The report contains a historical context, global and targeted needs assessment, goals and objectives, recommended educational strategies, implementation guidelines, and suggestions on feedback and evaluation.

Author information

Author/s: Manthey, David E (DE); Coates, Wendy C (WC); Ander, Douglas S (DS); Ankel, Felix K (FK); Blumstein, Howard (H); Christopher, Theodore A (TA); Courtney, James M (JM); Hamilton, Glenn C (GC); Kaiyala, Eve K (EK); Rodgers, Kevin (K); Schneir, Aaron B (AB); Thomas, Stephen H (SH); Task Force on National Fourth Year Medical Student Emergency Medicine Curriculum Guide;

Affiliation: Dmanthey(-atsign-)wfubmc.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Guideline; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Annals of emergency medicine (Ann Emerg Med), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Mar; vol 47 (issue 3) : pp e1-7

Dates: Created 2006/02/22; Completed 2006/03/31; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 16492483, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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