Professional needs of young Emergency Medicine specialists in Africa: Results of a South Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Ghana survey
Emergency Medicine (EM) residency programmes are new to Africa and exist in only a handful of countries. There has been no follow up on faculty development needs nor training of these graduates since they completed their programmes. The African Federation for Emergency Medicine (AFEM) aims to explor...
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| description | Emergency Medicine (EM) residency programmes are new to Africa and exist in only a handful of countries. There has been no follow up on faculty development needs nor training of these graduates since they completed their programmes. The African Federation for Emergency Medicine (AFEM) aims to explore the needs of recent EM graduates with respect to the need for resources, mentorship, and teaching in order to develop a focused African faculty development intervention.
Methods: As part of the AFEM annual survey, all those who have graduated since 2012 from a Sub-Saharan African EM residency programme were approached. These included Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Tanzania, Addis Ababa University (AAU) in Ethiopia, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Ghana, the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa, the University of Pretoria (UP) in South Africa, the University of Witswatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, and the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in South Africa.
Results: The 47 respondents rated themselves as most confident medical experts in knowledge, procedural skills, and communication. Overall graduates felt least equipped as scholars and managers, and requested more educational materials. They reported that the best way for AFEM to support them is through emergency care advocacy and support for their advocacy activities and that their most critical development need is for leadership development, including providing training materials.
Conclusion: Recent graduates report that the best ways for AFEM to help new EM graduates is to continue advocacy programmes and the development of leadership and mentorship programmes. However, there is also a demand from these graduates for educational materials, especially online. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b438a84650a342bc8cbb55492c4cc5fe2022-12-22T02:30:28ZengElsevierAfrican Journal of Emergency Medicine2211-419X2016-06-0162949910.1016/j.afjem.2016.02.005Professional needs of young Emergency Medicine specialists in Africa: Results of a South Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Ghana surveyCrystal Bae0Heike Geduld1Lee A. Wallis2De Villiers Smit3Teri Reynolds4University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201, MD, USADivision of Emergency Medicine, University of Cape Town, Karl Bremer Hospital, Bellville 7535, South AfricaDivision of Emergency Medicine, University of Cape Town, Karl Bremer Hospital, Bellville 7535, South AfricaThe Alfred Hospital, Prahran 3191, VIC, AustraliaDivision of Emergency Medicine, University of Cape Town, Karl Bremer Hospital, Bellville 7535, South AfricaEmergency Medicine (EM) residency programmes are new to Africa and exist in only a handful of countries. There has been no follow up on faculty development needs nor training of these graduates since they completed their programmes. The African Federation for Emergency Medicine (AFEM) aims to explore the needs of recent EM graduates with respect to the need for resources, mentorship, and teaching in order to develop a focused African faculty development intervention. Methods: As part of the AFEM annual survey, all those who have graduated since 2012 from a Sub-Saharan African EM residency programme were approached. These included Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Tanzania, Addis Ababa University (AAU) in Ethiopia, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Ghana, the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa, the University of Pretoria (UP) in South Africa, the University of Witswatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, and the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in South Africa. Results: The 47 respondents rated themselves as most confident medical experts in knowledge, procedural skills, and communication. Overall graduates felt least equipped as scholars and managers, and requested more educational materials. They reported that the best way for AFEM to support them is through emergency care advocacy and support for their advocacy activities and that their most critical development need is for leadership development, including providing training materials. Conclusion: Recent graduates report that the best ways for AFEM to help new EM graduates is to continue advocacy programmes and the development of leadership and mentorship programmes. However, there is also a demand from these graduates for educational materials, especially online.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X16300271Faculty developmentEducationResidency programmes |
| spellingShingle | Crystal Bae Heike Geduld Lee A. Wallis De Villiers Smit Teri Reynolds Professional needs of young Emergency Medicine specialists in Africa: Results of a South Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Ghana survey African Journal of Emergency Medicine Faculty development Education Residency programmes |
| title | Professional needs of young Emergency Medicine specialists in Africa: Results of a South Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Ghana survey |
| title_full | Professional needs of young Emergency Medicine specialists in Africa: Results of a South Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Ghana survey |
| title_fullStr | Professional needs of young Emergency Medicine specialists in Africa: Results of a South Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Ghana survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Professional needs of young Emergency Medicine specialists in Africa: Results of a South Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Ghana survey |
| title_short | Professional needs of young Emergency Medicine specialists in Africa: Results of a South Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Ghana survey |
| title_sort | professional needs of young emergency medicine specialists in africa results of a south africa ethiopia tanzania and ghana survey |
| topic | Faculty development Education Residency programmes |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X16300271 |
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