Emergency Medicine Challenges in Ecuador
Introduction: Emergency medicine (EM) was recognized as a specialty in Ecuador in 1993. Currently, there are two four-year EM residency programs and an estimated 300 residency-trained emergency physicians countrywide. This study describes the current challenges in EM in Ecuador. Methods: We conducte...
Main Authors: | Andrés M. Patiño, Santiago Cantillo-Campos, Alexis S. Kearney, Sean M. Kivlehan, Augusto Maldonado |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2020-09-01
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Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/08f4v1xj |
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