Rural hospital generalist and emergency medicine training in Papua New Guinea

Symmons, David; Curry, Christopher

doi:10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00913.x

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“…AusAID initially supported an emergency physician in residence in Papua New Guinea and 14-day visits from seven other EM physicians as a limited project. Following this initial project, the University of Papua New Guinea established a Senior Lecturer position in Emergency Medicine, with several US emergency physicians rotating through since [15,16]. …”

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A review of published literature on emergency medicine training programs in low- and middle-income countries

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BackgroundThe objective of this review is to identify and critically evaluate the published literature on emergency medicine (EM) training programs in resource-limited health-care settings in order to provide insight for developing EM training programs in such health systems.MethodsA literature search was conducted up to the end of April 2011 using MEDLINE, EMBASE, The Cochrane Library, EBM Reviews, Healthstar and Web of Science databases, using the following search terms: Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine Services, Education Training Residency Programs, Emergency Medical Systems and Medical Education, without limitation to income countries as outlined in the World Bank World Trade Indicators classification 2009-2010 (World Trade Indicators Country Classification by Region and Income, July 2009-July 2010). As the intent of the review was to identify and critically evaluate the literature readily available (published) to LMICs developing EM programs, the gray literature was not searched.ResultsThe search yielded 16 articles that met the final inclusion criteria. As the majority of articles provide a narrative description of the processes and building blocks used in developing the residency programs reported, we present our results in narrative format. By providing a summary of the lessons learned to date, we hope to provide a useful starting point for other resource-limited settings interested in establishing emergency medicine specialty training programs and hope to encourage further information exchange on this matter.ConclusionsThe results of the review indicate that EM training is in its infancy in resource-constrained health-care systems. There are few detailed reports of these programs successes and limitations, including efforts to optimize graduate retention. Despite the paucity of currently published data on the development of EM residency training programs in these settings, this review demonstrates the need for encouraging further information exchange to aid in such efforts, and the authors make specific recommendations to help guide future authors on reporting on such efforts.

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“…While Costa Rica, Peru, South Africa, Turkey and Malaysia report graduate retention rates to be rather high [9,17-20], the experience in Papua New Guinea is quite different; many trainees leave to work in New Zealand or Australia where the financial reimbursement and work conditions are reported to be superior [15,16]. …”

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A review of published literature on emergency medicine training programs in low- and middle-income countries

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“…There is a need for a countrywide educational programme for pre‐hospital and emergency care. There has been similar work done in Papua New Guinea with a successful emergency medicine training programme implemented 5–7 …”

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Emergency medicine in Sri Lanka: The inevitable evolution to a new specialty

Tan

Goonasekera

Curran

2008

Emerg Medicine Australasia

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Sri Lanka is a low-income country with a relatively advanced, equitable and accessible health-care system offered to its 20 million populations free of charge through a national pro-poor health policy. Its weaknesses in emergency services, however, surfaced in 2004 when it faced the Tsunami, the worst natural disaster of the world of the 21st century. Since then, the local health community with the assistance of the government and foreign aid agencies have embarked on a path to establish emergency services, improve its preparedness for disaster management and establishment of emergency medicine training. The present article traces this path and how it is evolving in the country.

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“…The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) was asked to assist in launching the program, and in 2002 AusAID funded an emergency physician in residence and visits by others [4]. Emergency physician support has continued since [5, 6]. So this is a program built from the top down, with input from an established neighbor.…”

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A perspective on developing emergency medicine as a specialty

Curry

2008

Int J Emerg Med

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AimsA rapidly increasing number of countries are developing their capacities to respond to acute illness and injury and organizing emergency medicine training programs. This article offers some insight into the way emergency medicine has undergone development in the Australasian region.MethodsThe perspective is built from experience in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.ConclusionThe challenges are many, but with persistence can be surmounted. Lessons derived from these diverse environments are presented.

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Rural hospital generalist and emergency medicine training in Papua New Guinea

Cited by 7 publications

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A review of published literature on emergency medicine training programs in low- and middle-income countries

A review of published literature on emergency medicine training programs in low- and middle-income countries

Emergency medicine in Sri Lanka: The inevitable evolution to a new specialty

A perspective on developing emergency medicine as a specialty

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