Training doctors in prehospital care: the West Midlands (UK) approach.
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چکیده
There is no specific structured training programme for doctors working in prehospital care in the United Kingdom. In the West Midlands (UK) a structured supervised programme has been devised, which recruits medical undergraduates and provides an educational programme and practical experience leading to the successful completion of the Diploma in Immediate Medical Care and the status of an independent prehospital care practitioner. The training scheme has successfully produced a significant number of coctors who are now practising in the West Midlands and United Kingdom.
منابع مشابه
An email audit of prehospital doctor activity in an area of the West Midlands.
OBJECTIVES To describe the nature and extent of prehospital doctor activity in an area of the West Midlands by review of group email. To explore the use of email as a means of data collection among a group of prehospital doctors. METHODS A retrospective review of data collected by a prehospital organisation's email based internet group. RESULTS Nearly half of prehospital doctor calls were t...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
دوره 21 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004