Integration of Emergency Medicine in Undergraduate Medical Curriculum: Curriculum for Preclinical Course

Integration Of Emergency Medicine In Undergraduate Medical Curriculum

Abstract

Abstract: Emergency medicine (EM) offers what no other specialty offers. It is the medical specialty with the principal mission of evaluating, managing, treating and preventing unexpected illness and injury and provides valuable clinical and administrative services to health care delivery system. The Government of India recognizes “Health for All†as a national goal and expects medical training to produce competent “Physicians of First Contact†towards meeting this goal. Recognizing the impact of the emergency need on health outcomes, Medical Council of India (MCI) has given importance to the teaching emergency medicine in vision 2015 MCI. As per the guidelines in vision 2015 MCI there should be interaction or integration of the basic departments with clinical departments during the preclinical year of medical education. Curriculum formation for preclinical years is first step for the integration of EM in undergraduate curriculum. Integration of EM in preclinical years allows students to have a smoother transition into the clinical training. Innovative and excitng teaching learning strategies used in this curriculum will fosters many of the essential concepts such as critical thinking, communication, leadership, professionalism, problem solving skills and inter-professional teamwork and make them understand basic knowledge, skill and attitude required in an emergency, this will fulfil the goal and MCI guidelines.