An analysis of the clinical practice of emergency medicine in emergency centres in the Western Cape

To determine whether the current South African Emergency Medicine Curriculum is appropriate for the burden of disease seen by registrars in Cape Town Emergency Centres, a cross- sectional retrospective audit of 1283 clinical presentations from three secondary level ECs in Cape Town was done. The type of clinical presentations, investigations done and procedures per- formed were analysed. Basic descriptives are presented. The curriculum did not cover all the clinical conditions, procedures and investigations encountered by EM registrars in Cape Town. There were also multiple categories in the curriculum that were not encountered in EM practice at all. The investigations section correlated particularly poorly with the skills needed for the burden of disease seen in ECs in Cape Town. The curriculum should be redrafted guided by a practice analysis of EM.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Division of Emergency Medicine

Year dc:date.issued

2010

Author dc:creator

• Cohen, Kirsten Lesley

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10276

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10276