Sheena Lovia Boateng, Obed Kwame Adzaku Penu, Richard Boateng, Joseph Budu, John Serbe Marfo, Pasty Asamoah
Educational technologies and elementary level education - A bibliometric review of scopus indexed journal articles
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disaster medicine dm unique field undergone significant development disaster events become increasingly complicated respond however dm recognized american board medical specialties abms accreditation committee graduate medical education acgme therefore lacks board certification furthermore prior studies shown unique body dm knowledge addressed emergency medicine em residency emergency medical services ems fellowship resulting fundamental dm topics covered amongst graduate medical education gme programs prepared produce dm physicians recently published dm core curriculum addresses knowledge gap seeks promote standardization dm training objective study analyze em residency ems fellowship curricula inclusion dm major curriculum topics subtopics using recently published dm core curriculum control em residency ems fellowship curricula analyzed inclusion dm curriculum topics subtopics using dm curriculum recommendations published wexler et al control major curriculum topic deemed covered least one related subtopic described curricula included excluded dm topics subtopics analyzed using descriptive statistics dm major curriculum topics covered either em residency ems fellowship ems fellowship covered major curriculum topics 1415 93 em residency 1215 80 ems fellowship covered dm curriculum subtopics 58153 38 em residency 24153 16 combined em residency ems fellowship covered 65 153 42 dm curriculum subtopics although study finds dm major curriculum topics covered em residency followed ems fellowship onehalf subtopics covered either program 16 38 respectively programs combined 42 increasingly relevant subtopics climate change droughts flooding amongst covered either curriculum even amongst dm topics included gme curricula emphasis themes mass treatment preparedness mitigation likely underrepresented accreditation acgme dm fellowship would promote uniform implementation updated core curriculum ensure optimal training disasterready physicians