Luc Trouche, Jill Adler, Janine T Remillard
Conceptualizing teachers' interactions with resources in crossing languages and cultures
ZDM : the international journal on mathematics education
emergency medicine relatively new specialty south africa limited data available regarding junior doctors competence managing emergencies however previous surveys identified limited teaching supervision junior doctors emergency medicine currently formal standardised assessment tool assess interns emergency medicine competence aim study expert opinion consensus develop emergency medicine assessment tool identify level appropriate emergency medicine knowledge end internship modified delphi methodology used create assessment tool via interaction panel experts took place 4 rounds via online survey platform initial round identified highpriority topics within intern domain questionnaire created based topics presented panel consensus following rounds rounds continued question met consensus 75 total 35 panellists consented participate representing 6 provinces majority emergency medicine specialists highpriority topics included acute respiratory distress polytrauma dehydration shock children airway management agitated patient 40question multiple choice questionnaire created questions reaching consensus study highlighted core highpriority emergency medicine topics interns exposed internship created questionnaire aimed evaluating study findings provide novel contribution identifying gaps emergency medicine knowledge intern training allowing potential interventions implemented improve intern em training addition clinical skills component increasing question database suggested develop tool larger iterative studies involving hpcsa health education experts provide avenues future research