黑料网 Emergency Medicine is participating in a multinational effort to test and implement the World Health Organization/International Committee of the Red Cross (WHO/ICRC)’s “Basic Emergency Care” (BEC) course for senior medical students and new graduate physicians in Kenya.听The research effort and ongoing partnership with international colleagues is one example of 黑料网 Emergency Medicine’s long-standing passion for working with, and assisting, medical professionals across the globe.
This collaborative of 黑料网, Brown University, and Kenyan investigators recently published a second paper evaluating the strengths and opportunities associated with the BEC course.
Dr. Justin Myers, Co-Director, Division of Health Equity and Global EM reports that, “Early career physicians in Kenya carry enormous responsibility; taking care of patients with emergency conditions with limited resources in some of the most remote hospitals in the world. The BEC course is an effective tool to help prepare these physicians for this lifesaving care. We are thrilled to partner with dedicated colleagues in East Africa and around the U.S., who have a similar vision of implementing this course across Kenyan medical school curriculums.”
Background & Perspectives听
The Basic Emergency Care course was created by the World Health Organization in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM) to train frontline providers in low-resource settings. Investigators aimed to evaluate long-term retention and maintenance of emergency care knowledge and confidence among University of Nairobi School of Medicine graduates after completing the BEC course.
Key Findings
The research has consistently found positive indicators, demonstrating that the course helps boost the knowledge base as well as confidence for early career emergency medicine physicians in Kenya. In addition, the findings point to a need for ongoing updates and periodic refreshers, in order for the emergency medicine practitioners to maintain their knowledge base and skills.
The Most Recent Study
January 8, 2025
A prospective, longitudinal, comparative analysis of the World Health Organization/International Committee of the Red Cross Basic Emergency Care Course on emergency medicine knowledge and confidence among recent medical school graduates. 听
Conclusions: The WHO BEC course is effective for emergency care training for medical students at the University of Nairobi. However, the participants’ decrease in knowledge and confidence 12 to 18 months after the BEC course suggests the need for regular refresher courses.听听
The Previous Study
April 21, 2023
Evaluation of the World Health Organization International Committee of the Red Cross Basic Emergency Care Course for Senior Medical Students.听 听
Conclusions: These findings suggest that the Basic Emergency Care course is effective in providing senior medical students with basic emergency medicine knowledge and increasing their confidence to identify and address life-threatening conditions prior to their intern year.