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Coventry, C. A., Holland, A. J. A., Read, D. J., & Ivers, R. Q. (2019). Australasian general surgical training and emergency medical teams: a review. ANZ journal of surgery, 89(7), 815-820. https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.15158
Coventry, Charles A, et al. "Australasian general surgical training and emergency medical teams: a review." ANZ journal of surgery vol. 89,7 (2019): 815-820. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.15158
Coventry CA, Holland AJA, Read DJ, Ivers RQ. Australasian general surgical training and emergency medical teams: a review. ANZ J Surg. 2019 Jul;89(7):815-820. doi: 10.1111/ans.15158. Epub 2019 May 07. PMID: 31066168.
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ANZ J Surg. 2019 Jul;89(7):815-820. doi: 10.1111/ans.15158. Epub 2019 May 07.

Australasian general surgical training and emergency medical teams: a review.

ANZ journal of surgery

Charles A Coventry, Andrew J A Holland, David J Read, Rebecca Q Ivers

Affiliations

  1. Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinic School, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  2. Department of Paediatric Surgery, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
  4. School of Public Health and Community Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 31066168 DOI: 10.1111/ans.15158

Abstract

Emergency medical teams (EMTs) have provided surgical care in sudden-onset disasters in low- and middle-income countries. General surgeons have been heavily involved in many EMTs due to their traditional broad set of surgical skills and experience. With the increased subspecialization of general surgical training in many high-income countries, including Australia and New Zealand, finding general surgeons with adequately broad experience is becoming more challenging. Furthermore, it is now considered standard for EMTs deploying to a sudden-onset disaster to have undergone credentialing, demonstrating sufficient training of their deployed members. The purpose of this review was to highlight the challenges and potential solutions facing those involved in training and recruiting general surgeons for EMTs in Australasia.

© 2019 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

Keywords: general surgery; surgical education; trauma

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