State of emergency medicine in South Africa

INTRODUCTION: Emergency medicine is a new speciality in South Africa. It was first registered in 2003, and there are now 30 specialists in the country, with 10 new graduates from local registrar training programmes and over 40 trainees on four programmes across the country. CONCLUSION: Emergency med...

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Autores principales: Wallis, Lee A., Garach, Sharadh R., Kropman, Annemarie
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2008
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State of International EM
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2657239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19384654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12245-008-0033-3
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description INTRODUCTION: Emergency medicine is a new speciality in South Africa. It was first registered in 2003, and there are now 30 specialists in the country, with 10 new graduates from local registrar training programmes and over 40 trainees on four programmes across the country. CONCLUSION: Emergency medicine is currently enjoying a governmental focus as part of the preparations towards the FIFA 2010 soccer World Cup. This article discusses the current structure of emergency care in South Africa.
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spelling pubmed-26572392009-03-25 State of emergency medicine in South Africa Wallis, Lee A. Garach, Sharadh R. Kropman, Annemarie Int J Emerg Med State of International EM INTRODUCTION: Emergency medicine is a new speciality in South Africa. It was first registered in 2003, and there are now 30 specialists in the country, with 10 new graduates from local registrar training programmes and over 40 trainees on four programmes across the country. CONCLUSION: Emergency medicine is currently enjoying a governmental focus as part of the preparations towards the FIFA 2010 soccer World Cup. This article discusses the current structure of emergency care in South Africa. Springer-Verlag 2008-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC2657239/ /pubmed/19384654 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12245-008-0033-3 Text en © Springer-Verlag London Ltd 2008
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