Bae Crystal, Geduld Heike, Wallis Lee A, Smit De Villiers, Reynolds Teri
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201, MD, USA.
Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Cape Town, Karl Bremer Hospital, Bellville 7535, South Africa.
Afr J Emerg Med. 2016 Jun;6(2):94-99. doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2016.02.005. Epub 2016 Apr 7.
Emergency Medicine (EM) residency programmes are new to Africa and exist in only a handful of countries. There has been no follow up on faculty development needs nor training of these graduates since they completed their programmes. The African Federation for Emergency Medicine (AFEM) aims to explore the needs of recent EM graduates with respect to the need for resources, mentorship, and teaching in order to develop a focused African faculty development intervention.
As part of the AFEM annual survey, all those who have graduated since 2012 from a Sub-Saharan African EM residency programme were approached. These included Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Tanzania, Addis Ababa University (AAU) in Ethiopia, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Ghana, the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa, the University of Pretoria (UP) in South Africa, the University of Witswatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, and the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in South Africa.
The 47 respondents rated themselves as most confident medical experts in knowledge, procedural skills, and communication. Overall graduates felt least equipped as scholars and managers, and requested more educational materials. They reported that the best way for AFEM to support them is through emergency care advocacy and support for their advocacy activities and that their most critical development need is for leadership development, including providing training materials.
Recent graduates report that the best ways for AFEM to help new EM graduates is to continue advocacy programmes and the development of leadership and mentorship programmes. However, there is also a demand from these graduates for educational materials, especially online.
急诊医学（EM）住院医师培训项目在非洲尚属新生事物，仅在少数几个国家存在。自这些毕业生完成培训项目以来，尚未对师资发展需求进行跟进，也未对他们进行培训。非洲急诊医学联合会（AFEM）旨在探讨近期急诊医学毕业生在资源、指导和教学方面的需求，以便制定有针对性的非洲师资发展干预措施。
作为AFEM年度调查的一部分，我们联系了自2012年以来从撒哈拉以南非洲急诊医学住院医师培训项目毕业的所有人。这些项目包括坦桑尼亚的穆希姆比利卫生与联合科学大学（MUHAS）、埃塞俄比亚的亚的斯亚贝巴大学（AAU）、加纳的孔福·阿诺凯教学医院（KATH）、南非的开普敦大学（UCT）、南非的比勒陀利亚大学（UP）、南非金山大学（Wits）以及南非夸祖鲁-纳塔尔大学（UKZN）。
47名受访者认为自己在知识、操作技能和沟通方面是最自信的医学专家。总体而言，毕业生觉得自己作为学者和管理者的能力最欠缺，并要求提供更多教育材料。他们报告说，AFEM支持他们的最佳方式是通过急诊护理宣传以及对他们宣传活动的支持，并且他们最关键的发展需求是领导力发展方面，包括提供培训材料。
近期毕业生报告说，AFEM帮助新急诊医学毕业生的最佳方式是继续开展宣传项目以及领导力和指导项目的开发。然而，这些毕业生也需要教育材料，尤其是在线教育材料。
