Emergency medicine in Papua New Guinea: Beginning of a specialty in a true area of need

Aitken, Peter; Annerud, Carolyn; Galvin, Mike; Symmons, David; Curry, Chris

doi:10.1046/j.1442-2026.2003.00436.x

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“…There is a need for a countrywide educational programme for pre‐hospital and emergency care. There has been similar work done in Papua New Guinea with a successful emergency medicine training programme implemented 5–7 …”

Section: Future Directionsmentioning

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Emergency medicine in Sri Lanka: The inevitable evolution to a new specialty

Tan

Goonasekera

Curran

2008

Emerg Medicine Australasia

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Sri Lanka is a low-income country with a relatively advanced, equitable and accessible health-care system offered to its 20 million populations free of charge through a national pro-poor health policy. Its weaknesses in emergency services, however, surfaced in 2004 when it faced the Tsunami, the worst natural disaster of the world of the 21st century. Since then, the local health community with the assistance of the government and foreign aid agencies have embarked on a path to establish emergency services, improve its preparedness for disaster management and establishment of emergency medicine training. The present article traces this path and how it is evolving in the country.

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Emergency medicine in Sri Lanka: The inevitable evolution to a new specialty

Tan

Goonasekera

Curran

2008

Emerg Medicine Australasia

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“…In Papua New Guinea (PNG) there is a long history of involvement of Australasian doctors, 20 however, this did decline in the 1980s and 1990s. Since 2002 there has been a surge of activity by emergency physicians in particular to establish emergency medicine training, because of support by AusAID 21,22 . Interest in the PNG programme is expanding to the Solomon Islands 23…”

Section: Australasian International Emergency Medicine: Places and Acmentioning

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Taking emergency medicine international: What can we learn and teach?

Curry

2006

Emerg Medicine Australasia

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“…There is no active postgraduate training programme for generalists in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The University of Papua New Guinea has established a specialist training programme for Master of Medicine, Emergency Medicine (M.Med EM), which has been developed with the assistance of visiting emergency physicians 1,2 . Trainees rotate through the major specialties of surgery, anaesthesia, internal medicine, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology.…”

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Rural hospital generalist and emergency medicine training in Papua New Guinea

Symmons

Curry

2007

Emerg Medicine Australasia

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The present paper describes the role of the hospital generalist in rural Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the contribution of emergency medicine training to that practice. Generalist practice in Tinsley District Hospital in Western Highlands Province is described, with emphasis on emergency surgery and anaesthesia. The potential of the PNG emergency medicine training programme for preparing generalists is discussed. Tinsley Hospital served a population of 40,000 people, with 4000 admissions and 300-400 operations performed annually. Two doctors and 50 nurses and community health workers provided care with minimal resources. The doctors provided supervision and teaching for nurses, community health workers, hospital administrators and primary health carers, including on long range medical patrols. Over 16 months, doctors performed 243 emergency surgical procedures including orthopaedics, general surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology. The generalist in rural hospitals is required to perform a wide variety of medical tasks in isolated settings yet there is no active postgraduate training programme. The Master of Medicine, Emergency Medicine programme includes rotations through the major disciplines of surgery, anaesthesia, internal medicine, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology. It has the potential to train doctors in PNG for a generalist role as graduates will learn the foundations of the required skills.

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Emergency medicine in Papua New Guinea: Beginning of a specialty in a true area of need

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Emergency medicine in Sri Lanka: The inevitable evolution to a new specialty

Emergency medicine in Sri Lanka: The inevitable evolution to a new specialty

Taking emergency medicine international: What can we learn and teach?

Rural hospital generalist and emergency medicine training in Papua New Guinea

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