PC 9: Emergency Medicine Core Competences

Course Directors

• Eric Dryver, Sweden
• Gregor Prosen, Slovenia

Faculty

• Tobias Becker, Germany 
• Adam Groves, United Kingdom
• Caroline Hård af Segerstad, Sweden
• Nikolas Sbyrakis, Greece 
• Brian de Lange, The Netherlands

Participants

The course is designed for 24 participants (residents, specialists and educators in Emergency Medicine).

Course description & learning objectives

This course focuses on competence development through scenario-based training. The competences in focus are:

1-The initial management of critical patients in all age groups (Core Curriculum 2.1)

2-Differential diagnosis and decision-making (Core Curriculum 2.2 + 2.5)

3-Systematic EKG interpretation (Core Curriculum 2.4.4)

4-Systematic acid-base interpretation (Core Curriculum 2.2.6)

5-Interpretation of the neurological examination and initial management of selected neurological conditions 

(Core Curriculum 2.2.5)

Educational MATERIALS

Participants receive a course manual prior to the course and a checklist compendium onsite that helps guide the initial management of critical syndromes (e.g. anaphylaxis, hemorrhagic shock, hyponatremic encephalopathy) and information-acquisition from patients with common symptoms (e.g. shortness of breath, vertigo).

The course includes a pretest with references to open-access educational

Overview

The course prioritizes scenario-based training and includes over 40 scenarios. Participants take turns managing the case and acquiring clinical information. The course also includes brief lectures, demonstrations and a group-discussion period. 

Thanks to the scenario-based format, the course provides an opportunity to train for the EBEEM Part B.

Schedule

Coffee breaks will be served from 10:30 to 11:00 and from 15:30 to 16:00.

Wednesday 27 October

Thursday 28 October