Introduction: The Basic Emergency Care (BEC) course is an open-access training designed for frontline providers in low resource settings which focuses on recognizing and managing emergent conditions. This study describes the implementation of the BEC course for nurses at Bugando Medical Center (BMC) in Mwanza, Tanzania in March 2020 as part of an educational initiative to improve nurses' knowledge and confidence in providing emergency care.
Methods: This is a 2-week educational intervention with pre-post measurements.
Emergency medicine (EM) is rapidly being recognized as a specialty around the globe. This has particular promise for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) that experience the largest burden of disease for emergency conditions. Specialty education and training in EM remain essentially an apprenticeship model.
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