Emergency medicine in Peru.
Emergency Medicine (EM) is a developing specialty in Peru, as is the case in many other countries around the world. The nation's first residency training program was started in 1993 at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM). This description of the development, organization, challenges, and goals of the EM specialty in Peru is based on personal experience and communication with other specialists in the country.
Swanson
Robert C
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Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Wisconsin, USA.
Soto
Nelson R Morales
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Villafuerte
Abel Garcia
AG
D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010568:Peru