title: The College of Emergency Medicine curriculum: is the specialty-specific knowledge section fit for purpose?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether the knowledge specified in the specialty-specific section of the College of Emergency Medicine curriculum covered the diagnoses presenting to a UK teaching hospital emergency department.
  
  
  METHODS
  An audit of 1000 sets of notes was undertaken, the diagnosis abstracted and mapped to the curriculum.
  
  
  RESULTS
  1076 diagnoses were derived and all were covered by the curriculum. The three most common diagnostic categories were musculoskeletal, wound management and cardiology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The curriculum covered all the diagnoses in this sample. Knowing the frequency of a diagnosis could be used to inform training and assessment.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Southampton University NHS Trust, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK. robinsonmustafa@aol.com
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: Jude
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reay
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clancy
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D012955:Societies, Medical; D006113:United Kingdom; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy