title: The Tuscan Emergency Medicine Initiative.
abstract: Italy lacks standardized specialty training in emergency medicine. There is no system of national or regional accreditation of the knowledge base or skill set of physicians working in regional emergency departments (ED), which results in variability of emergency medical care delivery not only between hospital EDs but also within individual EDs. To address this need, the Tuscan Minister of Health chose to develop a partnership with emergency medicine specialists from the United States to help expedite the growth of the specialty in Tuscany. The collaboration called the Tuscan Emergency Medicine Initiative consists of the regional health care service, the Tuscan university system, Harvard Medical International, and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine. We describe that effort and process, with an expectation of more than 625 physicians completing the program by June 2008.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. kban@bidmc.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Kevin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Ban
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pini
authors.forename: Leon D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: Scott G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Weiner
authors.forename: Phillip D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grifoni
authors.forename: Greg R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Ciottone
authors.forename: Jonathan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Edlow
authors.forename: Sean P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Galli
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: Gian Carlo
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Berni
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Wolfe
authors.forename: Gianfranco
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gensini
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration; D007558:Italy; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States