title: Trauma education and assessment.
abstract: Trauma education has evolved over the past 30 years from an unstructured preceptorship to standardised courses offered worldwide. The Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course has formed the backbone of trauma management philosophy and has spawned a series of courses aimed at specific patient populations and health care groups. Trauma education and assessment for advanced trainees has taken the form of formal clinical fellowships. In addition to clinical experience, a number of tools have been validated in aiding trauma education including use of videotape review and simulation technology. Future emphasis on development and validation of teaching and assessment techniques could improve trauma education and secondarily impact trauma outcomes worldwide.
authors.affiliation: Memorial University of Newfoundland, Discipline of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The Health Sciences Center, St. John's, NL, Canada A1B3V6. mhogan74@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Hogan
authors.forename: Darrell C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Boone
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D014194:Traumatology / Q000193:education*