title: The curriculum development process for an international emergency medicine rotation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Completion of electives abroad is not a new phenomenon for physicians in training. Benefits to the physician and the host country's population have been sufficiently described in the literature; however, many academic residency programs lack an international health curriculum that incorporates both the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's core and specialty-specific competencies.
  
  
  METHODS
  The goal of this project was to develop a curriculum for emergency medicine residents completing International Emergency Medicine (IEM) rotations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A literature search was conducted to review available international rotation curricula and the curriculum development process. A committee was formed to create an IEM rotation, borrowing philosophical premises from the educational literature, particularly experientialism.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The resulting article describes the curriculum development process and provides a curriculum template for medical specialties to utilize when sending residents abroad.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida 32209, USA.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McIntosh
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kalynych
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Devos
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akhlaghi
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wylie
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008511:Medicine; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*