title: An assessment of opinion of Indian physicians about emergency medicine in India.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Emergency medicine (EM) has recently been recognized as a specialty in India and formal training programmes are yet to be developed.
  
  
  METHODS
  A survey was devised to elicit the opinion of recently graduated physicians in Chennai, India about EM as well as about the current state of EM in India. A convenience sample of 130 respondents filled out a 21-question survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ninety-four per cent of respondents stated that EM was essential for providing quality healthcare; 94% of respondents felt there needs to be a change in emergency departments in India, with only 20% stating they were proud of the emergency departments in India. Seventy-six per cent of respondents were more likely to consider EM if the specialty was recognized by the Medical Council of India and 76% were inclined to pursue the specialty if there were more training programmes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Recently graduated physicians found flaws in the current state of emergency care in India; however, overall they remain interested in the field of EM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: O'Keefe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thangarasu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rajavelu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rajagopalan
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002321:Career Choice; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires