title: Development of an emergency nursing training curriculum in Ghana.
abstract: The formal provision of emergency health care is a developing specialty in many sub-Saharan African countries, including Ghana. While emergency medicine training programs for physicians are on the rise, there are few established training programs for emergency nurses. The results of a unique collaboration are described between a university in the United States, a Ghanaian university and a Ghanaian teaching hospital that has developed an emergency nursing diploma program. The expected outcomes of this training program include: (a) an innovative, interdisciplinary, team-based clinical training model, (b) a unique and low-resource emergency nursing curriculum and (c) a comprehensive and sustainable training program to increase in-country retention of nurses.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; University of Michigan, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, United States. Electronic address: sabell@med.umich.edu.
authors.forename: Sue Anne
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
authors.forename: Rockefeller
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Oteng
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Redman
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; University of Michigan, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lapham
authors.affiliation: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bam
authors.affiliation: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dzomecku
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
authors.forename: Jamila
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yakubu
authors.affiliation: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tagoe
authors.affiliation: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Donkor
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000193:education*; D005869:Ghana; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: Curriculum; Emergency Nursing; Ghana; Sub-Saharan Africa; Training