title: Consensus development of a pediatric emergency medicine clerkship curriculum.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  As emergency medicine (EM) has become a more prominent feature in the clinical years of medical school training, national EM clerkship curricula have been published to address the need to standardize students' experiences in the field. However, current national student curricula in EM do not include core pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) concepts.
  
  
  METHODS
  A workgroup was formed by the Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine and the Pediatric Interest Group of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine to develop a consensus on the content to be covered in EM and PEM student courses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The consensus is presented with the goal of outlining principles of pediatric emergency care and prioritizing students' exposure to the most common and life-threatening illnesses and injuries.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This consensus curriculum can serve as a guide to directors of PEM and EM courses to optimize PEM knowledge and skills education.
authors.affiliation: Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Kim L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Askew
authors.affiliation: Boston Children's Hospital, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Weiner
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.affiliation: Southern Illinois University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Carbondale, Illinois.
authors.forename: Myto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duong
authors.affiliation: Duke University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.affiliation: Carolinas Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Charlotte, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.affiliation: Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: O'Neill
authors.affiliation: Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Milan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nadkarni
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D032921:Consensus; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D004493:Education; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*