title: The current state of emergency medical training in US schools of podiatric medicine.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There is no information available in the medical literature regarding emergency medical training in the podiatric medicine predoctoral curriculum. This study was undertaken to describe the current state of emergency medical training in US schools of podiatric medicine.
  
  
  METHODS
  A Web-based descriptive survey was developed to assess course logistics, the curricular topics covered, and the teaching methods used. All of the US schools of podiatric medicine were surveyed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Completed surveys were returned from all nine schools. All of the institutions incorporate training on the management of medical emergencies into their predoctoral curricula. Four schools (44.4%) reported initiating this training before 2000. All of the schools incorporate a didactic (lecture) component, and eight (88.9%) incorporate a clinical (hands-on) component into their training.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  All of the schools of podiatric medicine in the United States incorporate emergency medical training into their predoctoral curriculum. However, despite some similarities across institutions, there seems to be variation regarding curricular topics, didactic teaching, and methods of teaching the material.
authors: David A
authors: DA
authors: Wald
authors: Alvin
authors: A
authors: Wang
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Suh
authors: Jane
authors: J
authors: Pontious
authors: Christine
authors: C
authors: Miller
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D011032:Podiatry / Q000193:education*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012577:Schools, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States