title: Development of an International Elective in an Emergency Medicine Residency.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There is a continued interest in global emergency medicine (EM) training, research, and clinical program development. There are many opportunities for "voluntourism" in medicine, but many of these experiences do not have standard goals and objectives.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This article describes a rotation for EM residents from the United States to have a structured learning experience focusing on emergency medical settings in the prehospital phase (something often lacking in U.S. programs).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The authors discuss the structure of the training program, including goals, objectives, and core competencies. First-hand accounts of the training experience are also presented.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Global training experiences can have clear benefits. Students go to places to "learn," but can also "teach" at the same time. Setting goals and objectives helps to assure that students are gaining specific core competencies as part of the experience. Other global rotations would benefit from having a defined structure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California.
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Hayden
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California.
authors.forename: Chad M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Valderrama
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California.
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences International, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
authors.forename: Maureen A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Curran
authors.affiliation: Area de Relaciones Institucionales, Dirección General de Sistema de Atención Medica de Emergencias, Ministerio de Salud, Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mazondo
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences International, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
authors.forename: Mounir A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Soliman
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States
keywords: international elective; international emergency medicine; prehospital care; residency training