title: The importance of tailoring physicians' trauma care training needs in rural environments.
abstract: Gaps in the provision of care exist in the initial evaluation and management of patients first cared for in the most rural settings. We designed a survey to explore what unmet educational needs might exist so as to improve the care of patients before transfer. Here we discuss opportunities for tailored training that will enhance learning capacity, narrow the trauma education gap and improve trauma care, particularly in rural environments.
authors.affiliation: From the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont. (Tarighi, Nathens); the Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont. (Sherman, Mian); and the Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Nathens).
authors.forename: Payam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tarighi
authors.affiliation: From the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont. (Tarighi, Nathens); the Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont. (Sherman, Mian); and the Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Nathens).
authors.forename: Jill E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Sherman
authors.affiliation: From the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont. (Tarighi, Nathens); the Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont. (Sherman, Mian); and the Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Nathens).
authors.forename: Oxana
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mian
authors.affiliation: From the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont. (Tarighi, Nathens); the Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont. (Sherman, Mian); and the Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. (Nathens).
authors.forename: Avery B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Nathens
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians / Q000592:standards*; D019035:Rural Health Services; D014194:Traumatology / Q000193:education*