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Problems and Costs That Could Be Addressed by Improved Burn and Wound Care Training in Health Professions Education

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Title
Problems and Costs That Could Be Addressed by Improved Burn and Wound Care Training in Health Professions Education
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The AMA Journal of Ethic, June 2018
DOI 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.6.medu1-1806
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Patrick T Delaplain, Victor C Joe

Abstract

The current system of burn care delivery attempts to meet the needs of the nearly 500 000 patients in the United States who require medical treatment annually. However, specialization of care and lack of fundamental burn and wound care knowledge among graduating medical trainees has unintended consequences, leaving the system inefficient, with inherent inequities in care delivery and with the potential to be overwhelmed in a mass casualty event. While increasing accessibility to specialty burn centers through technology could mitigate some of these problems, increased education is more practical. The implementation of a formal wound care curriculum in medical school would address the problems associated with chronic wounds in the United States. Additionally, this curriculum would be a natural extension of exposure to the basics of burn care, a relevant skill set in any specialty.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 30 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 6 20%
Student > Master 3 10%
Researcher 3 10%
Other 2 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 7%
Other 3 10%
Unknown 11 37%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 5 17%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 13%
Social Sciences 3 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 7%
Environmental Science 1 3%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 13 43%