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. 2023:2023:3141-3145.
Epub 2023 Jan 3.

Emergency Medicine Provider Impressions of Novel SMS-Based Toxicology Module

Joseph Ebersole  1 , Noah Askman  1 , Timothy B Erickson  2 , Peter R Chai  2 , Charlotte E Goldfine  2
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Emergency Medicine Provider Impressions of Novel SMS-Based Toxicology Module

Joseph Ebersole et al. Proc Annu Hawaii Int Conf Syst Sci. 2023.

Abstract

The diagnosis and treatment of common toxicologic disorders is an area of core content that emergency medicine (EM) resident physicians and physician assistants (PA) are required to demonstrate competence in order to become proficient practicing clinicians. Even when EM programs have a required toxicology elective, learners do not encounter all core toxicologic presentations. To supplement these knowledge gaps, many toxicology curriculums rely on internet learning modules which have variable uptake in practice. With remote learning and education becoming more common, we aim to perform a need-based assessment of EM resident and PA toxicology education and use the results to develop and deploy a text message-based, interactive toxicology supplemental program for EM residents and PAs and measure its acceptability and preliminary effectiveness to teach core toxicology principles.

Keywords: Education; asynchronous learning; toxicology.

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