Development of the emergency medicine curriculum at the national level: another forward step toward establishment of emergency medicine in Iran

Emergency Medicine [EM] in Iran is a young specialty. As one of the steps taken towards the establishment of EM, a National Curriculum has been developed for residency programs. The curriculum is based on current concepts in medical education and aims at ensuring that all EM residencies in Iran provide for the acquisition of pre-defined core competencies by trainees. The curriculum has been organized into a format that can be easily communicated to all stakeholders. This article describes the process of EM residency curriculum planning in Iran as an example for other countries, in the early stages of developing EM training, to consider

Awareness of today’s interns about ethics in medical practice.

Growing awareness of public, snarling C.P.A., skyrocketing competition, changing personal & public life scenario, have all transformed or set to transform rules of medical practice. Practice of Ethics in medicine could be a “value addition”. Aims: To study the awareness of today’s Interns about medical ethics. Study design: Cross sectional. Participants: Interns of four Medical Colleges of Nagpur. Analysis: Simple percentage. Results: All Interns passed the test. (i) AIDS & Ethics: All Interns revealed positive reaction towards Emergency treatment of AIDS’ patients. (ii) Issue of certificate & Ethics: 65% interns aware. (iii) Treating complications & Ethics: 67.5% aware. (iv) Diagnosis & ethics: 92% aware. (v) Awareness & Ethics: 90.5% aware. Conclusion: Awareness of Interns seems theoretical, but adequate. Practical issues like: to issue certificate & to treat complications through the perspective of ethics reveal less awareness & knowledge. So practical issues need to be addressed considering the perspective of ethics in medicine while teaching.