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It explains why the program’s core curriculum spans surgery, medicine, and allied disciplines, and highlights mismatches in teaching, faculty incentives, and assessment strategies. 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This myth is said to distort how the program’s interdisciplinary scope is taught and assessed.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"What curriculum areas does the letter say are central to Emergency Medicine training?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"It lists a split curriculum: surgery and allied topics (including airway management, trauma, wound management, and other emergency surgical areas) and medicine and allied topics (including cardiovascular, respiratory, hematological/neurologic disorders, infections, metabolic/endocrine, psychiatric, toxicology, and related emergencies).",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What change does the letter recommend for Emergency Medicine postgraduate nomenclature?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"It recommends changing the nomenclature from MD EM to MS EM to enable correct positioning, support broader institutional development, and facilitate evidence-based emergency and trauma protocols in the Indian context.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},460407,1790758404,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":34,"category_name":35,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":14,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":14,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":129,"read_time":24,"preview_page_count":4},3985747870733,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_a8503ba1806abce46bf441b54a3ca4cd","Letters to Editor  \nMS Emergency Medicine: The Correct Nomenclature  \nDear Editor,  \nThe University Grants Commission and the National Assessment and Accreditation Council have always stressed upon initiation of interdisciplinary programs with a focus on integrated approach to teaching–learning. The 3‑year postgraduate academic program in Emergency Medicine (EM) was started by the then Medical Council of India in 2009. This was a welcome step and was the culmination of relentless efforts taken by the Academic College of Emergency Experts in India. Over the last decade, this program has changed the face of the “casualty” of several medical colleges which was managed casually. In fact, the Statutory Council mentioned the change in nomenclature from casualty to “Department of Emergency Medicine.”  \nAs we progress, we tend to be wiser. The postgraduate program of EM unknowingly and conveniently landed under the domain of medicine and allied subjects, which needs urgent rectification. MD EM is wrongly considered by many stakeholders (students as well as faculty) as a medicine specialty, which is a myth. This incorrect interpretation of the scope of this wonderful interdisciplinary specialty has led to failure of the teaching–learning process and desired outcome at several institutions across the country.  \nThe core curriculum for EM program includes:[1]  \n(a) Surgery and allied: Airway management and anesthesia, trauma, wound management, gastrointestinal emergencies, nontraumatic surgical emergencies, orthopedics, genitourinary emergencies, ocular and ENT cases, and obstetric emergencies  \n(b) Medicine and allied: Cardiovascular diseases, respiratory emergencies, hematological and central nervous system disorders, infections, metabolic and endocrine disorders, psychiatric disorders, environment conditions, and toxicology.  \nThe curriculum stresses upon acquisition of skills related to life‑saving procedures and wound management, in addition to medical emergencies. However, the postgraduate students admitted for the EM program are given the impression that it is the “critical care medicine” that they need to master. Uninterested faculty members take up the responsibility of EM only for getting urgent promotions, which they otherwise would not have got in their parent specialty. Once into EM, they are unable to understand the scope of this unique program and continue teaching their own specialty to EM students. This is also indirectly reflected in the irrelevant assessment strategies used by faculty. Any EM department will cater to about 30% of trauma patients, 20% nontraumatic surgical emergencies, 5% life-saving resuscitations, 10% pediatric cases, and around 35% cases related to medicine and allied disciplines. It is quite evident that more than 50% of the work in EM comprises of  \nsurgery and allied disciplines/needs surgical skills. The faculty required for the establishment of EM department needs to be from department of surgery/orthopedics/anesthesia/medicine/ respiratory medicine. The subjects of surgery, orthopedics, and anesthesia fall under the Board of Studies in Surgery at any university in India.  \nIt is really encouraging to note the fact that the National Medical Commission, vide Gazette Notification, has made it mandatory to have an operation theater and plaster room in every EM department, as a minimum standard requirement for MBBS program. In addition to this, the requirement of a central Skills Lab has been emphasized upon in the document.[2] This reflects the dynamic mindset of the policy makers.  \nRecommendation  \nConsidering these facts, it is quite obvious that the current situation of EM program warrants the much desired change in nomenclature from MD EM to MS EM. This will also pave the way for the establishment of a National Consortium of Emergency Medicine and Trauma, for formulation of evidence-based treatment protocols relevant to the Indian context.  \nconclusion  \nMS EM is the future. A standardized, co","cbCaih068GwW6n3T","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaih068GwW6n3T","pdf",281691,"English","# Letters to Editor\n## Program background and rationale\n## Core curriculum and training issues\n## Infrastructure and policy requirements\n## Recommendations and conclusion","[{\"question\":\"Why does the letter argue that MD EM is being misunderstood by stakeholders?\",\"answer\":\"It states that many students and faculty mistakenly assume MD EM is a medicine specialty. This myth is said to distort how the program’s interdisciplinary scope is taught and assessed.\"},{\"question\":\"What curriculum areas does the letter say are central to Emergency Medicine training?\",\"answer\":\"It lists a split curriculum: surgery and allied topics (including airway management, trauma, wound management, and other emergency surgical areas) and medicine and allied topics (including cardiovascular, respiratory, hematological/neurologic disorders, infections, metabolic/endocrine, psychiatric, toxicology, and related emergencies).\"},{\"question\":\"What change does the letter recommend for Emergency Medicine postgraduate nomenclature?\",\"answer\":\"It recommends changing the nomenclature from MD EM to MS EM to enable correct positioning, support broader institutional development, and facilitate evidence-based emergency and trauma protocols in the Indian context.\"}]","MS Emergency Medicine - The Correct Nomenclature - Letters to Editor | PDF"]