%0 Journal Article
%T Adapting the Advanced Cardiac Life Support for the Experienced Provider (ACLS-EP) course for emergency care education in Rwanda
%A William E. Cayley Jr
%J African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
%D 2011
%I 
%R 10.4102/phcfm.v3i1.178
%X The Advanced Cardiac Life Support for the Experienced Provider (ACLS-EP) course uses a case-based curriculum to teach emergency resuscitation principles to experienced health care professionals. This article describes the adaptation of the ACLS-EP curriculum to be used in a family medicine training programme in Rwanda, including lessons learned and recommendations for future use of this material for emergency care education in the African setting. R¨¦sum¨¦ Le cours d¡¯ ¡®Advanced Cardiac Life Support for the Experienced Provider¡¯ (ACLS-EP) utilise un curriculum d¡¯¨¦tude de cas pour enseigner les principes de r¨¦animation d'urgence ¨¤ des professionnels de sant¨¦ exp¨¦riment¨¦s. Cet article d¨¦crit l'adaptation du curriculum ACLS-EP dans le cadre d¡¯ un training en m¨¦decine familiale au Rwanda, rel¨¨ve les le ons apprises, et ¨¦num¨¨re des recommandations pour l¡¯ utilisation future de ce programme pour la formation en soins d'urgence en Afrique. How to cite this article: Cayley WE. Adapting the Advanced Cardiac Life Support for the Experienced Provider (ACLS-EP) course for emergency care education in Rwanda. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med. 2011;2(1),Art. #178, 3 pages. DOI:10.4102/phcfm.v3i1.178
%K emergency care
%K family medicine
%K primary care
%K resuscitation
%K Rwanda
%U http://www.phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/178