What Researchers Did
Researchers reviewed pre-clerkship and clerkship learning objectives from responding Canadian medical schools to determine the prevalence and nature of hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) education.
What They Found
Learning objectives were received and reviewed from seven of the 17 Canadian medical schools. From the curricula of these seven schools, only one objective was found to be related to hyperbaric medicine, with the other six schools having no such objectives.
Canadian Relevance
This study directly assesses the inclusion of hyperbaric medicine in Canadian undergraduate medical education programs, making it highly relevant to Canadian healthcare and medical training.
Study Limitations
A limitation is that only seven out of 17 Canadian medical schools provided their curricula for review, potentially limiting the generalizability of the findings.