We focused on four training characteristics; session frequency, session duration, training intensity and program length, and their product; total energy expenditure.
In the early years, the training program's great length can tempt people to defer life's other aspects until it is over.
Training intensity was progressively and individually increased over the 6-week training program by modulating lever lengths, movement velocity (isometric, dynamic), range of motion (i.e., CSTS and CSTU) and the level of instability (i.e., CSTU).
The EM group also reported the strong influence of the intensity and length of the training program.
At the moment there are not enough EPs to staff all the EDs in The Netherlands and the length of their training program, 3 years, is not meeting the criteria of the 'Doctors' Directive of the European Union, which states it should be 5 years (EU Directive 2006/100/EC) [19].
To conduct a survey among EM residents, we used a questionnaire addressing ten main aspects of the curriculum: respondents' general data, hospital setting, program length, overall workload, training content, rotations, self-image, scientific research, examinations, supervision by an experienced emergency physician (EP) and the extent to which EPs were regarded as role models.
That's nearly double the length of the old training program.
The major hypothesis is the prescribed training program will increase functional capacity at discharge while decreasing length of hospitalization.
Completion is negatively related to time in the apprenticeship program (beyond the normal program length) and the number of employers during training.
