GEM News
The GEM Centre at ICEM 2025!
For those of you who have had a chance to review the conference schedule for ICEM 2025, you will have seen that there are a number of presentations taking place that…
Congratulations to King Charles III Coronation Medal Award Winners: Dr. Ian Drennan & Dr. Walter Tavares
Congratulations to Dr. Ian Drennan and Dr. Walter Tavares of the DFCM Paramedicine Collaborative, who were both awarded the prestigious King Charles III Coronation Medal for their leadership and work…
AfCEM2024 Update from TAAAC-EM Travel Award Recipient Dr. Nahom Mesfin Mekonen
Dr. Nahom Mesfin Mekonen was a recipient of the TAAAC-EM Travel Award, which allowed him to travel to Botswana for AfCEM 2024. Below is his recap of the experience. —…
Dr. Tigist Tesfaye at ICEM 2024
Congratulations to Dr. Tigist Tesfaye who recently delivered a keynote plenary talk on the development of emergency care services in Ethiopia as well as two other track talks at the…
Program Update > Africa Health Collaborative makes case for pre-hospital emergency care
“Twenty health personnel across the country are receiving training in pre-hospital emergency care from the Mastercard Foundation Africa Higher Education Health Collaborative. The pre-hospital emergency care short course which is…
GHEM Fellowship Q&A Session
The Global Health Emergency Medicine (GHEM) Fellowship program helps emergency medicine clinicians develop the appropriate skills, knowledge and experiences, to become leaders in the Global Health arena. Through this process,…
New publication > Sustainable Purchasing Practices: A Comparison of Single-use and Reusable Pulse Oximeters in the Emergency Department
Emergency Medicine resident Juliana Duffy worked with GHEM Board Member Megan Landes on her resident project, which compared single-use versus reusable pulse oximeters in the emergency department. For more details…
New Publication > Rapid HIV testing in emergency departments: a paradigm shift
The need for rapid HIV testing in emergency departments and the GEM program FAST HIV Project were discussed in a new publication written by GEM Chair Dr. Jennifer Hulme, GEM…
Application now open > GHEM Fellowship 2024/2025
GHEM Fellowship applications are now open for the 2043-2025 academic year. Please review the application PDF for more information. The Global Health Emergency Medicine (GHEM) Fellowship program helps emergency medicine…