GEM News
TAAAC-EM is Now Accepting Resident Applications for 2018/19
Calling all senior FRCP EM/CCFP-EM residents at the University of Toronto: TAAAC-EM offers 3 resident elective spaces per year for residents to participate in month long teaching trips to Addis Ababa,…
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Call for Abstracts & Judges: Divisions of Emergency Medicine Research Academic Day
The University of Toronto Department of Medicine is hosting the 2018 Divisions of Emergency Medicine Research Academic Day on May 23rd, 2018. This event will bring together researchers, faculty and residents…
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Dr. Margaret Salmon and colleagues publish on low-cost alternative to commercially available ultrasound gel
Congratulations to GHEM Executive Member Dr. Margaret Salmon and colleagues, who have just published their study “Cassava Flour Slurry as a Low-cost Alternative to Commercially Available Gel for Obstetrical Ultrasound: a blinded non-inferiority…
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Dr. James Maskalyk’s book ‘Life on the Ground Floor’ shortlisted for RBC Taylor Prize
Congratulations to Dr. James Maskalyk! His book, Life on the Ground Floor continues to garner praise with this latest announcement. The novel is one of five shortlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize,…
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Dr. Alia Dharamsi blogs about ‘Simulation Solutions for Low Resource Settings’
Thanks to Dr. Alia Dharamsi, our November 2017 TAAAC-EM resident for sharing her experiences with simulation in low resource settings on EM Sim Cases. To view her blog post click…
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Opportunity to Participate – Humanitarian & Disaster Response Simulation Training
Date: April 5 – 8, 2018 Location: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD Join Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health, Project HOPE, MGH Centre for Global Disaster Response and Humanitarian U…
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Dr. Megan Landes and colleagues publish on the impact of head trauma in the Black Lion Hospital ED
Congratulations to GHEM Director Dr. Megan Landes who, along with colleagues, has published her study looking at the impact of head trauma on patients at Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This…
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Dr. Maja Stachura and colleagues publish on the usefulness of POCUS in LMIC EDs
Congratulations to former TAAAC-EM Delegate Dr. Maja Stachura who, along with colleagues, has published the results of her study looking at the usefulness of POCUS in LMIC EDs. This important piece, titled…
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Canadian Medical Education Journal’s Special Issue features two articles led by GHEM members
We are excited to announce that there are two articles written by GHEM members in the recently published Canadian Medical Education Journal’s Supplement to the Special Issue on Globalization and…
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