GEM News

FREE! Intro to Public Health Emergency Preparedness Online Course

March 30, 2016

Dear Colleagues, Public Health Ontario is proud to present the new Introduction to Public Health Emergency Preparedness online course. In response to feedback from our public health partners, the self-directed,…

Point-of-Care Ultrasonography for the Rapid Diagnosis of Intussusception: A Case Series

February 22, 2016

GHEM Executive Member, Margaret Salmon, and colleagues Stephanie Doniger and Resa Lewiss publish: Point-of-Care Ultrasonography for the Rapid Diagnosis of Intussusception: A Case Series Abstract: We present a case series…

2016 CAEP Conference – Call for Abstract Submissions

November 19, 2015

CAEP 2016: Gateway to Learning Québec City, June 4-8, 2016 Important Abstract Dates *Electronic submission opens: Friday, November 6, 2015 at 09:00 Eastern *Electronic submission closes: Sunday, January 10, 2016…

First Annual EM Leadership Conference in Ethiopia

November 18, 2015

This past November, another seminal moment in the development of African emergency medicine: the continent’s first conference on leadership in the speciality. In the Entoto mountains, high above Addis Ababa,…

AFEM Internship – Applications close Nov. 30, 2015

November 12, 2015

Join the African Federation of Emergency Medicine (AFEM) Team. Applications accepted NOW through 30 NOVEMBER 2015 AFEM is seeking outstanding candidates for 1-year internship positions in global emergency care development.…

Hunchak et al, publish early mortality results from TASH-ED in BMC Research Notes

October 30, 2015

Patterns and predictors of early mortality among emergency department patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has published in BMC Research Notes, an online, open-access journal on October 24, 2015 Authors Cheryl Hunchak, Sisay Teklu, Nazanin…

CCHT’s Disaster and Humanitarian Response Training Program May 4-17, ’15

March 25, 2015

The Canadian Consortium for Humanitarian Training (CCHT) is pleased to announce that the 2015 Edition of the Disaster and Humanitarian Response Training Program will be held from May 4-17 in Montreal, Quebec.…

TAAAC-EM featured in the latest edition of the IDRC Bulletin

February 6, 2015

TAAAC-EM and Dr. Megan Landes are both featured in the latest edition of the IDRC Bulletin. Click here to view the newsletter and then scroll down to the “Research in…

The Borderless Plague: A Conversation about Ebola and its Global Ramifications

January 21, 2015

Come listen to GHEM Director, James Maskalyk, and James Orbinski, at the Toronto Public Library on Sunday, February 8, 2015. Tickets are FREE but space is limited! Get your tickets here.