Global Health as an Academic Discipline

Global health in emergency medicine has evolved beyond the realm of individual passion projects into a structured and evidence-informed academic discipline. Canadian leaders in the field have consistently emphasized the need for formalized pathways that support scholarly productivity, sustainable partnerships, and community-engaged education. From foundational recommendations developed at national symposia to institutional innovations like our own GEM Centre at the University of Toronto, there is growing recognition that global health must be resourced, mentored, and evaluated with the same academic rigour as other emergency medicine subspecialties. 

 

The GEM Centre builds on this foundation—offering a home for clinician-investigators, educators, and emergency medicine trainees to commit to improving health equity and global emergency care. Through mentorship, collaborative research, and systems-focused practice, we work to strengthen the role of global health within academic emergency medicine in Canada and beyond.

Publications, Presentations & Media

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Hunchak C, Battison AW, Oyedokun T, Stempien J, Landes M, Khatib N, Desouza K, Pritchard J, Erak M, Chun S, Bartels S. Supporting global emergency medicine practice for Canadian physicians: models to foster academic productivity and build collaborative communities of practice. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2024 Sep;26(9):612-8.
  2. Collier A, Marton G, Chun S, Nijssen-Jordan C, Bartels SA, Pulfrey S, Lang E, Schull M, Landes M, Johnson K. CAEP 2018 Academic Symposium: Recommendations for developing and supporting Global Emergency Medicine in Canadian academic emergency departments and divisions. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2019 Sep;21(5):600-6.
  3. Hunchak C, Landes M, Maskalyk J, Puchalski Ritchie L, Salmon M. Establishment of the Global Health Emergency Medicine organization at the University of Toronto to facilitate academic careers in global health for faculty and residents. CAEP Feature Education Innovations (FEI). 2018.

 

PRESENTATIONS

  1. Stefan, R., Maskalyk, J., Puchalski Ritchie, L., Salmon, M., and Landes, M. Development of Canadian Global Health Emergency Medicine (GHEM) certificate program based on best practices. Poster accepted to CAEP 2020. 2020 June.
  2. Hunchak C, Puchalski Ritchie LM, Salmon M, Maskalyk J, Landes M. Not a hobby anymore: Establishment of the Global Health Emergency Medicine organization at the University of Toronto to facilitate academic careers in global health for faculty and residents. CAEP Conference 2017, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. June 2017 (Poster Presentation)
  3. Landes M. Examining global health partnerships: TAAAC-EM. Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dec 2016.