Membership

Becoming an IFEM Member gives emergency physicians in your organization and country the benefit of an international network of like-minded colleagues and opens the door to be involved in the development of global emergency medical care. 

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Being an IFEM Member Provides you with the opportunity to: 

• Exchange information on topics of international interest. 
• Provide a mechanism for international collaborative research. 
• Provide a mechanism for international elective opportunities for trainees in emergency medicine training programs. 
• Provide a mechanism for international sabbatical for practitioners of emergency medicine. 
• Act as a forum for common problems and approaches in disciplines specific to emergency medicine. 
• Offer advice and guidance to emergency medicine practitioners world-wide in the formation of national associations/colleges/certification programs. 
• Provide a network of centres to facilitate international cooperation in the event of natural or human-made disasters. 
• Organize international conferences/symposia on topics of interest in emergency medicine. 
• Act as a resource in the development of emergency medicine services. 

As a Full Member you receive the following benefits: 

• The right to appoint one member to the Assembly. 
• The right to one vote. 
• The right to serve on the Executive or committees subject to regulations. 
• The right to apply to hold an IFEM conference or symposium. 
• The right to nominate for awards (subject to payment of a small administrative charge). 
• The right to state that your organization is an IFEM member on your own website. 
• Reduced cost IFEM endorsement for conferences (subject to approval). 
• Reduced cost job advertising on the IFEM website. 
• Free addition for events on the IFEM website events calendar. 
• Addition of your organization website to the IFEM website via a link. 

Other benefits include: 

• IFEM’S Committee, Special Interest Group and Taskforce infrastructure opens a pathway for your Members to have an active involvement in creating standards, guidelines, and a unified approach to many common EM related clinical, academic and organizational problems. 
• IFEM offers assistance to EM practitioners in countries who don’t have EM recognized as a specialty. 
• IFEM offers assistance to countries who recognize EM as a specialty by assisting in the development of training programs, undergraduate and graduate curriculums, and assessment methods. 

 

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