Membership

Becoming an IFEM Member gives emergency physicians in your organisation 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.

• 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.
• Organise international conferences/symposia on topics of interest in emergency medicine.
• Act as a resource in the development of emergency medicine services.

• 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 organisation 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 organisation website to the IFEM website via a link

• 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 organisational problems.
• IFEM offers assistance to EM practitioners in countries who don’t have EM recognised as a specialty.
• IFEM offers assistance to countries who recognise EM as a specialty by assisting in the development of training programs, undergraduate and graduate curriculums, and assessment methods.