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Dr Gary Nou shares his story of life as an emergency medicine physician in Papua New Guinea

Dr Gary Nou shares his story of life as an emergency medicine physician in Papua New Guinea

11 July 2020

Dr Gary Nou is a Specialist Medical Officer at Gerehu General Hospital (GGH) in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea and Pr... Read more

Message from the President June 2020

Message from the President June 2020

25 May 2020

Professor Jim Ducharme President  It is raining – with thunder – outside as I write my final message as IFEM Presiden... Read more

Dr Benjamin Wachira shares his story of life as an Emergency Medicine Physician in Kenya

Dr Benjamin Wachira shares his story of life as an Emergency Medicine Physician in Kenya

21 January 2020

Benjamin is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Aga Khan University, Nairobi and the current presiden... Read more

Dr Lisa Charles shares her story of life as an emergency medicine physician in Saint Lucia

Dr Lisa Charles shares her story of life as an emergency medicine physician in Saint Lucia

20 January 2020

As a small island in the Caribbean with a population of just 175,000, Saint Lucia faces unique emergency medicine cha... Read more

Message from the President January 2020

Message from the President January 2020

15 January 2020

Professor Jim Ducharme President  Welcome to a new year, and a new decade – where will we be 10 years from now? Read more

Devastating bushfires and our climate emergency

Devastating bushfires and our climate emergency

14 January 2020

A message from the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine’s Immediate Past President Dr Simon Judkins Read more

Dr Christian Doldán shares his story on founding a society and organizing the first Paraguayan conference on emergency medicine

Dr Christian Doldán shares his story on founding a society and organizing the first Paraguayan conference on emergency medicine

07 November 2019

Dr Christian Doldán is Chairman of the Sociedad Paraguaya de Emergencias Médicas and in October 2019 held the first P... Read more

IFEM announces speaker bureau for behavioural emergency medicine

IFEM announces speaker bureau for behavioural emergency medicine

02 November 2019

Behavioural Emergencies in the USA – Lessons for the IFEM Community Since its birth the specialty of emergency medici... Read more

Dr Nicole Pinheiro shares her story of life as an Emergency Medicine Physician in Brazil

Dr Nicole Pinheiro shares her story of life as an Emergency Medicine Physician in Brazil

02 November 2019

Since becoming recognised as a specialty in 2015, emergency medicine is now exploding in Brazil with over 20 programs... Read more

Message from the President November 2019

Message from the President November 2019

01 November 2019

Professor Jim DucharmePresident I have been asked to summarize the highlights for IFEM this year as we near the end o... Read more

Paediatric Emergency Medicine Special Interest Group: we have the expertise to help

Paediatric Emergency Medicine Special Interest Group: we have the expertise to help

01 November 2019

Camilo E. Gutierrez MD FACEP FAAEMChair, PEMSIG 2018 and 2019 have been quite busy years for PEMSIG.  We are incredib... Read more

The ICEM2019 Marketplace: A Novel Approach to Teaching in Geriatric Emergency Medicine

The ICEM2019 Marketplace: A Novel Approach to Teaching in Geriatric Emergency Medicine

22 August 2019

IntroductionDuring the International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM 2019), The Geriatric Emergency Medicine S... Read more