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Vale Clifford Mann, Former RCEM President and Fellow of IFEM

Vale Clifford Mann, Former RCEM President and Fellow of IFEM

24 February 2021

IFEM acknowledges the death of former RCEM President Clifford Mann OBE and extends its sympathies to his family, frie... Read more

IFEM stands in solidarity with our Myanmar colleagues

IFEM stands in solidarity with our Myanmar colleagues

12 February 2021

The International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM) expresses deep concern at the military coup in Myanmar and... Read more

International Emergency Medicine (iEM) Education Project accessed by thousands of students around the world

International Emergency Medicine (iEM) Education Project accessed by thousands of students around the world

02 December 2020

It has been two years since the International Emergency Medicine (iEM) Education Project (iem-student.org) met with m... Read more

Interaction between EDs and Long-Term Residential Care Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Interaction between EDs and Long-Term Residential Care Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

01 December 2020

An article on the interaction between Residential Care Facilities and Emergency Departments on behalf of the Special ... Read more

Dr Ted Herbosa shares his story of life as an emergency medicine physician in the Philippines

Dr Ted Herbosa shares his story of life as an emergency medicine physician in the Philippines

20 July 2020

Dr Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa was the Health Undersecretary of Philippines from 2010 to 2015. One of his important accompl... Read more

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