As a high income delegate at DevelopingEM 2026 not only are you assuring an amazing educational experience for yourself but those registration dollars are directed to maximising local and regional attendance.
Not only will your registration fund the attendance of Saint Lucian and Caribbean delegates but also create workshop opportunities for those delegates.
At our Advanced Ultrasound, Radiology Interpretation, Paeds Basic and ECG Intepretation workshops half of the delegate group will be from Saint Lucia and the region.
We then have several workshops solely for local and regional delegates which your registration allows.
These workshops are different.
They are not just about improving what happens at the bedside.
They are about improving what happens before, around, and beyond the bedside.
These workshops include:
- EMS Management Workshop
- Emergency Nursing Workshop
- Regional EM Leaders Forum
EMS Management Workshop
An amazing amount of work has already been done in Saint Lucia to research the EMS needs, design appropriate local EMS Guidelines, and train to those guidelines.
When we asked what we could add to further development operators on the ground told us what they wanted- Further Discussion with All Stakeholders on how to push EMS systems further in Saint Lucia.
As such we have collaboratively designed a program where short presentations from similar EMS systems around the globe demonstrating development wins can be explained and then discussed and debated by stakeholders from all levels.
An experienced group of EMS clinicians from around the globe will facilitate but not impose on the discussion between providers, clinicians at all levels and health administrators.
What This Workshop Covers
This full-day program focuses on the structure and function of modern EMS systems, including:
- The Emergency Care System Framework
- EMS governance and leadership
- Education and workforce development
- Dispatch systems and coordination
- Prehospital-to-ED handover
- Development of retrieval services
- Continuous quality improvement
Why It Matters
In many settings, EMS systems are:
- Fragmented
- Under-resourced
- Lacking formal governance structures
This workshop provides:
- Practical frameworks
- Real-world examples
- A forum for discussion and debate
A Leadership-Focused Experience
This is not a clinical course.
It is designed for:
- Current and future leaders in EMS, EM and Healthcare administration
Participants leave with:
- A clearer vision of how EMS systems function
- Tools to improve their own systems
- Connections with others facing similar challenges
Emergency Nursing Workshop: The Heart of Emergency Care
No emergency department functions without nursing.
And yet, globally, emergency nursing education is often:
- Under-resourced
- Undervalued
- Inconsistently structured
The Emergency Nursing Workshop at DevelopingEM 2026 recognises that:
Strong emergency care systems require strong emergency nursing.
Designed for Local Context
This workshop is specifically tailored to:
- Saint Lucian nurses
It focuses on:
- Post Triage Nursing Assessment (HIRAID)
- Strategies for Leading change in emergency care
Why This Matters
Nurses are often:
- The first to recognise deterioration
- The constant presence in patient care
- The key to safe and efficient ED flow
Investing in emergency nursing is one of the highest-yield interventions in system improvement.
Beyond Skills: Empowerment and Recognition
This workshop is also about:
- Professional development
- Recognition of expertise
- Building confidence and leadership
Because strengthening nursing is not just about education—it is about valuing the role.
Regional EM Leaders Forum
Before the Plenary Sessions Kick Off a meeting between regional Caribbean EM leaders will occur.
We hope to have 15 nations represented and it is your registration income that makes this possible.
As we found in the Pacific in 2018 EM leaders in island nations often know one another but rarely have the chance to sit down and discuss potential collaboration.
By providing a space and time for discussion you are enhancing the potential for regional change.
A Unified Goal: Stronger Emergency Care Systems
While each workshop focuses on a different domain, together they represent something bigger.
- EMS builds access to care
- Nursing strengthens delivery of care
- Regional Collaboration strengthens and expands that care
Together, they create:
A more coordinated, effective, and resilient multinational emergency care system
The DevelopingEM Difference
What makes these workshops unique is not just the content.
It is the context.
They are delivered:
- In partnership with local stakeholders
- With regional priorities in mind
- By faculty experienced in global emergency medicine
This is not imported education.
It is collaborative system development.
And it is all of you that make this happen
So Join Us in Saint Lucia and help build the future of EM in the region.
