In introducing last years’ conference Mark explains who we are, where we’re going, and where your money goes. Check out the presentation and video from 2016. At the time we weren’t quite sure what the future held but now as you know we’re excitedly taking the concept to Fiji and the Pacific. We hope you […]
Over the last year DevelopingEM has been re-evaluating the way we can best make our concept sustainable in the long term and provide a better service for our delegates. After a huge amount of thought, advice and discussion we have decided to partner with Alfred Emergency and Trauma Centre based in Melbourne. Alfred Emergency and […]
We have some great news from the team at Developing EM. After taking a hiatus in 2017 we are thrilled to announce that we have been officially invited to host our 2018 conference in Fiji! The conference will be held at the beautiful InterContinental Fiji Golf Resort & Spa on the stunning Natadola Bay on the main Fijian […]
The issue of attacks on medical facilities in conflict zones was brought to the fore by several presentations during the DevelopingEM 2016 Sri Lanka conference. The moving presentation by Kass Thomas describes the 2015 attack on the MSF run Kunduz Trauma Centre in Afghanistan. It contains emotional content and graphic images. A petition of the […]
Since December we have been working on acquiring a Low Fidelity Simulation set up for the National Hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Thanks to the generosity and assistance of iSimulate , you as DevelopingEMers have facilitated the purchase of a ALSi- Advanced Patient Condition Simulator and a Crash Kelly Mannequin which used together create a flexible […]
With the enlivened interest in EM and critical care as a result of the conference there is a growing group of trainees who are hungry for your assistance with their ongoing education. DevelopingEM’ers Nilantha Lenora, Nick Taylor, and James Salway are involved in an EM educational capacity building project in Sri Lanka to complement […]
Kass Thomas’ impassioned presentation on the Kunduz Hospital bombing stirred emotions in everyone present. We received nearly 150 signatures on a Stop Attacking Hospitals petition at the conference and plan several follow up efforts to maintain exposure of this vitally important issue including: Construction of a Medical Journal Article on the topic. Formulation of a […]
In concert with a partner and supporter organisation iSimulate we will be funding the purchase of equipment for a portable low fidelity simulation setup (iSimulate device + mannequin) to allow another option for EM simulation training within Sri Lanka.
Dear Colleagues, DevelopingEM Delegates and Faculty, Well another DevelopingEM event has come and gone and we would just like to thank you for your enthusiastic support in making DEM2016 Sri Lanka a conference to remember. We hope you agree that it was an amazing event and we hope the relationships made during the conference will […]
Only 11 days to go and we’re still adding workshops Newly added this week is a SIMULATION WORKSHOP on Wednesday 7th December in the afternoon at the Samudra Ballroom in the Taj Samudra Hotel. Dr Fatimah Lateef from Singapore will be heading a small team to conduct this interactive workshop. Fatimah is a Senior Consultant, Director […]