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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 […]

Nick Taylor and team are running a two day teaching workshop within Sri Lanka’s most modern and well developed emergency department- Teaching Hospital Karapitiya (THK) Emergency Trauma Centre in beautiful colonial Galle.  Nick, an emergency physician from Canberra, Australia recently spent 6 months with the team at THK and has constructed a program centred on […]

One of the best things about DevelopingEM over the years has been the relationships that have been forged between like minded individuals from around the globe. These interactions have fostered medical collaborations that are ongoing to this day. Often it has been over a coffee in a break between sessions, between mouthfuls of meat in […]

Finally we now know what DasSMACC has in store! Here are some inside tips that we have received from the SMACC organising committee that will help you prepare for the ticket release which is scheduled for Wednesday 8.00 am 26th October (Sydney Australian EST), or 22.00 London, 17.00 New York on the 25th of October for those on […]

  Last year I was asked by some Chilean colleagues Mariely Ercolano, Pablo Aguilera and Oscar Navea to present at UC-Conceptos in Santiago, Chile. Mariely, Pablo and Oscar have supported and assisted with DevelopingEM over the years and it was a very great honour to be asked to help with UC-Conceptos which really is a fantastically […]

This year we have a number of faculty returning who have helped us in our previous conferences. You can check out their amazing presentations from Havana and Salvador to get a taste of the quality to expect this year. April Kam Stephanie Doniger David Wallace Anand Kumar Brian Wright You can of course check all […]