Emergency Medicine is an emerging specialty the world over and we at St Emlyns and the EMJ are alwayts keen to promote innovation and learning wherever it takes place. In the past we have wholeheartedly supported the fantastic “Developing EM Conference” and its aims. Teaching and learning collaboratively across geographical borders is a challenge; teaching and learning across huge resource disparity is an even bigger one.
This month we have the opportunity to support another intervention for worldwide EM.
The African Federation of Emergency Medicine relies on financial support to assist delegates to attend its meetings. The second AFCEM conference is not far off but donations have been hit heavily in the wake of Ebola.
If you’ve ever been to a medical conference you know how amazing it feels to meet like-minded clinicians, to share knowledge and experience, build friendships and partnerships and to problem-solve together. African EM clinicians need your help in order to be able to attend the AFCEM 2014 AFCEM meeting in Addis Ababa next month.
Please support an African delegate – any financial contribution will help. You can AFCEM Support a Delegate Support a Delegate here.
You can read more about how this can make a difference in Help African EM Now! – LITFL this great piece by Katrin Hruska on Twitter over at Life in the Fast Lane.
Support an African delegate – together we can build EM the world over.
UPDATE – As of this today we have managed to assist 6 delegates to the conderence – let’s make it many many more
6 people going to AFEM! Emergency folks rock! Thanks to all contributors! @InfoAfem pic.twitter.com/Mc1sMn7adA
— Katrin Hruska (@Akutdok) October 8, 2014
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Consultant in Emergency Medicine
Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital
This post first appeared at St.Emlyn’s