Developing EM

aka Postcards from the Edge 011 Lee Fineberg and Mark Newcombe are Emergency Physicians and Helicopter-Retrieval specialists who are better know in international EM circles for putting together a very successful conference on developing Emergency Medicine globally in Sydney last year. Their conference is called DevelopingEM and on Twitter they are @developingem. This ‘postcard from the edge’ is an interview with them about the DevelopingEM project. 1. Firstly what was the vision behind the Developing EM conference and what inspired you to host the inaugural sessions last year? Mark: Thanks Bish for the interview. There were a number of inspirations for DevelopingEM. First and foremost was the desire to provide a conference experience that was different and inspirational for everyday clinicians. I think both of us have always wanted to in some way continue a meaningful interaction with global health and DevelopingEM 2012 was a way for us to introduce this concept. However, the DevelopingEM 2013 conference in Cuba will allow our ultimate aim to come to fruition, through providing a clinically relevant emergency and critical care educational experience in an interesting destination, at the same time as interacting with and supporting local systems. We plan to do this through sponsoring local delegate attendance, provide educational hardware to the region, sponsor regional workshops, and foster ongoing interactions between physicians in the region and our delegates an...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Tags: Conference Emergency Medicine Featured Health Cuba Developing EM IEM international emergency medicine Lee Fineberg Mark Newcombe Source Type: blogs