Global Health Emergency Medicine

Fantastic article by our colleague and co-director of the GHEM Health Equity Committee, Dr. Kate Hayman, and Dr. Jesse McLaren. If (Premier Doug) Ford is interested in ending hallway medicine, he should support policies that prevent people from getting sick in the first place: a higher minimum wage, and paid personal emergency leave days for all Ontarians, writes Jesse McLaren and Kate Hayman.

Hot off the presses! Our paper outlining the design and implementation of postgrad curriculum to support development of the first Emergency Medicine residency training program in Ethiopia. Congrats to GHEM members Nazanin Meshkat and Cheryl Hunchak on this publication! Open access here: https://goo.gl/yHSbJn

We are thrilled to be featured as this month's CAEP Feature Education Innovation! Learn more about GHEM and how we came to be. Check it out here: https://goo.gl/dU5Xz4

TAAAC-EM is now accepting resident applications for the 2018/19 academic year! Visit our website to learn more about TAAAC-EM and eligibility requirements, and please circulate to any residents you think would be a good fit. Applications are due on February 28, 2018 at 5 PM. Please contact [email protected] with any questions or to apply.

Congratulations to GHEM Executive Member Dr. Margaret Salmon and colleagues, who have just published their study "Cassava Flour Slurry as a Low-cost Alternative to Commercially Available Gel for Obstetrical Ultrasound: a blinded non-inferiority trial comparison of image quality". The e-publication of this exciting study is available ahead of print through BJOG, and can be found at this link: https://goo.gl/EQc761.