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Dedicated to improving the health of individuals in resource poor settings through clinical practice, education, research and advocacy. More info at www.ghem.ca
Toronto, Canada
Joined September 2012
We are thrilled to be featured as this month's @CAEP_Docs #FEI! @MeganLandes, @CherylHunchak, @jamesmaskalyk, Lisa Puchalski Ritchie, & Margaret Salmon on the establishment of @GlobalHealthEM. Check it out here:
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Thanks to @janephilpott for these beautiful words in this devastating moment in history. We hope that we as a GHEM community can be a safe space for our members to connect in the challenging days ahead.
Here's the msg I sent to @QueensUHealth today. Nothing justifies the killing or abduction of civilians from any place or people-group.🫂Each human deserves to live in peace & security, to have their rights recognized & respected, regardless of race, religion, or nationality...🙏
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Huge congratulations to TAAAC-EM colleagues in Ethiopia @BedaneTigist and others, and all ACCCOS investigators on this publication in @TheLancet!
thelancet.com
Mortality in critically ill patients with COVID-19 is higher in African countries than reported from studies done in Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. Increased mortality was associated...
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thestar.com
The time when we will have to start triaging who will and will not get emergency care appears even closer, and our moral distress runs deep. We love our work, but we are running on fumes as this...
.@DoctorAliaD, @MeganLandes & I wrote this a few days ago. We call for prevention: #PaidSickDays #housing #vaccines & investment in healthcare. We did not call for policing. This is what your front-line looks like right now: exhausted https://t.co/mtU0vC1a7R via @torontostar
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TAAAC-EM is recruiting a Simulation Lead to join our Executive Committee! If you're interested in global health, education, and are a sim expert we would love to meet you. TAAAC experience welcome but not required. Email amcknight@ghem.ca for details - applications due March 19!
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Solidarity through virtual education. Deeply grateful to my colleagues @TorontoAddisAAC -EM @GlobalHealthEM @AddisAbabaUnive @EMUofT for the opportunity to work together throughout this difficult time https://t.co/2IOidMXH2a
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Next week's #CAEPGrandRounds Thank you for joining us @DrJBryan @AlikaMD @SamirS_H @doctoreonline @RicharLisa Ping @SRPCanada @CAEPResidents @caepstudent @CJEMonline Register here: https://t.co/zq2B3aL9IZ
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@CAEP_Docs & @WADEM_PDM present: COVID 19: Personal Impacts (9am EST) and Forming a Global Team Framework (10:30am EST), Feb 24 https://t.co/tRQMF3RU8z
@GlobalHealthEM @TorontoAddisAAC
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Applications are NOW OPEN for the TAAAC-EM resident elective! Recruiting senior EM residents @uoftmedicine @UofTFamilyMed for Feb and May 2022 teaching trips. Application details/questions/get involved with TAAAC-EM: email amcknight@ghem.ca. Elective applications due March 7!
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Dr. Eileen Cheung & @DrJBryan co-lead the Toronto Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration in Emergency Medicine. Together, they launched a new virtual teaching curriculum as a result of the pandemic travel disruption ➡️ https://t.co/qL7YPJLdQU
#CWIGH #FCSM #IDW2021 #GoForTheGoals
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Drs. @JenniferHulme and @hayman_kate co-lead the Global Health Emergency Medicine Health Equity Committee, and are both spearheading projects to mitigate the impact of #COVID19 for marginalized patients in the emergency department. #CWIGH #FCSM #IDW2021 #GoForTheGoals
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@MeganLandes is an Associate Professor at @UofTFamilyMed & Director of the @GlobalHealthEM. This year, Dr. Landes launched the GHEM Climate Committee which seeks to positively impact #climatechange & #health 👉 https://t.co/ZyEVVi8llR
#CWIGH #FCSM #IDW2021 #GoForTheGoals
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Congrats to @david_wierci and his classmate @hilary_pang on their recent blog post in CMAJ! #healthequity #innovation #COVID19
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Tonight I'll be on @TheAgenda discussing why health providers call on @fordnation to urgently reinstate paid sick days, 10 days flexible personal emergency leave & ensure employers can't require a sick note. Policy should protect public health! @DecentWorkHlth @HPAP_Ontario
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@BlairBigham on the elements that make effective news stories: timely; counterintuitive/important/wierd; tension/debate; access; and underreported. Thank you for teaching us storytelling 101! #michenerinstitute #Convergence2020
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Hey @CAEPResidents @caepstudent @CAEP_Docs if you know someone looking for a global health opportunity, @afemafrica fellowship applications are open! One year in Cape Town, stipend included, to work on emergency care system development. Great opportunity! @GlobalHealthEM
The African Federation for Emergency Medicine is seeking interested candidates for several 1-year internship positions in global emergency care development. AFEM Interns will receive a small living stipend and be based in Cape Town, South Africa for the 2020-2021 year.
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So grateful to hear @OnyeActiveMD speak today at EDACS rounds on Black lives & EM. “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced” -J.Baldwin @EMUofT @uoftmedicine
“Where racial differences in health occur, we need to start thinking about social factors first.” @OnyeActiveMD speaking to @EMUofT residents on Black Lives & EM. #EMconference @uoftmedicine
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UHN ED Disadvantaged Population Leads and GHEM Health Equity Committee Co-chairs @hayman_kate @jenniferhulme on the impact of poverty on patients:
As UHN's United Way campaign comes to an end, Drs. Jennifer Hulme and Kate Hayman, the new Disadvantaged Population Leads in the Emergency Department, share how they see the impact of poverty on a daily basis. Read more → https://t.co/r78WKwiwnR
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If you’re thinking ahead to your #GivingTuesday donations today, please consider checking out the link below!
GHEM Member Margaret Salmon's InnovationsCZ has won a spot at the StartUP Grind conference in Silicon Valley, but they could use your support to make it happen https://t.co/2ED2UuIMJ6
#GivingTuesday #MightyTuesday via @mightycause
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