Posts by GHEM
Madeline McDonald awarded 2018 MSERG
Madeline McDonald, a first year medical student at the University of Toronto, has been awarded one of four Open Medical Student Education Research Grants (MSERG) for this Summer 2018, to support her…
Read MoreTAAAC-EM is Now Accepting Resident Applications for 2018/19
Calling all senior FRCP EM/CCFP-EM residents at the University of Toronto: TAAAC-EM offers 3 resident elective spaces per year for residents to participate in month long teaching trips to Addis Ababa,…
Read MoreCall for Abstracts & Judges: Divisions of Emergency Medicine Research Academic Day
The University of Toronto Department of Medicine is hosting the 2018 Divisions of Emergency Medicine Research Academic Day on May 23rd, 2018. This event will bring together researchers, faculty and residents…
Read MoreDr. Margaret Salmon and colleagues publish on low-cost alternative to commercially available ultrasound gel
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…
Read MoreDr. James Maskalyk’s book ‘Life on the Ground Floor’ shortlisted for RBC Taylor Prize
Congratulations to Dr. James Maskalyk! His book, Life on the Ground Floor continues to garner praise with this latest announcement. The novel is one of five shortlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize,…
Read MoreDr. Alia Dharamsi blogs about ‘Simulation Solutions for Low Resource Settings’
Thanks to Dr. Alia Dharamsi, our November 2017 TAAAC-EM resident for sharing her experiences with simulation in low resource settings on EM Sim Cases. To view her blog post click…
Read MoreOpportunity to Participate – Humanitarian & Disaster Response Simulation Training
Date: April 5 – 8, 2018 Location: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD Join Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health, Project HOPE, MGH Centre for Global Disaster Response and Humanitarian U…
Read MoreDr. Megan Landes and colleagues publish on the impact of head trauma in the Black Lion Hospital ED
Congratulations to GHEM Director Dr. Megan Landes who, along with colleagues, has published her study looking at the impact of head trauma on patients at Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This…
Read MoreDr. Maja Stachura and colleagues publish on the usefulness of POCUS in LMIC EDs
Congratulations to former TAAAC-EM Delegate Dr. Maja Stachura who, along with colleagues, has published the results of her study looking at the usefulness of POCUS in LMIC EDs. This important piece, titled…
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