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Updated definition of Emergency Medicine in Europe

The EUSEM Professional Committee has redefined the definition of Emergency Medicine in Europe. Emergency Medicine is a primary specialty established using the knowledge and skills required for the prevention1 diagnosis and management2 of urgent and emergency aspects of illness and injury, affecting patients of all age groups with a full…

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Revised European Curriculum of Emergency Medicine

A small committee from the EUSEM Education committee and the EMERGE on behalf of the UEMS Section and Board of Emergency medicine has revised the European Curriculum of Emergency medicine to align it to the recent developments of the discipline. The core curriculum exists to identify the knowledge, skills and…

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New emergency urology textbook

A new book has been published in the topic of Emergency Urology. Written by: David Thurtle BMedSci BMBS MRCS, Suzanne Biers BSc MBBS MD FRCS (Urol), Michal Sut Lek Med MMedSci FRCS (Urol), James Armitage BSc MBBS MD FRCS (Urol)  Urology is a specialty that notoriously receives little attention in medical…

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First Receivers

FirstReceivers.ca is an open, free, virtual community for health care professionals who will receive disaster victims.  It was established with support from the Canadian federal government. Membership is open to all. It has no national or professional boundaries other than members being dedicated to improving health care delivery in a…

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ED Scholarship

We offer a scholar ship of one year duration starting from early 2017 to a doctor with emergency medicine background. The required commitment would be research, teaching and clinical activities at the Emergency Department of Careggi University Hospital. The ED of the Careggi University Hospital, with its 3600 square meters,…

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