EWGEM was established at the EUSEM 2024 Congress in Copenhagen and as of April 2025 has over 75 members.
Vision
To promote excellent, compassionate, and equitable Global Emergency Medicine.
Mission
EWGEM is about the intersection between any area of emergency care, and global health.
- Emergency care is concerned with patient care from prehospital to hospital; integrated with primary and public health, as well as with in-hospital acute care. It includes clinical delivery of emergency care, and the systems of care.
- Global Health is concerned with healthcare in settings where there is inequity of resources or access to care. Most commonly this involves low and middle income countries (LMIC), but also includes contexts of inequity within higher-income settings, for example in rural settings or among marginalised populations.
Global EM therefore encompasses the sustainable development of emergency care, providing access to and delivering emergency care, teaching and training, capacity building in emergency care systems, humanitarian relief and advocacy.
Structure
EWGEM consists of three sub-groups:
1. Networking and advocacy
2. Education and training
3. Research and quality
Responsibilities
1. Networking and advocacy sub-group
- Development of a network of EuSEM members interested in Global EM, for
collaboration, information and support - Newsletter of EWGEM activities
- Mapping of members’ involvement in Global EM
- Promotion of and advocacy for Global EM within EuSEM
- Liaison with other Global EM and relevant Global Health organisations worldwide
2. Education and training sub-group
- Development of Global EM workshops at EuSEM congress and elsewhere
- Provision of EuSEM webinars in Global EM
- Development of fellowships in Global EM across Europe
- Development of Global EM content in EBEEM curriculum
3. Research and quality sub-group
- Scientific session at EuSEM congress
- Publication of Global EM articles in EJEM
- Development of good practice guidance and resources for Global EM
- Appropriate grants obtained for Global EM research
- Global EM research as grants allow
EWGEM Committee
Arun Kumar, India/USA (Research and Quality)
Ffion Davies, UK (Networking and Advocacy)
Gabin Mbanjumucyo, Rwanda/UK (Education and Training)
Giles Cattermole, UK (Chair)
Shweta Gidwani, UK/India/USA (Education and Training)
Vitalii Stetsyk, Ukraine/Moldova (Networking and Advocacy)
To apply to join EWGEM, please fill in this form
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Please note: for disaster and conflict medicine specifically, please refer to EuSEM’s Disaster Medicine section