The Department of Emergency Medicine global health section has a worldwide impact through leadership and collaboration. We aim to strengthen acute care systems and increase education through academic partnerships within low resource settings.
We have developed and established teaching and training relationships with multiple international partner sites, including in Guatemala, Uganda, Rwanda, and Peru and have been awarded funding for our international research activities.
Current Projects
The Department of Emergency Medicine works with several partners around the globe to educate, build capacity, conduct research and provide clinical care. Over the past decade, residents and faculty from the department have been involved in several projects including: partnering with Addis Ababa School of Medicine to develop Emergency and Prehospital care, providing clinical care at Khayelitsha Hospital in South Africa, teaching ultrasound at University Central Hospital of Kigali in Rwanda, developing an Emergency Medicine Guidance mobile app in South Africa, investigating pediatric triage in Mbale, Uganda, and providing clinical care with the Indian Health Service in Gallup, New Mexico.
Our current, ongoing projects are focused within Africa and Central America:
- Clinical work and teaching in San Lucas Tolimán, Guatemala
- Training clinicians in point-of-care ultrasound in Mbale, Uganda
Recent division news
Shapiro Research Program faculty mentors, students, projects announced
A cohort of first-year medical students were matched with nine emergency medicine faculty mentors for the 2023 Shapiro Summer Research Program...
Emergency medicine faculty share expertise: February 2023
Department of Emergency Medicine faculty are at the forefront of media coverage as local, state, and national journalists seek out experts on topics within emergency and prehospital care and research…
Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship now SAEM-approved
Congratulations to our Global Health Section on obtaining approval for its global emergency medicine fellowship from the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)...
Where our 2022 emergency medicine fellows are heading next
Congratulations to all emergency medicine fellows on successfully completing their graduate medical education programs. See where they have placed for post-fellowship appointments...
Janis Tupesis presents two lectures to the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
Dr. Janis Tupesis visited Québec City to give two presentations to the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians...
Department of Emergency Medicine to have strong presence at SAEM 2022
Faculty and staff from the BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine will have a strong presence at the 2022 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual...
Presentations at the 30th Annual Wisconsin Emergency Medicine Research Forum
Congratulations to everyone accepted to present at the 2022 Emergency Medicine Research Forum on Thursday, April 21, 2022: Oral Presentations Gifford A, Maru A, Raven M, Wang R, Shah MN. “An Examination of N95 Mask Reuse and …
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