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Global Emergency Medicine

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This is an exciting subset of UNC Emergency Medicine (EM) comprised of international relief efforts, clinical rotations in East Africa, Emergency Medicine specialty development/research in East Africa, cross-cultural “observational” experiences (here at UNC), the Global Emergency Medicine academic track, and the Global Emergency Medicine/Infectious Diseases educational module.

Volunteers from UNC Emergency Medicine (including faculty, housestaff, nurses, and students) travel to East Africa yearly to provide care to a variety of patients in great need. The volunteers, under my direction, are able to provide this most important care to hundreds of patients through donation of our own time and resources. Additionally, we solicit private citizens, pharmaceutical companies, and organizations like MAP International for medication donations for use during the relief trips. We also partner with local student organizations to secure many of the supplies, such as gloves, syringes, and bandages used to care for our patients. Additionally, other EM faculty members at UNC, like Dr. Wesley Wallace, organize similar efforts in other parts of the World, like South America.

 
     
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Dr. Ian Martin attends to a child
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Interested mature EM residents can elect to do a newly established clinical rotation, under my supervision, in East Africa. The purpose of this rotation is to prepare Emergency Medicine trainees, volunteering in a low income tropical nation, to care for patients presenting with fever and a myriad of other disease states, including trauma.

UNC Global Emergency Medicine, under my leadership, is particularly committed to the development of Emergency Medicine as a specialty in East Africa. To illustrate this point, I partnered with three other North Carolina-based Emergency Physicians and the Abbott Fund to open the first of its kind British or American-styled Emergency Department in the capital city of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.

Our Chair Emerita, the famed Dr. Judith Tintinalli, continues to arrange cross-cultural “observational” experiences for foreign physicians. She has, for example, facilitated invaluable “observational” rotations in our ED for physicians from Japan. Others of our EM faculty, including Drs. Eugenia Quackenbush and Jonathan Jones, have benefited from the opportunity to learn from Emergency Physicians in Japan.

Emergency Medicine residents interested in a career in Global Emergency Medicine can participate in the Global Emergency Medicine academic track. This very exciting and new academic track involves interested residents in national groups focusing on Global /International Emergency Medicine (e.g., EMRA’s and SAEM’s interest groups as well as ACEP’s international section).
     
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Dr. Eugenia Quakenbush and Dr. Jonathan Jones meet with representatives in Tokyo, Japan.
 
     

 
     
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Residents on this track are also integral in the planning of relief trips—helping to design a budget, plan logistics, and manage personnel. The participating residents help to coordinate the Global Emergency Medicine/Infectious Diseases educational module—in fact leading some of the didactic sessions. It is my ultimate goal that residents on this pathway successfully matriculate at the International Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program of their choice.

As you can see, if you are interested in Global Emergency Medicine, UNC is a great place to be! There are opportunities for almost anyone affiliated with UNC—whether a student, nurse, resident, fellow, or attending. Please contact us if you would like more information.

Warmest regards,
     
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Ian B.K. Martin, M.D.
Director,
Global Emergency Medicine

Program Director,
UNC Emergency Medicine
Global Health and Leadership Program

Associate Program Director,
Emergency Medicine Residency

Assistant Professor,
Emergency Medicine

Assistant Professor,
Medicine

Simmons Scholar
UNC-Chapel Hill,
School of Medicine
 
     
 

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Global Emergency Medicine Mission Statements
  • To improve the delivery of emergency care in targeted, underserved parts of the world through research, education, and clinical care; and
  • To train future leaders in Global Health and Emergency Medicine through global research, education, and mentorship.

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<td align="left" valign="top" class="bodystyle"><p>The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill Emergency Medicine, Global Health, and Leadership Program (GHLP) is a 24-month fellowship program offered conjointly by the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Gillings School of Global Public Health.  The UNC Emergency Medicine GHLP is geared toward physicians who have completed an accredited Emergency Medicine residency program and have strong career interests in the development of Emergency Medicine as a specialty in developing countries.</p>
<p>This program is comprised of three parts:  1) coursework for the Masters of Public Health (MPH) at the Gillings School of Global Public Health; 2) extended clinical time overseas for clinical care and implementation of scholarly projects; and 3) clinical experience and mentorship as a junior faculty member in Emergency Medicine at UNC School of Medicine.</p>
<p>At the end of the UNC Emergency Medicine, Global Health, and Leadership Program, fellows will have earned their MPH with a certificate in Global Health, completed a publishable project, and garnered invaluable clinical experience as a junior faculty member in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UNC.  Graduates will be well positioned for leadership positions in Emergency Medicine and Global Health.</p>
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<p>Contact:<br>
<br><a class="internal-link" href="http://www.med.unc.edu/emergmed/about-us/people/faculty-1/facutly/ian-b-k-martin-m-d">Ian B.K. Martin, M.D.</a><br>Director,<br>Global Emergency Medicine<br>
<br>Program Director,<br>UNC Emergency Medicine<br>Global Health and Leadership Program<br>
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<br>Assistant Professor,<br>Emergency Medicine<br>
<br>Assistant Professor,<br>Medicine<br>
<br>Simmons Scholar
<br>UNC-Chapel Hill,<br>School of Medicine<br>
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<a href="mailto:ian_martin@med.unc.edu">Ian_Martin@med.unc.edu</a></p>
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