GECCo on tour
The individuals who are involved in GECCo partake in a wide range of global health work. Here we showcase just some of the work that has resulted from people coming together via the Global Emergency Care Collaborative.
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GECCo at the Oxford Society of Emergency Medicine
Those paying close attention at this year’s OSEM will have noticed the GECCo stall and alongside that, two veteran GECCo team members, Marie Broydé and Anisa Jafar. Lots of people popped by to ask about GECCo (many more took a keen interest in our purple biros – make sure that purple ink is put to good use!).…
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Global health experience of staff working in UK emergency care
We’re really pleased to be able to share this recently published piece of research in the Emergency Medical Journal which highlights the impact on UK emergency care practitioners of working in global health. Alex Taylor joined the research team after some discussions with which came about during our GECCo meeting in Edinburgh. Silas Webb who is first author,…
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EM at the Deep End
Emergency Medicine at the Deep End is a network of individuals working in acute & unscheduled care committed to providing equitable and accessible emergency care by addressing the social determinants of health. Their fourth meeting focussed on vulnerable migrants and you can read more about it by swiping through their meeting summary below. PED ACP and UK-Med…
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GECCo meets GASOC
Written by Florence Kinder, Major Trauma Clinical Fellow, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust GECCo were delighted to be invited to deliver a workshop at the international GASOC conference in Manchester in October 2024. GASOC – or Global Anaesthesia, Surgery & Obstetrics Collaboration – is nearly a decade old and has a focus to “engage responsibly and…
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Humanitarian Careers Fair
Written by Naomi Richardson Back in February, GECCo had the pleasure of being invited to the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) Careers Fair at the University of Manchester. This event brought together local and international humanitarian and human rights organisations to speak with students about life in these sectors and how they could get…
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Global health map – connecting UK emergency care practitioners
Everyone loves a happy ending, right? Well here’s one for you – perhaps really more of a beginning anyway! Remember we updated you last year about project in collaboration with RCEM to map global health engagement amongst emergency care practitioners in the UK which made its way into the European Journal of Emergency Medicine? Well, a mere 2 and…
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GECCo in the European Journal of Emergency Medicine
You might remember back in 2021 when a team connected via GECCo launched a project in collaboration with RCEM to map global health engagement amongst emergency care practitioners in the UK. Since then, lots of work has been going on: a qualitative study is nearing completion and has been presented around the world and the map itself…
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ICEM 2023
The International Federation of Emergency Medicine has held it’s annual conference, ICEM, in Amsterdam this year and what a conference it has been for GECCo-spotting. Not one but two of our upcoming Edinburgh event workshop leads, Taj Hassan and Colin Macalindin were to be found – Colin presenting his work evaluating the Bristol-Nanyuki global health fellowship. Leeds-based Taj of course has been supporting GECCo…
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RCEM Global Emergency Medicine (GEM) strategy day
RCEM’s Bream’s Buildings was the host venue for the 7th February GEM strategy day. It had been some time since the RCEM GEM committee has been able to meet in person and it was a great moment to take stock of the myriad of global health activity that RCEM is supporting and developing. GECCo’s Richard Lowsby, a long-standing…
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GECCo members involved in the RCEM – Global Emergency Medicine Day
On 8th September the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) hosted an online event: “Global Emergency Medicine Day – Innovation, Partnerships and Opportunity”. An excellent programme was put together by Richard Lowsby, one of the founding members of GECCo and who has served for several years on the RCEM Global Emergency Medicine (GEM) committee. Lots…