Timely Training – Mass Casualty Event
"ECPs can be trained in 2 years, whereas it would take nearly a decade and a much greater cost to train physicians to do the same tasks. Patients dying in Uganda do not have time to wait." Over the past…
Breaking Barriers In Emergency Medicine Education
Our team was thrilled to participate in the 4th African Conference on Emergency Medicine this month in Kigali, Rwanda. Thanks to the conference’s close proximity to Uganda, 18 GEC team members were able to attend the three-day event, from Emergency…
Reflections On Time Well Spent In Uganda
“If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” - Lilla Watson, Australian Aboriginal activist By: Harry Chen, M.D., September, 2018 It was about…
2018 GEC Annual Meeting – Seattle, Wa
GEC Staff, Board of Directors, and Volunteers came together in September for our annual meeting in lovely Seattle! We’re thinking the stereotype of rainy gray Seattle is a lie fabricated to keep people away – we had sunny weather the…
Dr. Casey Patrick’s Podcast Interview About His Experience With GEC In Uganda
Dr. Casey Patrick recently returned from a volunteer stint with GEC teaching Emergency Care Practitioners in Nyakibale and Masaka, Uganda. Dr. Patrick is Assistant Medical Director for the Montgomery County Hospital District EMS service and works in multiple community emergency…
Alex Wang – Reflections From A Global Health Fellow
"It is remarkable to see how our faculty and staff have stepped up to the task of building emergency medicine from the ground up. " By Alex Wang, GEC Global Health Fellow 2017-18 The patient was a 20-something year old construction…
Dr. Elizabeth Wolpaw – Report From Uganda
"Despite the limitations, the ECPs managed to provide efficient and often life-saving care to patients with conditions ranging from advanced pulmonary tuberculosis to multiple traumas from a road traffic accident." By: Dr. Elizabeth Wolpaw, GEC Curriculum Team I spent…
Report From The Field: Dr. David Barney
"I was particularly impressed with the breadth of knowledge that the ECPs demonstrated. On a daily basis, they provided critical and life saving care to patients with a variety of illnesses." By: Dr. David Barney, GEC Volunteer As an…
2017 Annual Report
On behalf of the Board of Directors, I am pleased to bring you the 2017 Annual Report. Our 10th year was a year we can all be proud of, and thanks to your support we have shown great progress with…
To All Our Fathers
Written By: Dr. Brad Dreifuss, GEC Director of Partnerships and Innovations Those who know me know I loathe “hallmark holidays”. However, on this Father’s Day week, I will share one way parenthood has deepened my appreciation for the availability of…