8th Annual UBC DEM Research Day – April 6, 2016
The 8th Annual UBC EM Research Day will be held on Wednesday, April 6th, 2016. Be sure to check out an interesting talk by one of our MGM Club team members Andrew Guy. Andrew’s presentation will be on: A Pre-Hospital Ultrasound Curriculum for BCAS Critical Care Paramedics. Andrew was the Co-Chair for the UBC MGM Club […]
Mass Gathering Medicine Summit in New York City
New York City in April? Yes, please. We are very excited to announce that we will have a UBC MGM Interest Group contingent attending this conference in New York City on April 21st and 22nd: http://www.massgatheringmedicine.org/ Speakers and topics are still being finalized. One or two talks may still evolve into panels to permit even more discussion. We […]
Reflections of Event Medical Junkies
Our Mass Gathering Medicine Interest Group believes in 4 Pillars to support event safety: Research – gather evidence to really understand, test interventions to find what really works and share knowledge Education – participate in teaching the public, the government, health care providers and other health stakeholders what is known, and learn from those providing […]
Read our Newsletter
It has been a very exciting year and there is a lot to report. We, members of the executive, want to take this opportunity to thank you for your early support of the interest group and to update you about the accomplishments of the past year. Here goes… 2013 MGMIG Annual Newsletter
Partnering with the Justice Institute of British Columbia
The Justice Institute of British Columbia’s (JIBC) Research Program is dedicated to promoting social change and social justice that helps keep communities safe through applied research with first responders, practitioners, policy makers, stakeholders, and service users. It is a unique program in Canada as its research is designed from the standpoint of First Responders. JIBC […]