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International as well as Caribbean specialists on emergency situation readiness and catastrophe health care will gather in Sint Maarten for an international meeting intended at aiding to prepare the Caribbean area to far better respond to storms and also various other natural disasters. Leaders, initially -responders and healthcare specialists in the Caribbean and from around the globe are welcome and also urged to participate in to include their viewpoint to these crucial discussions.
AUC, in teamwork with Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts (HMFP), as well as in close control with Caribbean experts, has released the Caribbean Center for Disaster Medicine (CCDM), a local center of quality to promote education, research study as well as training on disaster readiness and also response.
The CCDM was developed in the wake of Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm that ravaged the island of Sint Maarten during the 2017 storm period. Via partnerships with global professionals, the Sint Maarten government, Caribbean emergency management firms, scholastic establishments and also others, the CCDM intends to create collaborations that build capacity to prepare for as well as reply to significant catastrophes, making use of worldwide know-how and also experiences.
For the conference, the CCDM has set up a team of very regarded professionals in the field of catastrophe medication, led by Dr. Gregory Ciottone, MD, FACEP, FFSEM that directs the Division of Disaster Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a mentor healthcare facility of Harvard Medical School, where he holds an Associate Professor appointment.
This seminar is a Continuing Medical Education event authorized by the American Academy of Family Physicians. This occasion is meant for medical professionals, nurses, and allied health and wellness professionals; specialists of emergency monitoring agencies; initially -responders; public health and wellness specialists; vets; animal emergency situation groups; and also others interested in catastrophe medication, all-natural calamity preparedness, as well as the safety and security and also safety of people throughout a disaster. Professionals in the conference’s host country of Sint Maarten as well as the Caribbean will be admitted at a discount rate. Please contact the seminar at to reveal passion in attending. For total seminar information, visit the seminar website: https://ccdm.aucmed.edu/.
AUC is component of an alliance of Adtalem Global Education institutions in the Caribbean, which additionally consists of Ross University School of Medicine on Barbados and Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine on St. Kitts. Adtalem Global Education establishments also include Chamberlain University School of Nursing in the United States.
Concerning American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) is an institution of Adtalem Global Education (NYSE: ATGE), a worldwide education provider headquartered in the United States. Founded in 1978, AUC has more than 6,500 graduates as well as is one of the earliest clinical colleges in the Caribbean. With an university in Sint Maarten, associated training health centers in the United States as well as the United Kingdom, and worldwide acknowledged faculty, AUC has a diverse clinical education and learning program for today’s worldwide minded medical professional.