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Emergency and Surgical Care in Universal Health Coverage

“From Research to Practice”: Public Health Training Course in Emergency and Surgical Care in Universal Health Coverage is an online course, facilitated by GFMER.

The course is a complete training package, which is appropriate to meet the needs of healthcare providers and other professionals interested in population health. The course aims to provide participants with knowledge, research and competencies in addressing emergency and surgical care in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals within the framework of Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

It is especially beneficial for students and professionals whose access to quality learning is constrained by time, distance and financial resources.

This course (of approximately 4 hours) is free for everyone following a mandatory free registration process. There is an option to upgrade the course which will allow you to participate in the Global Discussion Forum with experts and peers, evaluate your knowledge through MCQ tests and a short assignment, following which you will receive a certificate for 4.0 CPD credits approved by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

Our Team

Course Experts

  1. Dr Meena Nathan Cherian
    GFMER, Geneva, Switzerland
  2. Dr Vatshalan Santhirapala
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
  3. Dr David Andrew Spiegel
    Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA
  4. Dr Sandro Contini
    University of Parma, Parma, Italy
  5. Dr Raymond R Price
    University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
  6. Dr Davy Cheng
    Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Course Editors

  1. Dr Meena Nathan Cherian
    GFMER, Geneva, Switzerland
  2. Dr Jyotsna Agarwal
    Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Delhi, India
  3. Dr Aseel Mugahed YemAid
    Healthcare Association for Women and Girls, Geneva, Switzerland
  4. Dr Chandra Pauline Daniel
    National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Inc., New York, USA
  5. Dr Sarah Abo Alasrar
    Geneva University, Geneva, Switzerland
  6. Videos: Parisa Fallah, Anusha Sri Vaishnavi, Alexis Kahanu
    Global Surgery Student Alliance, Boston,USA

Public Health Survey Team

  1. Dr Fiemu Nwariaku
    University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, USA
  2. Chinmayee Venkatraman
    University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, USA
  3. Lotte Wolff
    The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
  4. Dr Nur Lubis Whipps
    Cross Hospital, London, UK
  5. Dr Meena Nathan Cherian
    GFMER, Geneva, Switzerland

Evaluation Questions Team

  1. Dr Joel Kevin Bagley
    University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
  2. Jonathan Nellermoe
    University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
  3. Dr Raymond R Price
    University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
  4. Dr Jyotsna Agarwal
    Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Delhi, India
  5. Dr Meena Nathan Cherian
    GFMER, Geneva, Switzerland

Course Webpage Developers

  1. Murchana Roychoudhury
    The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
  2. Sashidhar Jonnalagedda
    Surgibox Inc, Lausanne, Switzerland
  3. Dr Meena Nathan Cherian
    GFMER, Geneva, Switzerland
  4. Dr Aldo Campana
    GFMER, Geneva, Switzerland