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March 13-14, 2017 London, UK
3rd Annual Congress and Medicare Expo on
Trauma & Critical Care
Volume 6, Issue 1 (Suppl) J Trauma Treat 2017
ISSN: 2167-1222, JTM an open access journal Trauma 2017
March 13-14, 2017
Mohamed E Abbasy et al., J Trauma Treat 2017, 6:1 (Suppl)
The Egyptian fellowship of emergency medicine: The shining era of emergency medicine training in Egypt
Mohamed E Abbasy1, Mai M Ahmed1, Sherif Alkahky1, Mohamed Abdelkader Qotb1 and Mohamed El-Shinawi2
1Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
2Ain Shams University, Egypt
Background: Although emergency medicine has existed as a recognized specialty in Alexandria University in late seventies, a recent
shining as a highly competitive specialty since 2003 through Egyptian Fellowship training program is granting a professional and
not an academic degree. Emergency medicine is still in its development phase as a practice. Five public universities are offering
postgraduate degrees in emergency medicine. These degrees when obtained by trainees, in addition to a varying number of years of
experience, enable doctors to climb up the medical hierarchical ladder, which begins with a resident post till senior consultant one.
Methods: We describe the development of emergency medicine as a separate specialty in Egypt highlighting the history, challenges
we faced, collaborations and recommendations for future improvement of emergency medicine training in Egypt.
Results: As up to date references, there are five emergency medicine educational programs in Egypt, which are primarily based upon
the British model of obtaining a masters or higher degree. The largest of these, the Egyptian fellowship program, is supported by the
Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) and is the country’s most formalized and acknowledged training program. Currently,
there are more than 350 specialists graduated with around 50 registered consultants. However, the majority of the qualified graduated
physicians capable of leading the field of emergency medicine had left Egypt due to financial, social and economic stresses.
Conclusion: Although, the fast developing field of emergency medicine, Egypt still need an urgent well-structured system supported
by Ministry of Health and Population. There needs to be creation of an emergency medicine committee by Egyptian board certified
emergency physicians to monitor and improve the training and exams done by universities, and holding of regional conferences to
enhance emergency medicine in Egypt and the Middle East region.
Biography
Mohamed E Abbasy is currently working as an Emergency Medicine Clinical Fellow at Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar. He successfully completed his Injury
Prevention Research and Training Program at University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Maryland, USA. He has attended R Adams Shock Trauma Center,
University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Maryland in 2008. He completed his training in Emergency Medicine and successfully awarded the fellowship of
Egyptian Board of Emergency Medicine in 2009. He has a good experience of working in Gulf region and worked as an Assistant Program Director of Saudi Board
of Emergency Medicine in Eastern region, KSA in 2013. He successfully passed his membership examination of Royal College of Emergency Medicine UK in 2014
and European Board of Emergency Medicine in 2016. His research interest includes Critical Care, Trauma and Emergency Ultrasound.