World Health Organization Basic Emergency Care Training of Trainers Course (GEMA-Sponsored)

This course is co-sponsored by the SAEM Global Emergency Medicine Academy (GEMA). In response to the need for emergency care education in low and middle income countries (LMICs), the WHO BEC TOT course was developed by the World Health Organization in conjunction with the International Committee for the Red Cross. Participants will learn how to teach this course to frontline healthcare providers in LMICs through case scenarios within small groups, lectures, skills stations that provide hands on practice and Interactive large group discussions.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
  • To ensure facilitators understand the course content, agenda, requirements, and logistical needs
  • To understand the processes for accrediting and registering a BEC course
  • To assess that facilitators can teach core content related to emergency care to frontline healthcare providers

Presenters: 

  • Emmanuel Oluyinka Idowu, MB, BS, MSc, MPH, MD, FACEP
  • Evy Nyagucha Obare
  • Ly Cloessner, MD, MSPH
  • Sharmeen Jaffry, DO
  • Christine M. Shaw, MD
  • Halley Alberts, MD
  • Rebecca Yang, MD, MPH
  • Ruba Omeira, MD, MPH
  • Lisa Bell, MD
  • Cole Ettingoff, MPH
  • Sean M. Boaglio, DO, MAS, DTMH
  • Naz Karim, MD, MHA, MPH
  • Rmaah Memon, MD
  • Maham Munawar, DO
  • Priya Arumuganathan, MD
  • Travis Wieland, MD
  • Megan Rybarczyk, MD, MPH, FACEP
  • Nichole Michaeli, MD, MPH, DTM&H
  • Justin G. Myers, DO
  • Mallika Manyapu, MD, MPH
  • Michelle Feltes, MD MACM
  • Chase Westra, MD
  • Tigist Tesfaye Bedane, MD, ECCM
  • Charlotte Roy, MD, MPH
  • Nita Avrith, MD
  • Alicia E. Genisca, MD
Authors

  • Emmanuel O. Idowu, MB, BS, MSc, MPH, MD, FACEP

    University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria; College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

    Dr. Emmanuel Oluyinka IDOWU
    (MBBS, MSc, MPH, MD, FACEP, FAAEM)
    Emergency Medicine Specialist and Global Health Expert
    University of Ibadan, College of Medicine, Nigeria
    Academic Qualifications:
    MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery)
    MSc.(Master of Science)
    MPH(Master of Public Health)
    MD (Doctor of Medicine)
    Professional Affiliations:
    Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
    Global Emergency Medicine Academy
    American College of Emergency Physicians
    American Academy of Emergency Medicine
    Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria
    National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria
    Harvard Medical School
    University of Ibadan
    Expertise:
    Emergency Medical Services
    Trauma Care
    Disaster Response
    Global Health
    Medical Education
    Reseach interests: Neurological Emergencies, Emergency Medical services in low-resource settings, Trauma management in sub-saharan Africa, Global Health Disparities
    Biography:
    Dr.Idowu Emmanuel Oluyinka is a renowned emergency medicine specialist and global health expert who is dedicated to improving healthcare outcomes in Nigeria and internationally. He is a member of International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM), African Federation for Emergency Medicine (AFEM) and American Friends of AFEM (FoAFEM). Recently, he had once served as the DELTA (Doctors in Emergency and Leadership Training in Africa) country representative and as a member of the technical team as publication working group lead for Nigeria. His area of research interests include neurotrauma and neuroregeneration, neurotoxicology, neurosurgery and neurology.He is happily married to Mrs. Idowu Florence with 2 kids namely; Idowu Blessing Adeboye and Idowu Beauty Folu.He is currently residing with his family in Ibadan, Nigeria where he lectures and practices medicine.

  • Evy N. Obare

    Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

  • Ly Cloessner, MD, MSPH

    Washington University in Saint Louis

    Ly Cloessner is a PGY-4 at Washington University in Saint Louis.

  • Sharmeen Jaffry, DO

    Brown University Department of Emergency Medicine

    Dr. Sharmeen Jaffry is a Global Emergency Medicine Fellow in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brown University. She completed her EM residency training at the University at Buffalo, NY with a focus in Public Health. She graduated from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Maine and is pursuing a Master's in Public Health at Brown University. Her projects have included understanding maternal health outcomes and capacity building through collaboration with health partners in resource-limited regions in Nepal. Some of her interests include medical education, development of pre-hospital care systems, as well as improving refugee health. She is eager to collaborate with diverse teams to develop sustainable health solutions and make a meaningful impact on global health challenges.

  • Christine M. Shaw, MD, DTMH

    University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

    Dr. Christine Shaw MD, DTMH, is a Global and Social EM fellow at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the Department of Emergency Medicine. She completed her residency training at Louisiana State University at Shreveport, LA, and is currently working on her MSPH at UAB. Throughout medical school and residency Dr. Shaw has focused on providing care for people experiencing homelessness, including founding various outreach programs, starting a flu shot clinic, and establishing a free mobile bus clinic to improve access to care. As a fellow, Dr. Shaw continues to focus research on addressing health inequities within this population.

  • Halley Alberts, MD

    University of South Carolina Prisma Health - Midlands

    Halley is a Global Emergency Medicine Fellow at the University of South Carolina Prisma Health - Midlands and MPH candidate at Johns Hopkins University.

  • Rebecca Yang, MD, MPH

    Baylor College of Medicine

    Rebecca Yang, MD MPH is a second year emergency medicine resident physician at Baylor College of Medicine. She completed her medical degree at New York Medical College and her MPH in Global Health and Humanitarian Studies from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is interested in emergency health systems strengthening in low resource settings, humanitarian response, and the intersection of law, health equity, and migration. She has previously worked in this capacity in Sweden, Montenegro, Kenya, India, Belize, and the Dominican Republic.

  • Ruba Omeira, MD, MPH

    Georgetown University Emergency Medicine

    Ruba Omeira, MD, MPH, Resident Physician PGY-1, Georgetown University Emergency Medicine

  • Lisa Bell, MD

    Harbor UCLA Medical Center

  • Cole Ettingoff, MPH

    Medical Student

    Trinity School of Medicine

    Cole Ettingoff is a medical student at Trinity School of Medicine. He serves on several SAEM committees, chairs the ACEP Social EM Section working group on program evaluation and implementation, and leads several projects within NAEMSP. Prior to medical school, Cole worked in public health; first for the city of San Francisco, where his focus was on social determinants of health and improving quality of care. Then, in Montgomery County, Maryland, Cole helped lead the county-wide COVID task force and helped build a mobile integrated health program. He has been active in several leadership roles in the American Public Health Association and the American Association of Public Health Physicians, including chair of APHA's 2024 Symposium on Responding to Behavioral Health Emergencies. He is passionate about improving the quality of care for acute conditions in the prehospital and ED settings. He has a special interest in integrating the principles of EM, EMS, and public health in embracing EM's role as the ultimate safety net to collaborate and offer improvements for health outcomes.
  • Sean Boaglio

    Sean M. Boaglio, DO, MAS, DTMH

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Sean Boaglio, DO, MAS, DTMH, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Global Emergency Medicine Division, Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Dr. Boaglio grew up in the Pacific Northwest, in the small town of Longview, Washington. He graduated summa cum laude from Pacific Lutheran University. He received his medical degree from Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2017 and completed his Emergency Medicine Residency training at Stony Brook University Hospital, serving as Chief Resident in 2020. He completed a Global Emergency Medicine fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, working in resident education at Georgetown Public Hospital in Guyana, South America and earning a Master's of Applied Science in Humanitarian Health from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and a Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at the Gorgas Institute in Lima, Peru. His areas of academic interest are Emergency Medicine development and education, simulation and procedural education, critical care, humanitarian health, and tropical medicine.
  • Naz_Karim

    Naz Karim, MD, MHA, MPH

    Brown University

    In a time where our global endeavors may be questioned and challenged, it is important now more than ever for GEMA to voice the importance of global collaboration and serve our members by promoting equitable access to membership, collaborating with global colleagues in our academic mission, and supporting mentorship opportunities for faculty at various stages in their careers.

    As President elect, I hope to strengthen our academic mission by:

    • Assessing the needs of our members and community
    • Increasing grant funding opportunities
    • Encouraging consensus papers in collaboration with global colleagues
    • Supporting mentorship opportunities for all faculty in various stages of their careers
    • Promoting equitable access to membership
    • Creating a Think Tank that encourages innovation and develops new strategies to promote our mission

    Over the past several years I have taken on various roles within our Global Emergency Medicine Academy that serve to improve global delivery of emergency care through research, leadership, education and mentorship. As the GEMA-AWAEM liaison, I helped increase funding for the global physician award that allows our global colleagues to attend SAEM conferences. In my role in the executive committee as a Member at Large, I served as a liaison, provided a unique perspective of member needs, increased our membership, and helped connect members to the wealth of opportunities provided by the Global Emergency Medicine Academy. This year I served as lead author on our GEMA – GEMFC collaborative whitepaper, “COVID 19 Pandemic Prompts a Paradigm Shift in Global Emergency Medicine: Multi-Directional Education and Remote Collaboration”. In addition, I organized and led the GEMA didactic workshop called “Hacks in Austere Environments” in collaboration with our global colleagues. Presently, as Chair of the BEC Committee, we successfully organized the very first GEMA sponsored WHO Basic Emergency Care Training of Trainers (BEC TOT) course, an educational initiative offered to GEMA and SAEM members who will then obtain further certification to train providers in emergency care throughout the world. In an effort to promote global collaboration, the course also included facilitators and participants from various countries.

    As president elect, I hope to continue to strengthen our collaboration with global colleagues in a time where multidirectional learning and partnership has become a point of paramount significance. Together we can strength our mission to improve global delivery of emergency care through research, education and mentorship.

  • Rmaah Memon, MD

    Fellow 2024-2026

    University of Pennsylvania Health System

    Rmaah Memon obtained both her undergraduate and medical degree through the Six-Year BA/MD Program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and is a PGY-4 at the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency Program at MGH/BWH. Her interests include emergency medicine capacity building and curriculum development in low- and middle-income countries, and she has worked on capacity building projects in Pakistan and Iraq during residency. Her prior work has also focused on improving access to refugee care through the implementation of health screening fairs. She has an interest in digital education and telehealth, and is currently leading a telemedicine initiative in Pakistan, primarily aiming to connect physicians in larger urban areas in Pakistan to patients who live in more rural areas. 

  • Maham Munawar, DO

    Baylor College of Medicine

    Maham Munawar, DO was born and raised near Houston, TX. She went to the University of Texas at Austin for undergraduate studies. She completed medical school after receiving her Master's degree in Medical Sciences, both at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, TX. She completed her Emergency Medicine residency training at Southern Illinois University in Springfield, IL. She joined the Penn Emergency Medicine community as a Global Medicine Fellow and Instructor in July 2023.

    Maham's academic and professional interests include global emergency systemic development,
    women's health, nutritional/preventative medicine, health policy, and medical education. She
    is also passionate about wellness and mentorship. Current global health projects are related to systems development and education in various countries, including Iraq, Pakistan, and Botswana.
  • Priya Arumuganathan, MD

    Priya Arumuganathan, MD

    Fellow Representative

    University of Pennsylvania

    Dr. Priya Arumuganathan is a Penn Global Emergency Medicine Fellow and an Instructor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at Penn Medicine. She is from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and completed her medical school and residency training at West Virginia University. While there, she completed the Global Health Track, served as a Chief Resident, and conducted telestroke research within rural critical access hospitals. Her rural background and training have helped her to build a foundation for working in low-resource environments. Currently, her work in Global Emergency Medicine involves creating emergency medicine curriculum and helping to build emergency care capacity.

  • Travis Wieland, MD, MA, MSc

    Emergency Physicians Professional Association (EPPA)

    Travis Wieland, MD is an emergency physician at Emergency Physicians Professional Association (EPPA) based in Minneapolis, MN. He went to medical school at Southern Illinois University before completing residency at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a fellowship in global health at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

  • Megan Rybarczyk, MD, MPH, FACEP

    University of Pennsylvania

    Megan Rybarczyk, MD, MPH, FACEP is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and is the Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship Director. Her experiences in the field of Global Health have involved clinical work, research, and/or education all over the world in countries such as Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, India, Pakistan, South Africa, and Uganda. Her research and academic interests are currently focused on EM education and training and emergency care systems development, particularly in low resource settings. 

  • Nichole Michaeli, MD, MPH, DTM&H

    University of Vermont Medical Center

    Dr. Michaeli is an assistant professor in emergency medicine and co-director of the Global Health Equity fellowship at the University of Vermont Medical Center. She completed residency at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and a global emergency medicine fellowship at Havard Medical School/Brigham and Women's Hospital. She holds an MD/MPH from the University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio. She is interested in strengthening global emergency care systems through the design, adaptation, and implemention of emergency tools and training for local frontline providers in regions affected by conflict and humanitarian crises. She has recently worked in Kenya, Somalia, Liberia, and Ukraine.

  • Justin G. Myers, DO

    University of North Carolina Hospitals

    Dr. Justin Myers is a U.S. Board-Certified Emergency Physician and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina. As the Director of Faculty Education and a Certified Professional Coach, he is dedicated to advancing high-quality medical education and fostering the professional growth of emergency medicine physicians, residents, and medical students. With a strong commitment to global health, Dr. Myers has been actively involved in emergency medicine development and research in Kenya since 2014. He is a registered WHO/ICRC Basic Emergency Care (BEC) trainer and has played a key role in facilitating international emergency care initiatives. Through his expertise in medical education, leadership development, and global emergency medicine, Dr. Myers continues to shape the future of the field while mentoring the next generation of healthcare professionals.

  • Mallika Manyapu, MD, MPH

    George Washington University

    I am currently a second-year global health fellow at George Washington University with plans to complete my fellowship in July 2025. I have a strong background in global health and a passion for improving healthcare access and outcomes worldwide.

    Throughout my academic journey, I have actively engaged in projects that have allowed me to develop a well-rounded understanding of the challenges faced in global health, especially humanitarian response, workforce capacity building and medical education. My journey in global health, specifically, began in medical school where I also completed a Masters in Public Health in global epidemiology from Emory University, and gained comprehensive knowledge in global health issues, epidemiology, policy, and program management.

    I completed my emergency medicine residency at Montefiore, Jacobi, and Albert Einstein in the Bronx, New York. During residency, I worked extensively with the underserved population in the Bronx, and as a chief resident, focused on wellness initiatives for residents, developing curriculums, and providing mentorship. I also volunteered through various organizations in India, Jamaica, and Poland, providing healthcare, teaching local providers, and participating in program improvement task forces.

    As a fellow at George Washington University, I have been involved in many projects involving education, capacity building, and humanitarian response. My experiences have allowed me to participate in projects alongside organizations such as WHO and International Medical Corp. I have traveled to Ukraine, India, Uganda, Kenya, Jamaica, and Rwanda during my fellowship thus far and hope to continue working in these spaces to improve clinical care in low-resource and challenging settings. My long-term goal is to continue building on these experiences and establish a role in organizations that specifically focus on building capacity and providing healthcare in challenging environments.

  • Michelle Feltes, MD MACM

    Stanford University

    Michelle Feltes, MD is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University Hospital. She received an MD from Washington University in St Louis and completed Emergency Medicine residency training at George Washington University. Dr Feltes completed her Global Emergency Medicine fellowship at Stanford University’s Department of Emergency Medicine in 2018. During her fellowship, she received a Master of Academic Medicine degree from the University of Southern California. Dr Feltes also led the creation and implementation of an emergency medicine diploma course for physicians in Myanmar. After fellowship, she joined the Department of Emergency Medicine as faculty at Stanford University, focusing on medical education in global emergency medicine. In 2022, Dr Feltes became the co-director of Stanford’s Global Emergency Medicine fellowship. She currently works with faculty in Kigali, Rwanda on a longitudinal, sustainable curriculum for ultrasound training for Rwandan emergency medicine residents.

  • Chase Westra, MD

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Chase Westra, MD is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Morningside & West in New York City. He completed his residency at LAC+USC Medical Center where he participated in a mini-fellowship in hospital administration and QI, served as the resident director of the Social Emergency Medicine program, and participated in global projects in Colombia, Kenya, and Mexico. During medical school at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Dr. Westra participated in the Global Medicine (GMED) Program where he was involved in programs in Peru and the Dominican Republic. His professional interests include global EM capacity development and education, linkage to care from the ED, and addressing social barriers to care in the ED through community partnerships.

  • Tigist T. Bedane, MD, ECCM

    St.Peter Specialized Hospital

  • Charlotte Roy, MD, MPH

    Keck School of Medicine of USC

    Charlotte Roy is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. She completed a fellowship in Global Emergency Medicine and earned her MPH at Columbia University. She did her residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Chicago. She has worked with Doctors Without Borders in Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Central African Republic. She also supports the emergency medicine residency program in Rwanda. She is developing an ultrasound training curriculum for physicians in Burundi using a training of trainers model.

  • Nita Avrith, MD

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Nita Avrith, MD MPH, Assistant Professor Emergency Medicine, Global Health Fellowship Director, Mount Sinai Morningside/West

  • Alicia E. Genisca, MD

    Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

    Dr. Alicia Genisca is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, and Teaching Scholar at Brown University.

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