The EMDM Course

The EMDM is organised with voluntary support of the following Universities/Institutions:

- Centre for Teaching & Research in Disaster Medicine and Traumatology, Linköping, Sweden
- University of California at Irvine, Center for Disaster Medical Sciences, USA
- University of Geneva, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland
- Swiss Academy for Military and Disaster Medicine, Bern, Switzerland
- Cincinnati Children’s, Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, USA

On June 6, 2009 a convention was signed between the Master Diploma Delivering Universities and any single listed University/Institution aimed at:

- Composing specific parts of the course core content following the guidelines proposed by the Scientific Committtee
- Interacting with students on the E-Learning platform
- Preparing interactive sessions to be proposed during the residential course
- Presenting exercises and debates during the residential course
- Thesis tutoring

 

The EMDM is supported by international and scientific organizations with interest in disaster medicine and disaster management:

• the European Society for Emergency Medicine (EuSEM). • the World Health Organization (WHO) • the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) The faculty members of the EMDM are qualified professionals in disaster medicine and disaster management coming from european and extraeuropean countries, affiliated with academic and worldwide renowned institutions.

Course initiators: • Prof. Michel Debacker (Free University Brussels, Belgium) • Prof. Francesco Della Corte (University “A. Avogadro” Eastern Piedmont, Novara - Italy) • Prof. Herman Delooz (Free University Brussels, Belgium)

The EMDM is a level - two Master, a 60 credit unit programme, and lasts one academic year.

The Master will be based on:

 

• a self-directed study based on an Internet-based e-learning platform
• a two weeks live-in course
• the writing and defence of a dissertation or a research project paper (thesis)
• a final on line examination

• > read more about the EMDM didactic

 

See also:
> EMDM video gallery > EMDM photo gallery

 

The maximum number of students is limited to 35 due to the educational format of the EMDM.
The content could be amended or modified due to revision by the Organising Universities.