History of INDUS-EM
The INDO-US Emergency and Trauma partnership involves the University of South Florida (USF), SUNY Downstate, Baroda Medical College-SSG Hospital and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). It enjoys the whole hearted support of the World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine. This partnership came into existence in 2005 at New Delhi, India. Academic Leaders from US and India shared similar blueprints regarding the development of the academic fields of Trauma and Emergency care in India.
This partnership was built on a “Non Colonial Model” and has adopted the “Academic Institutional Partnership Ideology”. Thus INDUS-EM collaborative is about Scientists, Academicians & Institutions of learning.
Physicians go through a life long process of perfecting their learned practices. They learn these practices at their medical colleges. It is the medical colleges which award them their credentials. The birth place of any medical expert’s expertise is the training institution hence if any new science has to be developed and taught the ideal sites are none other than medical colleges across India. The INDUS-EM Leadership believe that the role of MCI recognized Medical Colleges and Academic Institutions is Crucial to develop the academic fraternity in Emergency and Trauma which by itself are new academic sciences to India. To forge ahead it is important that interested academicians meet and discuss science and policy and at the same time promote the specialty in India.
To fulfill the vision the collaborative till date has organized Seven INDO-US Emergency Medicine Academic Summits (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011) attended by over 12000 delegates. These meetings have been also supported by many pre and post conferences and workshops all over India which have trained over 7000 delegates over seven years.
2006 saw the formation of Academic Council for Emergency and Trauma (ACET) which brought Nominated Councilors from MCI Recognized Medical Colleges in India to a single forum which is collectively taking leadership in drafting curriculum, guidelines and standards of Emergency and Trauma Care in India.
Emergency Medicine & Trauma Education Center for Health (EM-TECH) made a beginning in 2007. EM-TECH started with the mission of formalizing, facilitating and fortifying the process of providing creditable life long education in the fields of Emergency Medicine and Trauma. EM-TECH provides the necessary knowledge, support and technical expertise to bring workshops, Courses and academic meetings in Emergency and Trauma to India. EM-TECH is supported by a large number of Academicians from US and India.
In 2007 the Newsletter called TEAMS was launched. Trauma and Emergency Academic Medicine Sentinel will serve as the mouthpiece for the Collaborative.
The International Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock (JETS) was founded in 2008 with Editors from over 30 Countries and 20 disciplines. It has crossed over 20,000 in readership and is peer reviewed indexed and both in print and online format. It is a landmark publication which synergizes basic sciences, clinical medicine and public health across the globe.
2008 also saw the INDO-US Team publishing the Landmark Position Paper on Developing Academic Emergency Medicine in India. This white paper was published in the Journal of Association of Physicians of India (JAPI). JAPI is the official Journal of the Association of Physicians of India which is a body which represents the rights of over 1 Million Internists in India since the last 64 Years.
The INDO-US Academic Research Cooperative (INDUS-ARC) was created in 2009 to push the collaborative multicentre Clinical Research Agenda at Academic Medical Institutions across India. This arrangement will make the research process simpler as the cooperative will develop common approval and administrative mechanisms to accomplish multicenter research studies within minimum time resulting in maximum patient participation related outcomes.
The Fellowship of the Academic College of Emergency Teachers (FACET) was established in 2010 which would impart training and test Academic Faculty on the Body of Knowledge in Emergency Medicine. This Fellowship was open to faculty from Anesthesia, Medicine, Surgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology, OB/GYN and Pediatrics who interested in accepting Academic Emergency Medicine as a Career in India.
The Fellowship of the Academy for Clinical Emergency Nursing in India (FACEN) was established in 2011 which would impart training and test Nurses on the Body of Knowledge in Emergency Medicine. This Fellowship was open to Nurses working in Hospitals across India.
The INDO-US Collaborative will continue to foster Academic Leadership in Educational Exchange and Cooperative Research via its Annual INDUS-EM Summit, ACET Assembly, Year Round training events and ongoing research initiatives. This will increase partnerships and unity by and between MCI Recognized Medical Colleges in India. This unity will further the mission to establish Academic Emergency & Trauma Sciences in India.
