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First French and Indonesian university medical cooperation for promoting emergency medicine.

Jean M Pujo, Frederic Lapostolle, Dewi Fitriani, Karim Tazarourte, Renauld Koswiranagara, Alexis Fremery, Rémi Mutricy, Boubacar Signaté, Antoine Burin, Dabor Resiere and 6 more

Emergency medicine Australasia · 2024-04-23 · Other / unclear

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Abstract

Indonesia and French Guiana share many geographic and medical concerns regarding access to care. The organisational needs in emergency management, particularly in the prehospital phase, are similar. Whereas emergency medicine (EM) is an academic and entire speciality in France, it is still under construction in Indonesia. In the framework of the French and Indonesian academic cooperation, the Medical school in Jakarta University and the French Guiana University in Cayenne signed a Memorandum of Understanding encompassing education programmes, joint research work and students' and health professionals' exchanges in EM. This partnership represented the first medical cooperation programme between the two countries. The first student class was launched in August 2022 and involved 50 Indonesian doctors who graduated in August 2023. The implementation and success of this Franco-Indonesian cooperation were supported by political and academic partners from the two sides. Given the first student class's success, we aim to continue this programme, in line with Indonesia and World Health Organization's plan to establish a multi-country training hub for health emergency operational readiness and Emergency Medical Teams.

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Implementation · Interagency collaboration · Low- and middle-income settings · Students

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