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. 2024 Aug;36(4):652-656.
doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14419. Epub 2024 Apr 23.

First French and Indonesian university medical cooperation for promoting emergency medicine

Jean M Pujo  1   2   3 , Frederic Lapostolle  4 , Dewi Fitriani  5   6 , Karim Tazarourte  7 , Renauld Koswiranagara  5 , Alexis Fremery  1 , Rémi Mutricy  1 , Boubacar Signaté  1 , Antoine Burin  1 , Dabor Resiere  8 , Muchtaruddin Mansyur  4   5 , Marsen Isbayuputra  4   5 , Wawan Mulyawan  9 , Bruno Megarbane  10 , Hatem Kallel  2   3   11 ; French‐Indonesian Association of Emergency Medicine
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First French and Indonesian university medical cooperation for promoting emergency medicine

Jean M Pujo et al. Emerg Med Australas. 2024 Aug.

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.

Keywords: French Guiana; Indonesia; cooperation; emergency medicine; training.

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