India 

The Reagan Institute is collaborating with partners in India to implement Post-graduate Fellowship in Emergency Medicine (PGFEM) training programs. The programs consist of a two-year curriculum, and faculty from the Reagan Institute travel each month to the training centers to provide direct supervision and teaching. In Kerala, the Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) (www.kimskerala.com) and the Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS) (www.mimsindia.com/index.phpm) began the PGFEM in July 2007. The first batch of graduates recently completed the program in July 2009, since which time the KIMS PGFEM program is completed.  In July 2008, the Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences (RTIICS) (www.rtiics.org) in Kolkata and Max Healthcare (www.maxhealthcare.in) in New Delhi started the PGFEM program. The aim is to establish Centers of Excellence in Emergency Medicine and Disaster Preparedness at these institutions that will provide guidance for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations.

Iran    

The Reagan Institute is planning to conduct a two year project with the Sina Trauma and Research Center in Tehran-Iran (www.sinatrc.ac.ir). This program is sponsored by AmeriCares (www.americares.org) to train emergency responders and physicians working in Tehran University of Medical Sciences (www.tums.ac.ir/english) affiliated hospitals and health centers in the field of emergency preparedness and responses. The program is aim to develop a highly qualified group of emergency response educators comprised of paramedics with extensive field experience as well as physicians with special interest in emergency preparedness and response.  This train the trainer model of training will allow the emergency response educators to carry on the task of instructing the next generation of advanced emergency medical technicians in Tehran.     

Turkey      
The Reagan Institute has recently completed a three year project with the Emergency Medicine Association of Turkey (EMAT) (www.tatep.org), sponsored by AmeriCares (www.americares.org) to train General Practitioners working in government hospital emergency departments. The four phases of the project have been completed, including a disaster training course, a Stakeholder's Meeting, and a Train-the-Trainers course, and the implementation of 42 training courses in key emergency medicine topics for General Practitioners throughout Turkey.  Final publications of the successes of the project are expected in the very near future.  

Thailand
The Reagan Institute will be evaluating program options to implement training of healthcare workers in emergency medical topics in refugee areas on the Thai-Burma border. The department will also be developing injury prevention programs and disaster medicine training in Bangkok.

Cambodia

El Salvador

Peru
The Reagan Institute has been working with the Peruvian Society of Emergency Medicine and Disasters and has a formal MOU with the Univeristy of San Marcos, the location of the first residency in Emergency Medicine in Peru. Faculty are working with university colleagues in Lima on Emergency Medicine residency development, and they have taught trauma and disaster training courses over the past few years at international Emergency Medicine conferences in Lima. These projects have received multi-year funding from the AMB Foundation. The department of emergency medicine is also providing ACLS training for industries within the country.

Ethiopia
Faculty from the Reagan Institute have been working with physicians and nurses in Ethiopia for many years. GWU and the Reagan Institute are currently working to develop an emergency medicine residency program at Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa. Faculty have been conducting ongoing training programs and additionally are working with GWU medical students who travel to Ethiopia. The Reagan Institute is collaborating with the Ethiopian North American Health Professionals Association (ENAHPA) (www.enahpa.org) as well as the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia and the Addis Ababa Health Bureau on projects to develop emergency services in Ethiopia. Additional projects focusing on childhood injury prevention are being carried out at orphanages in Addis Ababa.

Brazil

Azerbaijan
The Reagan Institute is assisting Azerbaijan in a broad range of development activities within the field of emergency medicine: paramedic training, community education in emergency response to hospital-based emergency medical care, continuing medical education initiatives, and systems improvements. The Reagan Institute is finalizing an MOU with the Ministry of Health.

Jordan
The Reagan Institute has been working with the government of Jordan to improve the EMS system within the country. The department has also been working with the Royal Medical Services on training programs. The Jordan Hospital, the largest private hospital in the country, has worked with the Reagan Institute on faculty development and residency program development.

Kuwait
The Reagan Institute has been advising the government of Kuwait on Emergency Medicine residency development and will be providing training courses within Kuwait. In addition, the Department of Emergency Medicine has a physician from Kuwait within the residency program.

United Arab Emirates
The Reagan Institute has conducted multiple training programs within the UAE, and the department is currently working with the Ministry of Health (MOH) to implement training programs for physicians and nurses within MOH Hospitals. A physician from the UAE will be joining GW’s four year residency program in Washington, DC beginning July, 2009.

Saudi Arabia