title: The light of emergency medicine: Vietnam-the next chapter in the global history of emergency medicine?
abstract: The following is the keynote address to the First Emergency Medicine Conference in Vietnam, held in the historic city of Hue, March 22-26, 2010. This presentation reviewed the global history of emergency medicine (EM) and presented the need for the establishment of EM residency programs in Vietnam in a culturally sensitive manner. Immediately following this presentation, the Deputy Minister of Health for Vietnam announced recognition of EM as a specialty in Vietnam, and the establishment of EM residency programs, with the first starting October 1, 2010, in association with the Hue College of Medicine.
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, USA. resuter@aol.com
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Suter
mesh_terms: D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000193:education; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D014744:Vietnam