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The Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Mission Statement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2024

Jeffrey Michael Franc Open the ORCID record for Jeffrey Michael Franc [Opens in a new window]
Jeffrey Michael Franc*
Affiliation:
Research Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Visiting Professor in Disaster Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy
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Correspondence: Jeffrey Michael Franc, Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, 736c University Terrace, 8203-112 Street NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6G 2T4, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

This article discusses changes to the Prehospital and Disaster Medicine (PDM) mission statement which will take effect as of January 1, 2025. The new mission statement focuses on innovative, high-impact, evidence-based research.

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evidence-based medicinehigh-impactinnovationmission statement
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Editorial Comments
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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 39 , Issue 4 , August 2024 , pp. 283 - 286
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine

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