Improving global prehospital and emergency medicine, public health, and disaster health care and preparedness

Research Laboratory

WADEM is launching a new initiatve to share information and useful tips about conducting research in diaster medicine.

In this one-hour webinar, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Franc gives step-by-step instructions on how to quickly write a compelling conference abstract.

Dr. Franc shares what editors are looking for in a great abstract and highlights common pitfalls. The session will include ample time for questions from the audience. Researchers are invited to submit their questions in advance to be answered during the session.

This session is ideal for researchers who will be submitting an abstract for the 23rd Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine in Tokyo from 2-6 May 2025.


Dr. Jeffrey Franc from University of Alberta provides on overview of using the Delphi Method in research. Special thanks to the BIDMC Disaster Medicine Fellowship for sharing this presentation with WADEM.


Useful Links

Strengthening health emergency prevention, preparedness, response and resilience. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

Emergency response framework: internal WHO procedures. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2024. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.