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World Journal of Emergency Medicine ›› 2026, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (1): 3-6.doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2026.021

• Editorial •     Next Articles

Rediscovering purpose in our well-being journey as emergency physicians: an international perspective

Lai Heng Foong1(), Aimee Kernick2, Emnet Tesfaye Shimber3, Raffo Escalante Kanashiro4, Beatrix M. Von-Koeller-Jones5, Robert Leach6, Louis Anthony Cirillo7, Saleh Fares Al-Ali8, Christopher S. Kang9   

  1. 1University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, Chair, Public Health and Environmental Health, International Federation of Emergency Medicine
    2Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; President, Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
    3Africa Health Sciences University, Rwanda
    4Head of Quality Management, National Institute of Child Health, Lima, Peru; Professor, Peruvian University of Applied Sciences, Lima, Peru
    5Peruvian University of Applied Sciences, Lima, Peru
    6Head of the Emergency Department and the Mobile Emergency & Resuscitation Team, Central Hospital of Wallonia Picarde,Tournai, Belgium; President, European Society of Emergency Medicine
    7President, American College of Emergency Physicians; Past Chair of the Board of Directors, American College of Emergency Physicians, USA
    8Consultant of Emergency Medicine, EMS, and Disaster Medicine, Emergency Department, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; President, International Federation of Emergency Medicine
    9Past President, American College of Emergency Physicians, USA
  • Received:2025-11-12 Accepted:2025-12-16 Online:2026-01-29 Published:2026-01-01
  • Contact: Lai Heng Foong, Email: Lai.foong@health.nsw.gov.au