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Editorial
Information exchange is two way
  1. H Zia1,
  2. J A Razzak2,
  3. H Zafar3
  1. 1Accident and Emergency Medicine, Newcastle General Hospital, UK
  2. 2Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA
  3. 3Department of Surgery, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr H Zia;
 ziauddin_hassan{at}yahoo.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.19.5.380

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    The impact of the world wide web on emergency medicine in developing countries

    A key element in the evolution of emergency medicine (EM) as a global medical specialty is the exchange of information. This includes links between international organisations, academic institutions, and individuals in countries where EM is at various levels of development. Medical journals and other printed publications related to EM have also been a major source of information exchange between countries.1 The future of our specialty therefore depends on the quality of information exchanged, how it is disseminated, and to whom the information is given.

    Limiting this exchange is the expense and time delay in delivering paper journals. In contrast, the electronic media does not have these restrictions. The potential applications of the internet to international education are limited only by the …

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