Peter Acker
Assistant Professor
Medicine
Canary Center at Stanford
United States of America
Biography
Peter Acker is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He is an active member of Stanford Emergency Medicine International team, whose projects focus on emergency medicine capacity development in a number of resource-limited settings.From July 2015 to July 2016, Dr. Acker played the role of Long Term Technical Advisor for the USAID funded Quality Health Services Project in Cambodia.
Research Interest
Emergency medicine education and capacity development in resource limited settings, including Myanmar, India, Uganda, Nepal and others.
Publications
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Acker P, Mianzo D, Pirrotta E, Strehlow M, Mahadevan S. Efficacy of a novel two-day EMT refresher training program focused on essential EMS knowledge and skills. International Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2014 Dec 1;7(S1):1-.
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Acker P, Newberry JA. Implementing an Innovative Prehospital Care Provider Training Course in Nine Cambodian Provinces. Cureus. 2016 Jun;8(6).
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Mason KP, Green SM, Piacevoli Q. Adverse event reporting tool to standardize the reporting and tracking of adverse events during procedural sedation: a consensus document from the World SIVA International Sedation Task Force. British journal of anaesthesia. 2012 Jan 1;108(1):13-20.
