ASEM SUPPORTS EMERGENCY LIFE SUPPORT COURSES FOR PNG
At
a recent ELS course in NSW, ASEM President, Dr Gayle McInerney
presented a cheque for $3000 to ELS course convenor, Dr Greg McDonald
and Dr Alfred Raka from PNG. ASEM is pleased to support ELS Inc with
its plan to develop a course specifically tailored for the practice of
emergency medicine in PNG.
ELS
is also seeking donations of suitable teaching equipment - in
particular training manequins that may have been "retired" from your
hospital.
If you have any such equipment that may be suitable, please
contact: Dr John Kennedy c/- the ELS office at elscourse@bigpond.com
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Non Specialist training schemes in Emergency Medicine
Medical practitioners wishing to become specialist Emergency Physicians should contact the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine directly. Just visitwww.acem.org.auand or discuss training options with accredited Emergency Departments(EDs) within Australia & New Zealand.
Unfortunately, the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine does NOT sponsor or support the establishment of non specialist training streams for doctors in Emergency Medicine in Australia.
None the less, non specialist training programs are being establishing in assorted jurisdictions due to manpower shortages, the need to ensure a skill acquisition and maintenance amongst "Career Medical Officers" (CMOs) in Australia and Medical Officers of special scale (MOSS) in New Zealand.
Fellowship is available following completion of that course and examination to the Accident and Medical Practitioner Association AMPA (see below link): www.ampa.co.nz
In Australia, non specialist training in EM is advancing in a more haphazard way. The newly created college of rural medicine (ACCRM) have created streams in EM that suit the needs of rural doctors working at district hospital level "emergency rooms" around the country.
Additionally, a diploma course in EM is offered by the University of Melbourne.
In New South Wales, curriculum objectives have been developed by NSW Health to ensure that non specialist CMOs in that state have the necessary skills to work in EDs.
Coronial Communique
This free Newsletter highlights selected cases that have been reported to the Victorian State Coroner's Office and are of interest to healthcare professionals. Many of the cases concern ED patients and their treatments and so, the recommendations of the Coroner whilst not binding, are important to ED clinical practice. Edited by FACEM colleague, Dr Adam O'Brien, the aims of the Coronial Communique are:
• To improve the awareness of clinicians and those in positions of governance about adverse events resulting from systems failures. Lessons from past cases can then be applied to their own institutions.
• To improve healthcare organisations' understanding of the coronial system and the work performed by the Clinical Liaison Service.
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