The governance structure of ACEM is comprised of a range of member-led entities that drive the activities of the College. These entities work to ensure clinical, professional, and training standards in the provision of quality, evidence-based, patient-centred emergency care.
Committees play a vital role in this by leading and supporting health system advocacy, and enhancing the ability of the organisation to meet the needs of its members and health systems across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
ACEM is committed to fostering and promoting the principles of diversity and inclusion among its members and trainees, and as part of the Governance and Leadership Inclusion Action Plan, the CEP was established.
How it works:
- Apply to experience up to three committees.
- Depending on availability, you will be invited to take part as a non-voting member when the selected committee next meets (committees meet three times per year).
- After experiencing the committee, you can express your interest in becoming a committee member.
- When the committees next spill, you will be considered to fill one of the available committee positions.
The following committees remain available for the remainder of 2024:
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Quality and Patient Safety Committee
The role of the committee is to develop expertise in relation to quality improvement methodologies, human factors in clinical practice and patient safety in emergency medicine. The committee also provides expertise, guidance and leadership on the development of a systemic approach to quality and patient safety, including education and training in clinical governance, capturing and learning from incident reporting, and developing policies as applicable to emergency medicine.
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Research Committee
This committee provides strategic direction to the co-ordination, facilitation, endorsement and monitoring of multi-centre emergency medicine research, with the goal of promoting high quality research conducted by members and trainees. The committee also provides expert advice to ACEM committees on research matters pertaining to accreditation, quality and safety, and education curriculum and training. Through external advocacy and the fostering of research collaborations with external bodies (medical colleges, government, research institutes, research networks), the committee strives to raise the profile of emergency medicine in the research sphere.
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Indigenous Health Committee
The Indigenous Health Committee is responsible for driving ACEM’s role in advocacy for issues that impact the health of Indigenous people in Australia and Aotearoa. This includes developing and promoting resources to embed culturally safe care, and to oversee collaborative partnerships with Indigenous health bodies such as the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA) and TeORA (Māori Medical Practitioner’s Association of Aotearoa/New Zealand).
Why join a committee?
We asked eight ACEM members about their experiences serving on ACEM committees.
Joining a committee
Please apply for up to three (3) committees of your choice via the below form.