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31 Mar 2019

Are you interested in contributing to the work of the AMC?

The Australian Medical Council (AMC) is an independent national standards body for medical education and training whose purpose is to ensure that standards of education, training and assessment of the medical profession promote and protect the health of the Australian community.

29 Mar 2019

New survey about Victorian doctors’ end-of-life decision-making

Victorian doctors in specialties likely to be involved in end-of-life decisions are being surveyed about their decision-making practices. Researchers from the NHMRC-funded Centre of Research Excellence in End-of-Life Care are conducting a study to determine what sort of end-of-life decisions are being made by doctors, how often these deci...

26 Mar 2019

ACEM urges action to address systemic issues which lead to violence

23 Mar 2019

ACEM notes NSW election result, calls for clinical engagement

Acknowledging the Coalition’s win in Saturday’s NSW election, the peak body for emergency medicine in Australia and New Zealand has called for clinical engagement with frontline emergency department staff.

22 Mar 2019

Thank you, Christchurch ED

ACEM has paid tribute to the emergency department staff at Christchurch Hospital who worked rapidly and efficiently to provide care for patients and whānau affected by last week’s terrorist attack in Christchurch.

21 Mar 2019

ACEM welcomes new gun laws

The peak body for emergency medicine in New Zealand has welcomed today’s strengthening of gun laws.

20 Mar 2019

ACEM welcomes next steps in RHH redevelopment

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) has welcomed the release of the masterplan for the next stages of the ongoing redevelopment of the Royal Hobart Hospital, saying the arrangements bode well for the delivery of high quality emergency health care.

20 Mar 2019

ACEM: Closing the Gap

Thursday (21 March) is Close the Gap Day, which aims to raise awareness in Australia of the health and life outcome disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and to encourage activity and advocacy by individuals, groups, organisations and governments to close the gap.

18 Mar 2019

NSW election a chance for real reform

Ahead of Saturday’s election, the peak body for emergency medicine in Australia and New Zealand has warned The Coalition and Labor the systemic problems in healthcare require sophisticated solutions, not slogans.

13 Mar 2019

Dr Mya Cubitt visited the College office on International Women’s Day

FACEM Dr Mya Cubitt speaks glowingly of the women in her early life.