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15 Feb 2019

Pushing educational boundaries

For Senior Registered Nurse Jeremy Rigney attending last year's Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) in Perth was an experience he is not likely to forget.

13 Feb 2019

Cultural knowledge is key

Those attending the 2019 ACEM Winter Symposium in April have a chance to build their cultural capabilities at the Indigenous cultural competency workshop.

11 Feb 2019

Taking a positive stance

One of the best things you can do for your own wellbeing is to choose to adopt and project a positive attitude.

07 Feb 2019

ACEM supports call for better patient care

The peak body for emergency medicine in Australia and New Zealand, the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM), has called on Queensland Health to improve system processes.

05 Feb 2019

Letter to the editor – The Courier Mail

While the workload of GP-type patients in emergency departments is an issue which needs to be addressed, it is not the main reason for long delays and overcrowding (C-M, Feb 3).

01 Feb 2019

Review into the Workplace Culture within ACT Public Health Services

The peak body for emergency medicine in Australia and New Zealand says today’s release of the review highlights the need for the ACT Government to act swiftly and comprehensively to improve health service workplace culture.

01 Feb 2019

Research Capacity in Australian and New Zealand EDs

A survey of ACEM-accredited Emergency Departments will this week begin to reveal the capacity for multi-site clinical research in Australia and New Zealand

31 Jan 2019

FACEMs recognised in Australia Day awards

Congratulations to FACEMs Dr Harvey Hunt and Dr Bryan Walpole, both recognised in the 2019 Australia Day Honours List.

30 Jan 2019

It’s time to think hard about how clinicians work in a digital age

FACEMs Associate Professor Katie Walker and Dr Michael Ben-Meir led a study, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), that found the use of medical scribes increase emergency doctors’ productivity and reduce patients’ length of stay.

30 Jan 2019

Scribes boost ED doctors’ productivity and reduce patient waiting time

The use of medical scribes increased emergency doctors’ productivity and reduced patients’ length of stay, according to a new study.