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25 Oct 2021

CAPP Composition for 2021-2023 Term

The College is pleased to advise the appointment of the Chair, Deputy Chair and regionally-elected FACEM members of the Council of Advocacy, Practice and Partnerships (CAPP) for the 2021-2023 term of office.

27 Sep 2021

President of Myanmar Emergency Medicine Society speaks out

The president of the Myanmar Emergency Medicine Society has told the 2021 Global Emergency Care Conference of the complex challenges being faced by Myanmar’s health system and practitioners.

17 Sep 2021

Colleges call for urgent climate action in open letter

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine has joined with other medical colleges and peak bodies in signing an open letter to the Prime Minister calling for meaningful action on climate change.

16 Sep 2021

Vale 2020/2021

We recognise and celebrate the lives of our members and trainees who have passed, and thank those who contributed to this page. The College pays tribute to honour their memory and their life, commemorating the medical care they gave and the immense difference they made in their communities.

08 Sep 2021

Juan Ascencio-Lane CAPP member

Juan Ascencio-Lane is a member of the Council of Advocacy, Practice and Partnerships. We spoke to him about what CAPP gets up to and why he loves to be involved.

05 Sep 2021

System-wide approach needed to prepare for more COVID cases

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) is calling for whole of healthcare system approaches to prepare for and manage greater numbers of COVID-19 cases across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

26 Aug 2021

Colleges welcome postponement of elective surgery

Specialist medical colleges across Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia support the temporary postponement of all non-urgent elective surgery in areas of high prevalence of COVID-19 infection across the two countries.

24 Aug 2021

Launch of ACEM Environmental Strategy

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) has launched its Environmental Strategy, affirming its commitment to addressing climate change and its impacts on health and healthcare systems.

19 Aug 2021

Action needed to support healthcare workers to cross borders

ACEM is calling for urgent and cooperative action from all governments to support healthcare workers to cross state and national borders and to assist overseas healthcare workers to reach Australia, including the creation of extra positions in quarantine in addition to those already available for returning Australians.

16 Aug 2021

Medical colleges launch Wellbeing Charter for Doctors

Four medical colleges have come together to form a Wellbeing Charter for Doctors that defines wellbeing and sets out the shared responsibility for supporting doctors’ wellbeing