ACEM trainee Dr Brett Cliff does not hesitate when asked for the secrets to his success, following the news that he had jointly won the Buchanan Prize for his performance in the 2018.1 Fellowship Clinical Examination (OSCE).
The peak body for emergency medicine in Australia and New Zealand has called for a nationally funded, needs based planning process to address systemic failures in the provision of mental health care in in rural and remote Australia.
With constant exposure to patient ill health and injury, as well as heavy physical and emotional demands, ACEM supports the health and wellbeing of its members and trainees.
The College has been rapt with the response to and engagement with the ACEM Wellbeing Award.
Dr Simon Judkins updates members and trainees on the elections of President-Elect, CIC, DCIC, and the Trainee Representative on the ACEM Board, the College’s advocacy to help vulnerable asylum seekers, governance at ACEM, mental health care, and several College initiatives.
Australia’s health system is failing to meet the needs of people who present to emergency departments with a mental health crisis, according to a new Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) analysis released today.
More than 150 emergency doctors, psychiatrists, consumers, clinicians and key decision makers will gather in Melbourne next week to tackle Australia’s mental health crisis.