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In response to a petition, the SA Legislative Review Committee conducted hearings on issues pertaining to the ambulance service. This submission highlighted the importance of a whole of system response to access block, and therefore ambulance ramping.
ACEM acknowledges the role of the National Preventive Health Strategy to provide a 10-year plan for shaping the health and wellbeing of the population. ACEM welcome the commitment for increased investment, however there are concerns that climate change, mental health and the inequities in Indigenous health are missing from the Strategy.
Community Members play an important role in contributing to ACEM's work in education, training, standard setting, policy and advocacy. We welcome your expression of interest in becoming a Community Member with us.
Interested in contributing to the development of Emergency Medicine or joining a community of like-minded peers? View available College opportunities.
A collection of deeply personal stories by frontline healthcare workers who connect with patients experiencing acute illness and injury, and support communities in times of crisis.
The College was invited to provide feedback the NSW Health Practitioner Regulation 2016. The College advocates for the continuing nomination of an emergency medicine physician to the Medical Council NSW and its deliberating committees.
Outside of the Visiting Emergency Medicine Registrar Program (VERMP) as an advanced trainee in EM, there are opportunities for independently sourced volunteering in Global Health/Global Emergency Care (GEC) as part of an accredited special skills term.
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As the peak body for emergency medicine, ACEM is committed to delivering an emergency medicine specialist-led Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program that is not only relevant and responsive to your growth and aspirations, but also provides you with the support needed to meet the requirements set by regulators.
ACEM supports evidence-based approaches to harm minimisation. Harm minimisation is a multipronged approach to drug use through harm reduction (reducing risk behaviours or creating safer settings), demand reduction (preventing uptake or providing appropriate treatment) and supply reduction (regulation and reducing production and supply).