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20 Oct 2024

Emergency Medicine – Building Our Future Summit Report

In August 2023, the year of the 40th anniversary of the foundation of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM), the College convened the Emergency Medicine – Building Our Future Summit to start conversations about the role and scope of emergency medicine – now, and into the future.

26 Jul 2023

2022 Trainee ED Placement Survey

The Trainee ED Placement Survey is an annual survey distributed to FACEM trainees that captures site-specific data to ensure sites provide training and a training environment which are appropriate, safe, and supportive of FACEM trainees.

25 Jun 2024

2023 Trainee ED Placement Survey

The Trainee Placement Survey is an annual survey distributed to FACEM trainees that captures placement-specific data to ensure that ACEM-accredited sites provide training and a training environment that are appropriate, safe and supportive of FACEM trainees.

20 May 2021

Health and Medical Research and Innovation Discussion Paper

Submission to Western Australia Health and Medical Research and Innovation Strategy. Focus is on key issues within emergency medicine that would benefit from additional investment via research, innovation and suggestions for policy and legislative changes to enable leading clinical and translational research in emergency medicine.

08 Apr 2021

Statement on Indigenous Liaison Officers and Interpreters in Aus EDs

The purpose of this Statement is to specifically advocate for the increased recruitment of Indigenous Health Liaison Officers/Aboriginal Liaison Officers (IHLOs/ALOs) and Australian Indigenous Language Interpreters to emergency departments in Australia. ACEM recognises that these professions are not represented by a peak body.

20 Mar 2025

President-Elect: Dr Peter Allely

Dr Peter Allely was appointed as President-Elect in November 2024.

18 Dec 2020

Policy for RPL Towards Training in the PHRMTP

This policy describes the principles and processes by which a prospective Pre-Hospital and Retrieval Medicine (PHRM) trainee may seek recognition of prior learning gained during formal training for the purpose of obtaining credit towards the Associateship in PHRM Training Program (PHRMTP).

07 Mar 2018

Policy on Clinical Handover in the ED

Clinical handover is a high-risk activity for patient safety due to the potential for communication error. The use of a structured tool provides a standardised approach to clinical handover. However, it should not replace clarifying communication around complex and multifaceted presentations.

07 Feb 2022

Annual Conversation

The Annual Conversation is a Medical Council of New Zealand requirement for participants registered to practice in Aotearoa New Zealand.

20 May 2021

The Social and Economic Benefits of Improving Mental Health

ACEM recommendations for the Government to commit to reforms that deliver timely access to appropriate mental health care with a focus on after-hour care in the community. Recommendations for all mental health stakeholders to work together to support prevention, early intervention and better management of mental health needs for patients.