The Global Emergency Care Conference is an annual two-day event. It is designed to equip emergency care providers with the skills, resources and networks to become involved in the development of global emergency care, particularly in resource-limited settings.
CAPACITY BUILDING IN GLOBAL EMERGENCY CARE WORKSHOP
Monday 9 September 2024 | 9.00am – 5.00pm (AEST)
A small group, interactive workshop that utilises real-world scenarios to help you to develop the skills you need to successfully engage in emergency care projects around the world.
This in-depth one-day program is developed and delivered by a team of clinicians with extensive experience working with multiple aid/health organisations in countries such as Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa and Afghanistan.
Explore and discuss:
The current status of emergency care globally
The identified priorities for global emergency care development projects and clinicians
How to complete a needs assessment
How to create, develop and deliver a project framework
The essential toolkit of skills, networks and resources an emergency care clinician requires.
Delivery:
This event will be delivered both in-person and virtually from Melbourne, Australia.
GLOBAL EMERGENCY CARE SYMPOSIUM
Tuesday 10 September 2024 | 9.00am – 5.00pm (AEST)
A one-day, hybrid symposium bringing together a wealth of local and international speakers with unparalleled expertise in emergency care practice, education and research in resource-limited settings. Be inspired by incredible projects and learn more about what’s planned. The program will include opportunities for interaction and networking. It will open your eyes to your potential to impact global health outcomes.
Learn more about the World Health Organization's vision for emergency, critical and operative (ECO) care at the Annual Global Emergency Care Conference. This year’s event will explore World Health Assembly (WHA) Resolution 76.2: 'Integrated ECO care for universal health coverage and protection from health emergencies'. Passed by the WHA in 2023, this resolution represents a powerful call by 80 WHO member states to strengthen health systems for the delivery of high-quality ECO services.
Delivery:
This event will be delivered both in-person and virtually from Melbourne, Australia.
Location:
Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM)
34 Jeffcott St
West Melbourne
Victoria
3003
Faculty
Dr Rob Mitchell
Rob Mitchell (@robdmitchell) is an academic emergency physician at the Alfred Hospital Emergency & Trauma Centre; Chair of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) Global Emergency Care Committee; and faculty for the Monash University/Alfred Health Capacity Building in Global Emergency Care program. He is involved with emergency care capacity development projects across the Indo-Pacific, including the Regional Emergency and Critical Care Systems Strengthening Initiative (RECSI), funded by the Australian Government through the Partnerships for a Healthy Region initiative. In 2024, he completed a PhD focussed on emergency care systems in low- and middle-income countries, and was the recipient of a Premier’s Award for health services research.
A/Prof Gerard O'Reilly
A/Prof Gerard O’Reilly is a senior Emergency Physician and Head of Global Programs at the Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre, Head of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the National Trauma Research Institute, and Associate Professor at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.
Dr Georgina Phillips
Dr Georgina Phillips has worked at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne for more than 25 years, with special interest in clinical excellence and research for patients with complex psychosocial issues. Since 1996 as an Australian Volunteer doctor in Kiribati, Georgina has had ongoing involvement in emergency care capacity development in the Asia-Pacific region, including Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Fiji, Timor-Leste and Myanmar.
Dr Jennifer Jamieson
Dr Jennifer Jamieson (@drjennyjam) is an emergency physician and trauma consultant with a passion for global health and emergency medicine. She currently works as a FACEM at the Royal Hobart Hospital and helps oversee the trauma portfolio for the emergency department. She undertook her specialty training at the Alfred Hospital, then split her time working as a trauma consultant at Alfred Health and an emergency physician at Monash Health.
Dr Megan Cox
Dr Megan Cox is an Emergency Medicine (EM) Specialist Clinician and Academic with 25 years of International experience. She is the current chair of ACEM’s Global emergency care committee.Since finishing EM specialty training, Megan has worked extensively in humanitarian, retrieval and emergency departments in Sub Saharan Africa, including 6 years as the Head of Emergency Medicine in Botswana. There she trained the first local EM Specialists , developed locally based resuscitation courses, established EM research and supervised over 100 medical student and physician volunteers.
Dr Rose Skalicky
Dr Rose Skalicky is a Senior Emergency Medicine Specialist with a desire for equitable, accessible, and quality emergency care health services for all people, wherever they may be. For the past decade she has been involved in humanitarian work in low resourced countries: 2010-2012 she worked in rural Tanzania and in 2013 she moved to Yangon, Myanmar, returning to Australia mid-January 2021.
Dr Danielle Clark
Dr Danielle Clark is an Emergency Registrar working at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. She graduated from Griffith School of Medicine and has a Masters of Public Health degree from the University of New South Wales.Having always had an interest in global medicine- previously volunteering in Haiti, Cambodia and South Africa she was the first Emergency Registrar in Vanuatu as part of the ACEM Visiting Emergency Medicine Program in 2020.
