Trauma Course - Prato Masterclass Series
2026 dates releasing soon!
Immerse yourself in trauma care with our comprehensive Masterclass, covering everything from pre-hospital to in-hospital settings. Develop practical skills and delve into nuanced care through interactive sessions led by a diverse and experienced Faculty.
Date
Monday May 5 to Thursday May 8, 2025
Mode
In-person
Format
Four-day Workshop
APPROVALS, ACCREDITATIONS:
ACEM - Approved for 24 CPD hours.
ACRRM - Accredited for 33 CPD hours.
The Trauma Masterclass Course, offers an in-depth exploration of trauma care, from pre-hospital to in-hospital settings. This program provides opportunities to develop both theoretical knowledge and practical skills. Through highly interactive sessions, participants will delve into the nuances and controversies of trauma care. The diverse perspectives presented by our Faculty will help you cultivate a system-wide approach to delivering care to this complex patient group.
Our multi-modal agenda will include advanced-level case explorations, low-fidelity simulation, debates, panel discussions, and both large and small-group work to provide deep learning and confidence-building education.
We will take full advantage of our beautiful Tuscan setting with curb-side scenarios and fantastic social and networking events.
Our stunning learning space is designed for intellectual and cultural exchange in the heritage-listed Palazzo Vaj, Monash University Prato Campus.
Learning topics will include traumatic cardiac arrest, airway management, massive transfusion, spinal clearance and spinal injury, solid organ injuries, chest injuries; and life, limb, sight-saving injuries.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This course is relevant to Emergency Physicians, Emergency Registrars, CMOs, Emergency Medicine trainees and clinicians and clinicians responsible for emergency care in rural and remote settings.
DATES:
Monday 5 – Thursday 8 May, 2025
LOCATION:
Monash University Prato Centre
Prato PO,
Italy
A/Prof Joseph Mathew
A/Prof Mathew has been successfully involved in Trauma systems development across Asia in countries like India, Sri Lanka, China and Saudi Arabia. He was the Australian lead of the successfully completed Australia- India Trauma System Collaboration which involved systems development, registry development and technology development. He has worked as a consultant in trauma systems development.
Dr Dave McCreary
Dr David McCreary is an Emergency Physician at the Alfred Hospital and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Monash University. He completed his undergraduate training in the UK at the University of Liverpool and completed his MSc in Trauma Science from Queen Mary’s University, London. David trained in Emergency Medicine in a variety of centres in UK and Australia and is a Fellow of both the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.
Dr Clare Richmond
Dr Clare Richmond is an emergency physician who provides critical care anywhere in her role a s pre-hospital and retrieval medicine specialist with NSW Ambulance, where she is Supervisor of Medical Training and a State Retrieval Consultant. On other days, Clare can be found in the emergency department at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, asking her team ‘what do you want to learn about today?’ musing the same thoughts for her own time, seeking always to discover. She enjoys educating multidisciplinary clinicians for Sydney HEMS, Sydney Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre, the University of Sydney and at the courses and conferences across the globe.
Dr Nicola Walsham
Nicola is the Acting Director of Emergency Services at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Critical Care at the University of Melbourne. An experienced, compassionate Emergency Physician with special interests in trauma, infectious diseases (DTMH London), toxicology (PGDipMedTox Cardiff) and wilderness medicine. Nicola holds executive committee positions with the Emergency Trauma Management course and RescueMed.
