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As an ACEM trainee from Aotearoa New Zealand, Dr Olly Aughton has worked in the hustle and bustle of metropolitan EDs in Auckland and Wellington. However, he said it was when he stepped away and embraced his placements in RRR settings that he learned about the power of practicing emergency medicine with a human touch.
ACEM EM specialist trainee Kathryn turned an Intensive Care placement in Alice Springs into four-year family caravanning adventure exploring Australia by road. Thanks to ACEM's flexible RRR training policies, Kathryn has since undertaken ACEM training in Albany, Perth, Geraldton, Broome and Kununurra. She was awarded ACEM’s Buchanan Prize, has successfully completed her fellowship examinations, has recently been elected to Fellowship, and is still travelling.
When Dr Olufemi Onikola passed a serious car accident on his way home, the new skills he had just learned at an Emergency Medicine Education and Training (EMET) session helped save the patient’s life.
ACEM’s Emergency Medicine Education and Training (EMET) provides education, training and supervision to doctors and other health professionals who are not specifically trained in emergency medical care – but it relies on funding to keep going.
The inaugural Regional, Rural and Remote Emergency Medicine Conference 2024 celebrated the innovation that underpins the ways emergency medicine and health care professionals work together to heal communities.
“Our overcrowded emergency departments are a symptom of the failing health system that we've got at the moment,” Dr Stephen Gourley said.
In a throwback from the print YourED archives, Dr Richard Johnson describes the defining experiences that have influenced his work in emergency medicine.
Dr Georgina Beech and Dr Seira Ikeuchi both share a passion for supporting regional and rural candidates to equitably access educational resources, and have established their own program to help these trainees prepare for the OSCE.
