All registrars rostered on for that morning and all others available
Available ED consultants
Other senior clinicians
What:
The Continuing Medical Education (CME ) program at SCGH ED is intended to explore the current literature and emerging concepts in Emergency Medicine, while also allowing the consolidation of core principles and the learning/maintenance of some essential procedural skills
These sessions act as an open forum to have productive discussions regarding the art, and science, of emergency medical practice
Each CME session usually comprises of 3-4 ~20-30min presentations, plus a brief break and quiz (ECG, VBG, other…), however presentation duration will vary with topic
The content of these sessions will often mirror the topics for Part 2 (and some Part 1) FACEM teaching that follows this session, however, will also include other relevant topics
Other CME Content includes:
Airway workshop (1 per 6/12)
Trauma Scenario (1/month)
Mortality & Morbidity Review (1/month)
Radiology Sessions (1/month)
Social media / FOAM workshop (1 per 6/12)
Registrar topic choice (every 5 weeks)
Toxicology core knowledge
Critical care ultrasound core knowledge
Emergency medicine outside the tertiary hospital
Presentations are prepared by emergency (and other specialty) consultants & registrars, aswell as relevant allied health staff
What you need to know:
Check the CME timetable here for when you are rostered on a Thursday day shift to see if you have been assigned a presentation
Arrive on time
All presenters:
If you are a registrar, you will also be assigned a consultant mentor, whom you should contact at least a week prior to your presentation for advice on topic presentation
Are asked to present well researched content in the allotted timeframe
Must include references for your presentation
Place their talk within the folder labelled CME 20xx on the desktop of the seminar computer for upload to the CME presentation archive
All registrars are expected to attend as many CME sessions as possible during their term
