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Emergency Medicine Small Group Teaching

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Wednesday 10am - 12pm via zoom
Registrars who are not currently engaged in examination preparation need to attend the Core EM interactive tutorials. 
Pre-reading and questions are provided prior to some of the sessions. 
The tutorials are designed to cover all ACEM syllabus core topics over a two-year period.
Coordinator: Sheila
​Contact Sheila to be joined into the core EM whatsapp group




2023 Core EM topics and resources
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TERM 1
​8 topics
environmental incl  drowning/heat
CVS Syncope/cardiac arrhythmia /ECG
ENT/DENTAL
Resus/airway
urology
derm/rheum/immunology 
​​Admin/leadership/teaching
​Neuro, AMS, seizures
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TERM 2
9 topics
teaching/emotional intelligence
CVS Cardiac ischemia/ECGs/chest pain
Respiratory - infection/PE/Pnx
Endocrine 
Neuro peripheral
Obstetrics / gynae
oncology
procedural sedation
​geriatric emergencies

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Term 3
9 topics
​Renal/electrolytes
​​shock undifferentiated
Gastromed/GI surg
​Psych
​Ophthalmology
​toxicology
​Plastics/ burns/wounds 
disaster/retrieval/pre-hospital
​ECG s
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TERM 4
6 topics

head neck trauma
ortho upper limb
ortho lower limb
trauma chest/abdo pelvis
vascular AAA, dissection, emboli , PVD
leadership / mentoring/coaching




Old ACEM VAQs/SAQs

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2022

Date

ACEM Syllabus  


Radiology/ECG
Skills Day
Shock/hypovolaemia
ABGs, Don Liews guide to ABG, Dons guide to exam
Body fluid exposure 
2009.2 VAQ 1 + 2, SCE stems for registrars 2009.2 SCE 1, SCE2
Acute coronary syndrome 
Paeds upper airway
Clearing the cervical spine, Nexus vs CCR, Spinal cord syndromes
SCE 3 2009.2  -  SCE 3 ECG  -  SCE 4 2009.2  -   VAQ 3/4 2009.2
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Tachyarrhythmias, ECG1, ECG2, ECG3

Registrar Lunch
Heat stroke
Skills day


RSI
Headache - LP Headache art ar
ABGs session 2
The difficult RSI 
Analgesics  -  Paracetamol OD Mx guidelines  -  Salicylate OD
​Hyponatraemia - HypoNa article
Chest trauma 
Decontamination Anticholinergics, Sympathomimetics
​Hypothermia
Registrar Lunch
GI bleeding & FBs - GI bleeding paper - GI foreign body paper
Skills day, BLS training
SCE 1/2 2010.1 - SCE ECG - VAQ 7/8 2009.2
Oncology, 
Procedural sedation - preparation
Drowning
Anticonvulsants, Lithium, 
DKA, HHNS
ACLS, Adult ARC, Paed ARC
VAQ 1/2/3  2010.1 - SCE 3/4 2010.1
Bleeding in early pregnancy - Pelvic examination paper
VAQ 4/5/6  2010.1 - SCE 5/6 2010.1 
Registrar Lunch
Distributive Shock

Skills Day
Syncope, San Fran, Syncope scores
Undifferentiated abdominal pain
Seizures 
Physical restraint and sedation, Safety of droperidol paper

No teaching
No teaching
Late pregnancy and PPH
Snake/spider bite
Case 1 and 2 , Case 3 + 4 (VAQ)
End of Year

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ACEM Syllabus

Orientation
Skills day
Burns  - Group 2 Simulation scenarios
Bleeding in Early Pregnancy/PPH
Case 1 + 2, Case 3,4 +5 (VAQ)
Retrieval
Nasty Heart Drugs
Febrile child, - group 2 Sim scenarios
Case 1+2 , Case (VAQ) 3 + 4
Respiratory distress
Procedural sedation - the challenging patient - Group 2 Sim
Marine envenomings
Registrar Lunch
Paed Upper Limb Injuries

Skills day
Organophosphates

Biers Block 
Case 1 + 2  - Case 3, 4 + 5 (VAQ)
Death and dying
Undifferentiated shock
Practice exam feedback
Aortic dissection/AAA
Case 1, Case 2, 3 + 4 (VAQ) 
Brady-arrhythmias
Limping child - Paed XRs
Registrar Lunch
Electrical Injury 
Skills day
Stroke/Migraine  -  TIA mimics paper
Common lower limb injuries
Disasters
Wheezy Child
ECGs
Eye injuries
Iron   -   Paper for pre-reading: Iron
Case 1 + 2, Case 3 + 4 (VAQ) 
Head injury
Rashes
Registrar lunch
Anaphylaxis/Angioedema
Skills day
The acute scrotum
Case 1, Case 2, 3 + 4 (VAQ)
BLS/ALS in special circumstances
Common upper limb injuries
Inotropes and Pressors


Endocrine Emergencies
Hyper/hypokalaemia, Hypercalcaemia, ECG 1 ECG 2 ECG 3
Case 1 + 2, Case 3 + 4 (VAQ)
 

Theme


Welcome/introduction 
Skills day MMC or DDH
Resuscitation 
Medicine 
Medicine 
Case scenarios 1
Medicine  
Paeds 
Surgery 
Case scenarios 2
Toxicology 
Medicine  
Registrar Lunch

Environmental 
Skills Day MMC or DDH


Anaesthetics
Medicine
Medicine

Anaesthetics 
Toxicology 
Medicine
Surgery
Toxicology
Environmental 
Registrar Lunch
Medicine

Skills Day MMC or DDH
Case scenarios 4

Medicine
Anaesthetics

Medicine
Toxicology
Medicine
Resuscitation

Case scenarios 5
Gynaecology
Case scenarios 6
Registrar Lunch
Resuscitation

Skills Day MMC or DDH
Environmental

Surgery
Paeds
Psychiatry
Practice Exam Feedback
 No Teaching
No Teaching
Obstetrics
Toxicology
Case scenarios 7

End of year

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Theme

​Orientation
Skills Day
Trauma
O&G
Case scenarios 8
Pre-hospital care
Toxicology
Paediatrics
Case scenarios 9
Medicine
Anaesthetics
Toxicology
Registrar lunch
Paeds

Skills day
Toxicology

Anaesthetic
Case scenarios 10
Medico-legal
Resuscitation
Practice exam
Surgery
Case scenarios 11
Medicine
Paediatrics
Registrar lunch
Trauma
Skills day
Medicine
Surgery
Paediatrics
Disasters
Medicine
Surgery
Toxicology
Case scenarios 12
Trauma
Paediatrics
Registrar lunch
Immunology
Skills day
Urology
Case scenarios 13
Life support
Surgery
Medicine
Christmas no teaching
Christmas No teaching
Medicine
Medicine
Case scenarios 14
End of term





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