Welcome to the Paediatric Emergency Education page.
Typically, you are with us for 13 weeks; some of you we get to keep for longer! It’s a cosy (aka nosey!) department and we love getting to know you and want to make your time with us fun and worth your while.
Here are some pointers to consider:
1. Weekly teaching occurs every Wednesday from 10am-2pm, either on Microsoft Teams (link in your calendar), face-to-face sessions or online in collaboration with the other PEM sites around Victoria. All links and details can be found under the Paediatric 2025 tab HERE.
The PEM team puts on a fantastic educaiton program that we're sure you will find beneficial! As per your EBA, you are paid 5 horus per week to participate in teaching, and we expect an attendance rate of >80% pro rata. The 80% calculation does not include when you cannot attend due to nights/annual leave/personal leave/alternative education arrangements (see below).
You are not expected to attend if you are rostered on nights on the Wednesday, just post nights, on annual leave or rostered to an AM shift on the floor. We can see this on the roster, and you do not need to email that you wont be attending.
If you are away on personal/carers leave please email the teaching consultants to advise them of this.
If you are attending alternate teaching on that day, please let the teaching team know as soon as possible.
Some trainees (eg pre-fellowship ACEM trainees) may be attending a different program for the term which requires pre-discussion and approval with their DEMT.
Less than 80% attendance will be reviewed and reflected in your end of term assessment.
2. Choose Wisely. Monash ED offers multiple teaching streams for the different ACEM exams. Typically, Fellowship exam candidates join the Fellowship stream, but you need to apply for these. Chat with your DEMT and let us know. Paediatric trainees will have different needs around your exams - come and chat so we can free you up to join OSCE training. If there are specific sessions/ courses you want to attend, please let us know. Attendance and participation in teaching count towards your mark for this term.
3. Identify specific goals for the term. Humans love achieving and success is infectious. Identify what you want to get out of this term e.g. septic work up, fracture manipulation, procedural sedation etc. Also, identifying these early makes it possible to meet your training requirements early in the term (DOPS, WBAs). We want you to get something out of every shift; prioritize your learning at least once every shift!
4. Participate in adhoc training opportunities on the floor. Most of the senior clinicians (nurses and doctors) have expertise in a particular specialist area e.g. simulation, research, college examiners (ACEM + RACP), education, or some surprising clinical side hustles! Other formats of learning include insitu- simulation, airway huddles, skills days etc. Jump in and take advantage! 5. Mentoring. A lot of you already have mentors though your involvement in your training but we offer to connect you to a senior clinician in our department. These are separate to your assessors and offer a perspective that comes from their journey and career in paediatric ED. Sometimes it helps to have a chat and explore the case in more detail. You will get your allocation in the first week, it is entirely voluntary to make use of this opportunity.