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    This document provides an overview of a career in emergency medicine, including what emergency physicians do, the variety in daily work, opportunities for teamwork, leadership, teaching and research. It discusses the flexibility of training programs and career options, including opportunities to subspecialize or work internationally. The lifestyle benefits are highlighted, such as fixed hours during training with time off. Challenges include the high intensity work and need for broad medical knowledge and decision making skills. Training involves both emergency and non-emergency rotations over 4-6 years and can be tailored to individual interests with options for dual specialty training. Contact information is provided to learn more about emergency medicine careers and training programs.

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    This document provides an overview of a career in emergency medicine, including what emergency physicians do, the variety in daily work, opportunities for teamwork, leadership, teaching and research. It discusses the flexibility of training programs and career options, including opportunities to subspecialize or work internationally. The lifestyle benefits are highlighted, such as fixed hours during training with time off. Challenges include the high intensity work and need for broad medical knowledge and decision making skills. Training involves both emergency and non-emergency rotations over 4-6 years and can be tailored to individual interests with options for dual specialty training. Contact information is provided to learn more about emergency medicine careers and training programs.

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    This document provides an overview of a career in emergency medicine, including what emergency physicians do, the variety in daily work, opportunities for teamwork, leadership, teaching and research. It discusses the flexibility of training programs and career options, including opportunities to subspecialize or work internationally. The lifestyle benefits are highlighted, such as fixed hours during training with time off. Challenges include the high intensity work and need for broad medical knowledge and decision making skills. Training involves both emergency and non-emergency rotations over 4-6 years and can be tailored to individual interests with options for dual specialty training. Contact information is provided to learn more about emergency medicine careers and training programs.

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    Emergency Medicine

    Your Career In

    Information for prospective trainees

    Why Emergency? Clinical Flexibility Lifestyle What is the job like? What about the training program? Find out more

    Why Emergency?

    What does an Emergency Physician do?


    We are true acute generalists who manage problems in everyone from birth to death We are diagnosticians We are resuscitation leaders We are proceduralists with a wide range of technical skills We are coordinators of acute care, often for entire regions We are strong believers in evidenced based medicine

    Every day is different


    In what other job could you
    Resuscitate an arresting 50 year old Reassure worried parents of a newborn Reduce a dislocated shoulder in a 20 year old Run off to a MET call on the delivery suite Recognize and treat malaria in a returned traveller Rule out a PE in a spritely 70 year old Return home on time, with no on call

    All on the same day!!!

    Teamwork
    Dont sit alone at a desk all day Work alongside your peers, juniors, students, nursing staff, allied health, wardies, paramedics and occasionally police in a dynamic environment

    Leadership
    Learn to safely and efficiently coordinate the care of multiple patients at once Become a real clinical leader, running a packed resus Advise care and arrange retrievals of patients from all over your state

    Teaching
    Teach on the floor every day Teach your colleagues at regular sessions Attend and teach at courses and workshops in everything from ultrasound to APLS Join an academic department and become a lecturer

    Research
    Opportunities for research in everything from toxicology to wilderness medicine Dedicated academic emergency departments with links to universities Research projects as part of training

    What about when my training finishes:

    Subspecialities

    Emergency Medicine
    Toxicology Disaster Medicine Trauma Hyperbaric Medicine Environmental Medicine Academic Ultrasound

    Intensive Care Paediatrics Retrieval Medicine International relief/disaster Administration Public health

    Lifestyle and flexibility

    Lifestyle
    ED registrars work fixed hours with minimal or no on call Get regular mini-holidays without taking leave Enjoy uncrowded beaches and ski fields on your weekdays off Have a great bunch of people to share your time off with

    Flexibility as a registrar
    Work anywhere in Australia or New Zealand No forced secondments by your college so you dont have to worry about moving every six months Family friendly: Do your entire training part time and have time out Develop an area of interest, pick your own terms, travel and work overseas, do aid workyour skills can take you everywhere

    Flexibility as a specialist
    Work full time, part time or locum shifts in the public or private sector Subspecialize, work in ICU, do research Work all around the world; fellows of ACEM are sought after everywhere Jobs are available in most places most of the time No need for rooms, or secretaries or business managers, or locums if you want a holiday or

    Lifestyle as a specialist
    Earn good money and have the time off to actually enjoy it Minimal oncall Flexible rostering and hours

    What is the job like?

    So what do ED registrars like about their job?


    I love the variety and the challenge Every day you turn up to work, you have no idea what your day will bring! I like being autonomous as a registrar, and being able to manage all aspects of a sick patient I like the casual atmosphere and team work; no suits or ward rounds

    So what do ED registrars like about their job?


    We are the experts in the first 6 hours of every major illness; we deal with all the acute physiological disturbance and get to do all the procedures, then we send them off to the ward! Its stressful at times, but youve always got back up and a great team around you Having midweek days off to enjoy the outdoors is awesome

    Challenges in Emergency Medicine


    High intensity clinical work, usually in public hospitals, negotiating with other specialties, administration, government Non-clinical/ management responsibilities Requires decisiveness, resilience, awareness of limitations, good interpersonal skills Requires maintenance of broad knowledge and skills Limited patient continuity of care

    Training

    Training
    Doctors can come to ED from a wide variety of backgrounds at all stages of their careers All your training can occur in one state or region, or all over Australia/NZ if you prefer All your training can be done part time, and you can have time out for travel or families

    Where can I train?


    99 EDs accredited are for Emergency Medicine training
    88 in Australia, 11 in New Zealand 40 tertiary 36 urban 23 rural

    Length of accreditation 6, 12, 24 months Accreditation of other areas if accredited by the appropriate specialist college

    ACEM principles of training


    Criterion referenced assessment = everyone good enough will pass You need an understanding of
    basic mechanisms of disease and bodily function practical aspects of research

    Recognition of prior learning Facilitation of joint training Flexibility of training Trainee choice

    Training requirements
    PGY1 and PGY 2 1 year of provisional training with a primary exam 4 years of advanced training (post primary) Research project Fellowship Examination

    Advanced training
    30 months emergency (6 months non-tertiary) 18 months non-emergency
    Pick your own terms and tailor your own program 6 months of accredited Anaesthesia or ICU ED Registrars do Paediatrics, NICU, Medicine, Surgery, Rural, Retrieval, Hyperbaric, Education, Toxicology, Administration and more

    Advanced training: Dual training


    Dual training programs for combined tickets in ICU or paediatrics are available, and have minimized the amount of required time and number of exams

    Training overseas
    In any UK ED accredited by BAEM
    up to 12 months possible some additional non ED time may be accredited

    Training in other countries possible with prior approval

    Find out more

    Find out more


    Contact ACEM Contact the trainee representative for your state/NZ Speak to the Director of Emergency Medicine Training (DEMT) at your hospital Talk to an ED registrar

    Give ED a try!

    Dr Nick Taylor 2009. Many thanks to A/Prof Bob Dunn for content and photos and A/Prof Drew Richardson for photos

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