Developing Emergency Medicine Conference- May 2012 

Beat Medical is proud to support and recommend the developing EM conference, to be held 1-5 May 2012. Look out for Beat Medical representatives throughout the conference.

For more information, and to register for the conference, visit their website here.

DevelopingEM is a not for profit conference organising agency specialising in providing a practical clinical approach to the delivery of emergency medicine education to senior emergency clinicians. 

We hope to maintain an independence of direction and flexibility of action by remaining unaligned to established medical and pharmaceutical bodies.

Our short-term goal is to establish an innovative medical education experience within Australia. We aim to provide a clinically relevant educational experience aimed at the senior emergency physician and supported by evidenced-based information. The medical component will have a practical clinical thrust with short, sharp, polished presentations with a focus on “best practice” in EM. Critical to the venture will be the inclusion of a substantial nonmedical component. We hope the combination of elements will attract clinicians keen for a different experience.

If this process is successful we hope to export similar practical, evidence-based educational, and regionally specific Emergency Medicine conferences to the developing world. Any funds generated from conferences within Australia would be utilised to subsidise the attendance of local emergency medicine practitioners to the regional conferences as well as ongoing continuing education projects within that region. Beyond our educational goals, we also hope to grow a network of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care specialists with an interest to provide medical education, training, and health care to underserved regions of the developing world. Our first venture, DevelopingEM 2012 will hopefully pave the way for the establishment of a regular Australian and overseas conference system with these same ideals.

Developing EM 2012 is a multifaceted conference aimed at the senior emergency physician. The components include an academic program, optional sessions, practical activities and a social program.

Academic Program The academic program will cover emergency medicine and critical care, paediatrics and trauma medicine. The presentations will aim to have a clinical and practical framework and will be delivered by senior physicians. The content of the presentations will be screened by the management team in order to produce a polished result in line with the aims of the conference.

Optional sessions include an ultrasound workshop and presentations on disaster medicine.

Practical Activities A highlight of DevelopingEM 2012 will be a range of practical activities that will be unsurpassed by any conference this year. These include An introduction to the helicopter as a medical platform with an opportunity to experience static winching and flights over Sydney. This service is provided by one of our supporters Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter Service. An introduction to wilderness rescue with a canyoning and abseiling experience in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. A surf survival experience hosted by the team from Bondi Rescue

Future Conference destinations that are being considered include: Havana, Cuba Siem Reap, Cambodia Gabarone, Botswana Salvador, Brazil