OVERVIEW

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) Winter Symposium 2021 is organized by Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM), Encanta Event Management and will be held from Jul 27 - 30, 2021 at Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

Description:
The ACEM Winter Symposium 2021 is a chance to showcase what we do best, how we flourish in times of change, and find opportunities where others only see threat. With a focus on issues relevant to the health of the individual, our crumbling environment and the entrenched inequities of today’s society we want to examine how vulnerabilities amplify risk and how resilience is an act of resistance.

We want to create a space for discussion, reflection and introspection that allows ingenuity, innovation and creativity to shape our practice of emergency medicine. We want to move you out of your comfort zone as we explore how ethics, evidence and experience will support and nourish us in an illuminated new normal.

The ACEM Winter Symposium 2021 will be held on the lands of the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji and Yirrganydji people, in the beautiful city of Cairns, where the rainforest meets the reef. Join us in this special place to discover how fragile reality is, just beneath the pristine surface.

A hybrid symposium:
ACEM and the Local Organising Committee will be offering a hybrid Symposium model, which will consist of a face-to-face Symposium in Cairns coupled with an online program so that both in-person and remote delegates can attend. Both options will provide delegates with keynote and invited speakers, oral presentations, workshops, panel discussions, networking opportunities as well as a physical and virtual exhibition.

By offering a hybrid model we can be more inclusive and welcoming to a larger community who may not be able to attend in person due to travel, health, budget or other restrictions. Of course, in exploring more hybrid aspects, we aim to preserve the diversity, inclusion and accessibility of any physical event.

Any physical restrictions that may be in place in July 2021 will dictate how much of a physical/online event versus entirely online event will take place, and may mean that the number of face-to-face Symposium attendees will be capped at a specified limit – we encourage you to register as early as possible to secure your place.

Workshops
BE. HERE. NOW
Date: Tuesday 27 July 2021
Time: 8.00am - 12.00pm (AEST)
Location: Cairns Convention Centre & Online
Cost: Face-to-Face $225.00 / Virtual $160.00

Description:
This workshop is about YOU - the emergency medicine physician. How to bring your humanity and the gift of who you are to the workplace. How you can navigate competence, credibility and compassion in the high pressure, high stakes environment on Emergency medicine.

Climate + Action
Date: Tuesday 27 July 2021
Time: 8.30am - 12.00pm (AEST)
Location: Cairns Convention Centre & Online
Cost: Face-to-Face $130.00 / Virtual $90.00

Description:
Action and advocacy are familiar skills for emergency physicians. The focus of this workshop is responding to the Climate Emergency. In the last few years, we have borne witness to the health impacts of climate change. This was especially evident in the Black Summer of 2019. The science is clear that climate change is accelerating, degrading the environment, and causing more frequent and worsening extreme weather events. We need to lead the change for a better and more sustainable future, before we cross the threshold of irreversible destruction of the only planet we have. Being a change agent requires more than just an idea. We need practical actions, informed by evidence and experience, for our personal lives, our workplaces and the broader public domain. This interactive workshop will be led by emergency physicians who understand advocacy and have a passion for creating change. They will be joined by guests who are experts in the arena of climate science to deepen the discussion and focus on the tools that translate the ideas and knowledge into effective action.

Nerve Block Workshop
Date: Tuesday 27 July 2021
Time: 8.00am - 4.00pm (AEST)
Location: Cairns Convention Centre & Online
Cost: $395

Description:
Nerve blocks are commonly used in ED and their use has been made safer with the advert on ultrasound. This masterclass will cover anatomical and technical fundamentals of USS-guided anaesthesia from maxillo-facial area to the ankles. There will be a stepwise workflow from probe and local anaesthetic selection and delivery techniques, preparation particular attention to sterile procedures and hints and gems on maximizing results. The faculty will be a combination of FACEMS with interests in an anaesthetics and USS, consultant anaesthetists and well established dentists. The hope is that they leave you the executional confidence required to take back to your clinical practice.

Fast Track your CPD
Date: Tuesday 27 July 2021
Time: 1.00pm - 4.00pm (AEST)
Location: Cairns Convention Centre & Online
Cost: No charge

Description:
Find out what’s changed in 2021. Participate in a short program designed to meet the new “measuring outcomes” component of CPD hours. Engage in hands-on exploration of the new ACEM CPD Portal.

The what, why and how of the ACEM CPD program explained in detail.

Join CPD committee members and CPD staff as they breakdown the ACEM CPD program components in an easy to understand format.

Botanical Walk:
Date: Tuesday 27 July 2021
Time: 1.00pm - 4.00pm (AEST)
Location: Cairns Botanical Gardens (will depart and return to the Cairns Convention Centre)
Cost: $75.00

Description:
July, while southern states shiver in the grip of winter, Cairns is bathed in balmy days, calm seas and many flowering plants.The Cairns Botanical Garden houses the best collection of tropical plants in Australia. These are concentrated in The Flecker Garden, named after Dr Hugo Flecker a radiologist.

Digby Green, local Cairns Emergency Physician and self-confessed tropical plantaholic, will lead participants on a walk to take in the diversity of native and exotic plants, some with culinary or toxic properties.

From the outright beautiful to the decidedly odd, this 3 hour activity will have something for everyone, including afternoon tea in the Botanicals Café.