Teaching
Structured teaching, built around you - from JR to fellowship.
Teaching streams
Teaching runs Wednesdays, with several streams in parallel so registrars at different stages get sessions pitched to them.
Weekly timetable
This week's and next week's sessions are on the home page, or browse the full year by term and stream below.
Core EM
Interactive tutorials for registrars not currently in exam preparation, covering the ACEM syllabus core topics on a two-year rotation. Pre-reading is provided ahead of most sessions.
Primary
For trainees preparing for the primary exam. HMOs and registrars considering it are welcome to join. →
Fellowship Knowledge Course
Known as FEK. A 12-month course building the underlying knowledge needed before starting the Fellowship Written course. →
UpdatED
A general combined session for registrars at every level - specialty insights, useful network updates and interesting case discussions.
Fellowship Written
A six-month course focused purely on exam technique, for trainees sitting the written exam within six months. →
Fellowship OSCE
A 12-16 week course of small-group teaching, with a mentor and exam coach allocated to each trainee. →
Paediatrics
A 13-week program for FACEM and FRACP trainees on a paediatric ED term, running Wednesdays 10am-2pm - online teaching, skills and simulation, and shared sessions with PICU and the PEM Collaborative. →
Attendance
As per your EBA, all registrars and fellows are paid 5 hours per week to participate in teaching, and we expect an attendance rate of over 80% pro rata. The 80% calculation does not include when you cannot attend due to nights, annual leave, personal leave or alternative education arrangements:
- 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.
- If you are away on personal/carers leave, please email the teaching consultants to advise them of this.
- Some trainees may opt to attend alternate teaching, such as Fellowship stream or if attending a course/conference - please discuss this with your DEMT and the teaching team so we can mark your attendance accordingly.
Less than 80% attendance will be reviewed and reflected in your end of term assessment, specifically in regards to your professionalism.
Recorded lectures and internal material
Session recordings, rosters and departmental documents live in the "Monash Emergency Registrar Education Hub" Teams channel, kept within Monash IT infrastructure for privacy. You'll need a Monash Health account and to be added to the channel - this link won't open for external visitors. If you can't access it, email Patrick Finn to be added.
Open in TeamsSimulation
Monash Health runs a wide range of simulation opportunities - courses at the Monash Simulation Centre in Moorabbin, and regular departmental programs like MMC ED interdisciplinary SIM and in situ Paeds ED simulation. Trainees are encouraged to attend at least one a year.
Skills training
Small-group practical skills teaching on the second Wednesday of each term, grouped by training level, held across Clayton, Dandenong and Casey Hospital - registrars attend at their home site. Two skills days per term, including ALS accreditation and regular simulation.
Term 1
- Simulation & ALS accreditation
- IV line/pump priming
- Plastering and splinting
- Procedural sedation
- Joint reductions
Term 2
- Airway workshop (ETT/LMA, surgical airway, NIV)
- Epistaxis
- Eye exam and slit lamp
- Tonopen and lateral canthotomy
Term 3
- Trauma simulation
- Splinting (Donway, pelvic binder, tourniquet)
- Finger/tube thoracostomy
- Fascia iliaca block
- Pericardiocentesis
- Ventilation troubleshooting
Term 4
- Paediatric simulation and APLS
- Neonatal resus
- IO and ultrasound-guided vascular access
- Obstetric emergencies
- Dental trauma
- Lumbar puncture
Ultrasound
Point-of-care ultrasound training runs through the department's POCUS program - a credentialing pathway built from one-to-one sessions with dedicated sonographer educators, open to all ED registrars, fellows and consultants. Courses and ongoing training sessions are booked through the program. It's credentialed module by module:
- US-guided vascular access - a standalone module, not gated by the others.
- Basic modules - Module 1 eFAST, Module 2 AAA. eFAST must be completed before starting any advanced module.
- Advanced modules - Module 3 BELS/FELS Echo (run in collaboration with Monash Heart), Module 4 HF/Lung, Module 5 Renal, Module 6 RUQ/Biliary, Module 7 DVT.
Point of Care Ultrasound
Departmental POCUS program - courses, bookings and accreditation pathway. →
Ultrasound contact
Dr Ciaran Joyce
Toxicology
Monash Health's Clinical Toxicology Unit at Dandenong Hospital is one of two TAPNA-accredited toxicology units in Victoria, providing 24-hour in-patient, bedside and consultation toxicology treatment and advice across all Monash Health campuses. The unit is accredited for six months of full-time special skills training with ACEM.
Guidelines & resources
Austin Toxicology Guidelines
Austin Health's clinical toxicology guideline library. →
Antidotes/Antivenoms
Austin Health's antidotes and antivenoms reference. →
Snake bite management
Safer Care Victoria guideline. →
TOXINZ Poisons Information
Via the Clinicians Health Channel. →
Therapeutic Guidelines
Via the Clinicians Health Channel. →
QT-HR nomogram
Risk-stratify a prolonged QT against heart rate. →
Important Monash PROMPT guidelines to be aware of
Search Monash PROMPT to ensure you're using the most up-to-date version.
- Acetylcysteine in paracetamol overdose
- Naloxone Adult Medication Profile
- High Dose Insulin Euglycaemic Therapy (HIET)
- ETOX Admission Criteria - "Drug Overdose Short Stay Unit/Extended Care Unit Admission (Adult)"
Research
Monash Emergency research is governed by the Monash Emergency Research Collaborative (MERC). All research projects conducted in the ED network need MERC's approval before submission to the research directorate for ethics review.
Ms Suzanne Bumpstead is the initial contact point for research project submissions, and can guide you through ethics submissions to Monash HREC.
Key research coordinators
Prof Diana Egerton-Warburton
Chair of MERC; all ED research.
Prof Andis Graudins
Monash Toxicology.
Prof Simon Craig
Monash Clayton Paediatric ED.
A/Prof Pourya Pouryahya
Monash Casey ED.
Dr Julia Morphet
Monash University nursing research, Monash Dandenong ED.
Keeping up to date
HMO education
Before you start
Read the ED orientation manual for your site before your first shift.
Join the teaching
You're welcome to join the Core EM teaching (Wednesdays, 10:00-12:00) - talk to your ED supervisor about attending.
Skills training
The registrar skills days above are ED-registrar-specific - for hands-on training, book a course directly through the Monash Simulation Centre. →
Considering FACEM training?
See our how to apply guidance, or ACEM's own how to apply and Associateship Training Programs pages.
Stream coordinators & DEMTs
Who runs each stream, and who to talk to at your site about exam planning.
Education Lead
Dr Julia Dillon
Education Lead, Monash Emergency Medicine Training Program
Stream coordinators
Core EM
Dr Parya Fadavi
Primary
Dr Julia Dillon
Paediatrics
Dr Preeti Ramaswamy, Dr Beverley Thompson & Dr Adnan Bilgrami
FEK
Dr Prashant Dabee & Dr Pioma Wikeyesakere
UpdatED
Dr Patrick Finn
Fellowship Written
A/Prof Pourya Pouryahya & Dr Ananth Sundaralingam
Fellowship OSCE
Dr Sindy Balachanthiran & Dr Jason Aw
DEMTs by site
Monash Health Emergency Network DEMT
Dr Sheila Bryan
Monash Medical Centre - Adults
Dr Michael Coman, Dr Paige Smith, Dr Abi Thankikasalam, Dr Gargi Kanabar
Monash Medical Centre - Paeds
Dr Bob Seith, Dr Gargi Kanabar, Dr Stella Robinson
Dandenong Hospital
Dr Wendy Lim, Dr Diane Flood, Dr Eva Chong
Casey Hospital
Dr Ali Asadpour, Dr Jasmine Koh, Dr Ruwan Mendis
Victorian Heart Hospital
Dr Jay Cash, Dr Hussan Tanik
External resources for Emergency Medicine
Vortex approach to airway
Cognitive aid for the can't-intubate-can't-oxygenate pathway. →
Life in the Fast Lane
Australian emergency and critical care eLearning. →
EMCrit
Emergency and critical care blog and podcast. →
St Emlyn's
Emergency medicine education from a group of British emergency physicians. →
resus.com.au
Blog and educational videos from Dr Peter Kas, with a fellowship course. →
EM:RAP
Monthly emergency medicine podcast reviewing key articles (subscription). →
EMedHome
Online emergency medicine education and CME resource. →
VSTS trauma learning modules
Ten scenario-based modules from the Victorian State Trauma System. →
