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Emergency Department Leadership - Prato Masterclass Series

Transition from clinician to leader with our intensive five-day Emergency Department Leadership course. Enhance your skills through personal reflections, engaging lectures, collaborative group tasks, and insightful case studies.

Date

Monday May 5 to Friday May 9, 2025

Mode

In-person

Format

Five-day workshop

Approvals, Accreditations:

ACEM - CPD hours to be confirmed.

ACRRM - The Course is accredited for 33 CPD hours.



Consultants face numerous challenges throughout their careers, from leading healthcare teams to managing operational demands, all while ensuring high-quality patient care. They often juggle leading multidisciplinary teams and coordinating complex care, driving service improvements, creating opportunities for staff development, and managing the day-to-day operations of their departments. Additionally, they influence patient experiences and outcomes, boost staff morale in fast-paced, high-pressure environments, and ensure workplace efficiency and safety.


This program is designed to address these specific challenges, helping you:

  • Lead multidisciplinary teams with confidence, honing your leadership and decision-making skills.

  • Drive and sustain service improvements through effective change management strategies.

  • Enhance staff development, creating opportunities for growth and mentorship within your team.

  • Streamline daily operations with advanced management techniques that ensure efficiency.

  • Improve patient care outcomes and experiences by fostering a positive organisational culture.

  • Boost staff morale, developing strategies to support and motivate your team.

  • Optimise workplace efficiency, integrating quality improvement practices for better outcomes.


Through this program, you'll gain the expertise needed to lead in today’s demanding healthcare landscape, ensuring you're equipped to make a lasting impact.


WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

  • Emergency Department Directors

  • Emergency Medicine Fellows (Medical)

  • Emergency Medicine Trainees (Medical)

  • Senior hospital administrators in Emergency Medicine


DATES

Monday 5 – Friday 9 May, 2025


LOCATION

Monash University Prato Centre

Prato PO,

Italy



Faculty

Prof Simone Alexander

Simone has more than 25 years’ experience in the healthcare sector.

As the Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer at Alfred Health, her role is responsible for the management and performance of Alfred Health’s clinical operations.

As a Registered Nurse by profession Simone has an extensive clinical background in perioperative nursing and clinical leadership of many areas including The Alfred and Sandringham Hospital’s Emergency Departments, ICU, Hyperbaric, Surgical Services, Cardiology, General Medicine, Neurosciences, Hospital in the Home and inpatient wards. Most recently leading the organisation through the COVID pandemic she has demonstrated the ability to deliver quality innovative healthcare that is agile, flexible and compassionate. Simone offers a strong track record of leading teams, delivering programs, engaging stakeholders and influencing productive outcomes for organisations while ensuring quality of care.

Simone holds Master’s Degrees in Health Management and in Clinical Nursing, is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is currently completing the Executive Leadership Certificate in Public Health at Harvard University.

A/Prof De Villiers Smit

De Villiers Smit is an experienced Emergency Physician with a strong interest in clinical research, systems design, quality improvement and patient flow. As Director of Emergency Services at Alfred Health and Director of The Alfred Emergency Trauma Centre, de Villiers oversees the busiest trauma centre in Australasia and has been instrumental in developing and implementing several care models to improve patient care and experience.

Prof Peter Cameron

Professor Peter Cameron serves as the Academic Director of Alfred Emergency Academic Centre and holds the position of Professor of Emergency Medicine at Monash University. He has previously served as the President of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and the International Federation for Emergency Medicine. With a global focus, Peter has provided consultation and published extensively on trauma and emergency system development. His impressive research portfolio includes over 700 peer-reviewed publications. In his role, Peter leads teaching, research at Alfred Health, aligning with the organisation's strategic priorities and values.

Dr Carl Luckhoff

Dr Carl Luckhoff is the Deputy Director at Alfred Health Emergency, Adjunct Senior Lecturer with Monash University. Following his initial training in South Africa, Carl worked in the UK and other overseas remote locations before starting his emergency specialist training in Australia. He has since completed his Global Executive MBA from Monash Business School.

Jessica Hocking

Jessica Hocking is an educationalist and program/project manager. Having commenced her career in the private sector, she has been working in public health for over 13 years with roles in Australia and the Middle East. Jessica has been instrumental in the design, development and delivery of multiple emergency care projects, programs and services across the globe.

Dr Nicola Walsham

Nicola Walsham is an Emergency Physician, the Deputy Director of Emergency Services at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne.
She has special interests and further training in toxicology and infectious diseases and played a central role in the Royal Melbourne Hospital’s COVID-19 pandemic response.
She has overseen several key change management and quality improvement projects, including implementing a transparent and equitable recruitment process which, together with the institution of wellbeing focussed initiatives, has built a strong multi-faceted ED team.