Global Emergency and Critical Care Conference
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Join us at the Global Emergency and Critical Care Conference, themed 'Connecting Care in a Complex World: From Priorities to Action'. This premier event brings together clinicians, system leaders, and advocates from around the world to explore how we can better connect care across clinical practice, health systems, and policy. This course satisfies CPD requirements for FACEMs by aligning with ACEM Health Outcome activities (education, health inequities, and culturally safe practices).
The Global Emergency and Critical Care Conference is an annual two-day event. It is designed to equip emergency care providers with the skills, resources and networks to become involved in the development of global emergency care, particularly in resource-limited settings.
CAPACITY BUILDING IN GLOBAL EMERGENCY CARE WORKSHOP
Tuesday 9 September 2025 | 8.30am – 5.00pm (AEST)
A small group, interactive workshop that utilises real-world scenarios to help you to develop the skills you need to successfully engage in emergency care projects around the world.
This in-depth one-day program is developed and delivered by a team of clinicians with extensive experience working with multiple aid/health organisations in countries such as Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa and Afghanistan.
Explore and discuss:
The current status of emergency care globally
The identified priorities for global emergency care development projects and clinicians
How to complete a needs assessment
How to create, develop and deliver a project framework
The essential toolkit of skills, networks and resources an emergency care clinician requires.
Delivery:
This event will be delivered both in-person and virtually from Melbourne, Australia.
GLOBAL EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE SYMPOSIUM
Wednesday 10 September 2025 | 10.00am – 5.30pm (AEST)
A one-day, hybrid symposium bringing together a wealth of local and international speakers with unparalleled expertise in emergency care practice, education and research in resource-limited settings. Be inspired by incredible projects and learn more about what’s planned. The program will include opportunities for interaction and networking. It will open your eyes to your potential to impact global health outcomes.
This years theme Connecting Care in a Complex World: From Priorities to Action will bring together clinicians, system leaders, and advocates from around the world to explore how we can better connect care across clinical practice, health systems, and policy. Through three focused sessions—on cross-cutting clinical priorities, health system innovations, and advocacy for action—the conference offers a platform for meaningful dialogue, knowledge exchange, and collaborative solutions to strengthen emergency care in today’s complex global landscape.
This course satisfies CPD requirements for FACEMs by aligning with ACEM Health Outcome activities (education, health inequities, and culturally safe practices).
Sessions: Session 1 | Cross-cutting clinical priorities Session 2 | Health system priorities Session 3 | Advocacy and action priorities
Delivery:
This event will be delivered both in-person and virtually from Melbourne, Australia.
Location:
Monash University
553 St Kilda Road
Melbourne
Victoria
3004
Dr Rob Mitchell
Rob Mitchell (@robdmitchell) is an academic emergency physician at the Alfred Hospital Emergency & Trauma Centre; Chair of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) Global Emergency Care Committee; and faculty for the Monash University/Alfred Health Capacity Building in Global Emergency Care program. He is involved with emergency care capacity development projects across the Indo-Pacific, including the Regional Emergency and Critical Care Systems Strengthening Initiative (RECSI), funded by the Australian Government through the Partnerships for a Healthy Region initiative. In 2024, he completed a PhD focussed on emergency care systems in low- and middle-income countries, and was the recipient of a Premier’s Award for health services research.
Prof Gerard O'Reilly
Prof Gerard O’Reilly is a senior Emergency Physician and Head of Global Programs at the Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre, Head of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the National Trauma Research Institute, and Associate Professor at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.
Dr Georgina Phillips
Dr Georgina Phillips has worked at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne for more than 25 years, with special interest in clinical excellence and research for patients with complex psychosocial issues. Since 1996 as an Australian Volunteer doctor in Kiribati, Georgina has had ongoing involvement in emergency care capacity development in the Asia-Pacific region, including Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Fiji, Timor-Leste and Myanmar.
Dr Jennifer Jamieson
Dr Jennifer Jamieson is an emergency physician and trauma specialist, and is the current Deputy Director of the Trauma at the Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania. She helped establish Tasmania's first trauma admitting service at the RHH and is particularly passionate about bringing trauma education & public health projects to Tasmania, including Trauma Team Training and the PARTY program. Jenny has previously worked with the Alfred Trauma service in Victoria, with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Kunduz, Afghanistan, and in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. She has a number of roles within the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, including being the current deputy-chair for the Global Emergency Care Committee, and the Advancing Women in Emergency Medicine executive. She is also the recent co-editor and co-creator of the book "When Minutes Matter."
A/Prof Steve McGloughlin
Steve is an intensive care physician and infectious diseases physician at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. He is the director of The Alfred ICU, a 68-bed quaternary ICU specialising in trauma, advanced cardiac support, ECMO and burns. Steve has also worked for the World Health Organisation in the health emergencies and pandemic preparedness program. He was the chair of the ANZICS COVID-19 guideline committee and is the current Clinical Director of the Australian Living Evidence Collaboration including the COVID-19 National Clinical Evidence Taskforce. He has been the lead author of the Australian Therapeutic Guidelines Sepsis chapter for the past 8 years and is also an author of the most recent version of the Surviving Sepsis Guideline. He has completed a Masters of Public Health and a Masters of International Health Leadership. In 2022, he became a member of the College of Intensive Care Board. Steve has an amazing wife and three awesome kids, who are much better than him at everything.
