Practical Emergency Skills Workshop
Join us for a one-day, hands-on workshop, delivered across two rural locations in Victoria. Designed with practical learning at its core, this course will help you develop and strengthen the essential skills needed to confidently manage emergency care in your clinical setting.
OVERVIEW: AEAC is going on the road!
This one-day, hands-on workshop focuses on the practical skills commonly required in emergency and urgent care settings. Through case-based discussions and small-group skills stations, participants will practise assessing and managing eye and ENT presentations, basic airway management, plastering, suturing and alternative wound-closure techniques.
Led by experienced emergency physicians and nurse practitioners, each session combines practical instruction with real-world clinical insights. Whether you are building new skills or refreshing existing ones, the workshop will help strengthen your confidence in managing common emergency presentations in your own clinical setting.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
A wide range of practitioners working in ED's, including:
Junior Medical Officers (PGY2+)
Non-training ED Registrars
General Practitioners
Urgent Care Practitioners
Nurse Practitioners
Nurse Practitioner candidates
RIPRN/RIPERN’s
DATES & LOCATIONS:
Friday 27 November 2026 - Traralgon | Latrobe Regional Health
Address: 10 Village Ave, Traralgon VIC 3844
Friday 4 December 2026 - Warrnambool | Southwest Healthcare
Address: 25 Ryot St, Warrnambool VIC 3280
Dr David McCreary
Dr David McCreary is an Emergency Physician at the Alfred Hospital and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Monash University. He completed his undergraduate training in the UK at the University of Liverpool and completed his MSc in Trauma Science from Queen Mary’s University, London. David trained in Emergency Medicine in a variety of centres in UK and Australia and is a Fellow of both the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.
Claire Lobb
Claire has more than 20 years of emergency nursing experience. She has been working at The Alfred Hospital Emergency & Trauma Centre since 2014 and became endorsed as a Nurse Practitioner in 2015.
She has been overseeing the N.P. candidate program for the past five years, providing mentorship and support to trainees as they work towards endorsement. Claire is now involved in the expansion and redevelopment of the program, licensing it to external EDs throughout Victoria interstate and supporting them as they establish their own professional development program for both NP candidates and endorsed NPs. Claire has a passion for education, providing teaching for medical and nursing staff. She has been involved with the Emergency Medicine course since early 2023 developing content and facilitating workshops for the face-to-face training day.
Lisa Braithwaite
Lisa Braithwaite was endorsed an Emergency Nurse Practitioner in 2016 and has over 20 years emergency nursing experience. Lisa has worked in several clinical, leadership and education roles including leading the Masters of Emergency Nursing degree with university partners and developing local education programs to support new nurses in emergency nursing. Lisa has an interest in developing others and enjoys mentoring medical and nursing colleagues in clinical skills and leadership capabilities. She is also involved in strategic planning for Alfred Health’s nursing capability framework and leadership development pathways for the nursing workforce.
Dr Binula Wickramarachchi
Dr Binula Wickramarachchi is an Emergency Physician at the Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Monash University. He completed his undergraduate training at the University of Auckland in 2011, prior to making the move across the Tasman for his emergency specialist training. His clinical experience includes emergency, critical care and retrieval medicine in various sites across Melbourne and Darwin.
