The Emergency Leadership and Management Course

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST NOW FOR 2026!

A 12-week course on leadership in healthcare, empowering clinical professionals for excellence.

Date

Registrations opening soon for 2026

Mode

Online

Format

Postgraduate Course

Registration

Registration 2

A STANDALONE CERTIFICATE COURSE OR 6 CREDIT POINTS TOWARDS A MASTERS PROGRAM WITH MONASH UNIVERSITY

Formerly known as Clinical Leadership and Management, The Emergency Leadership and Management Course (ELM) has been refreshed with exciting new content to to accelerate your leadership career.

This 12-week course will deliver a fresh perspective on the role of emergency department leaders; providing critical tools and insights. With a practical focus on applied learning, the course provides an opportunity to enhance your leadership capabilities, boosting both your capacity and confidence to manage leadership and management in the complex and fast-paced emergency context.

The course content is specific to the emergency and trauma department setting and includes:

Effective clinical leadership
Successful service development
Managing the emergency care process, including understanding pre-hospital systems and influences
The importance of establishing data management and presentation/outcomes registries
Measuring and improving quality
Developing robust research and training programs
Accountability for department performance
Human resources issues in the emergency and trauma department setting
Running health care projects

This course can either be completed as a standalone certificate, or as one unit towards the Master of Public Health with Monash University.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Clinicians and senior administrators with responsibility for the delivery of an emergency clinical service
Emergency Fellows and advanced trainees eager to develop their leadership skills and expand their career opportunities.

DATES

The course will run in Semester 2 2026, dates to be released soon. Please email your interest in the course to aeac.edu@alfred.org.au.

COURSE FORMAT

Online tutorials.
Weekly online readings.
Weekly online student-led discussions.
Online video podcasts.
A compulsory one-day workshop.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Implement a robust and defensible approach to clinical leadership in the emergency and trauma context.
Apply a critically reflective approach towards the management of human resources’ issues in the emergency and trauma context.
Positively influence key stakeholders within the emergency and trauma context.
Critically evaluate quality improvement measures in the emergency and trauma context.
Apply high-level analytical and leadership skills in relation to the implementation of a range of health care projects of relevance to the emergency and trauma context.

CORE TEXTS

The core texts for this unit are:

Cameron P, Little, Mitra B, Deasy C, Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine, 5th Edition, Elsevier, London, 2019
Cameron P, Browne G, Mitra B, Dalziel S, Craig S, Textbook of Paediatric Emergency Medicine, 3rd Edition, Elsevier, London 2018

ASSESSMENT SUMMARY

Hurdle requirement:

Attendance to a one day workshop.

Assessments:

Written report of 2400 words: develop, justify, and plan implementation of (one of) a quality improvement. program, a staff engagement program or a service development project relevant to the student’s local clinical setting. (40%)
Personal reflection of 1200 words on completion of workshop. (20%)
Timely response to 12 weekly online student-led discussion questions linked to lecture and readings (2,400 words cumulative 200 words per module). (40%)

FEES

$3,500.00 per person + GST
Course fee includes all required learning resources.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

In very rare cases, due to clinical demand or other unforeseen, unavoidable reasons, courses may need to be cancelled. In this instance registrants will be advised urgently and will receive a full refund for registration fees.
If you are no longer able to attend this course you may transfer the fees to the next available date.
If you are no longer able to attend this course you may transfer course fees to another person without penalty.
All transfer requests must be made in writing.

REFUND POLICY

Cancellation more than 30 days before the event: 70% refund.
Cancellation less than 30 days: no refund.
Cancellation must be in writing.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Is it compulsory to attend the one-day Workshop?

Yes. Failure to attend will result in non-completion of the course. Students should request this day off from their employer. Students please refer to the dates provided on the website.

Can I access the online course content prior to the course commencement date?

No. The online course content is only available to those registered students from the first day the course commences. It is important that students try logging into the system from day one to check they have no access issues.

I am an International Student am I eligible to enrol into this course?

This course is open to domestic and international students. The course is currently delivered entirely online, so students just need access to a computer and an internet connection to take part.

Does this course count towards the Master of Public Health?

Yes. Successful completion of The Emergency Leadership and Management Course contributes six credit points towards the Master of Public Health with Monash University.

I am trying to sign up to the course however I notice “0 available” on the website, does this mean I am unable to register for this course?

Yes, it means all the places have been filled. You can email us (etc@alfred.org.au) to be placed on the waiting list and you will notified if a place becomes available or when the next course opens for registration.

Is there a fee discount available for students applying from a LMIC?

Students applying from LMICs may be eligible for a discount on our course fees. Please contact the Course Administrator at etc@alfred.org.au for further information.

Is this course suitable for me?

The Emergency Leadership and Management Course is suitable for all clinicians and senior administrators with responsibility for the delivery of an emergency clinical service. Emergency Fellows and advanced trainees eager to develop their leadership skills and expand their career opportunities.

Is the course accredited for CPD?

Yes. The Emergency Leadership and Management Course is approved by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and accredited by Australian College of Rural Remote Medicine for CPD.

Faculty

A/Prof de Villiers Smit

A/Prof 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.

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.

Dr Eleanor Junckerstorff

Dr Eleanor Junckerstorff was elected to a fellowship of the Australian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM) in 2018. Since then she has been working as an emergency physician at The Alfred and Sandringham Hospitals. Eleanor enjoys playing a role in the education of her medical colleague. She is an APLS instructor.