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The Alfred presentsThe 2012 International Emergency Care Symposium“Building regional capacity: lessons learnt and next steps”Friday 21st September 2012About the symposium:International Emergency Care (IEC) is a rapidly growing fieldof interest in global health. It encompasses the work doneby doctors and nurses in the evolution of emergency caresystems in countries at extreme levels of development.Emergency care providers are collaborating across the globe to provideemergency care capacity development, emergency care specialtydevelopment and international disaster response.This symposium gathers experts, both international andAustralian, to present on the key themes of IEC, to share a wealthof experience in the field and to enable interaction betweenIEC providers working in a variety of settings. Key topics fordiscussion will include:• The state of emergency care in the various corners of the globe• Lessons from emergency care capacity and specialtydevelopment• The role of Australia and New Zealand in regionalemergency care development• The role of emergency nursing in IEC• Global emergency trauma care: lessons learnt• Emergency public health: the refugee camp• International disaster response: the role of the emergency careprovider• IEC: Writing a funding proposal• IEC: Learning for the trade• IEC: Opportunities for emergency trainees• Research in IECWho is the IEC Symposium for?• Emergency Physicians• Emergency Medicine trainees• Emergency Nurses• Paramedics• Medical students• Any health professional with an interest in global emergencyhealth careVenue: The Nursing Education Lecture Theatre, Level 2,South Block, The Alfred, Melbourne Vic 3004Meeting date: Friday 21st September, 2012Meeting time: 8:30am - 5:30pm(Registration opens at 8:00am)Cost:$250 per person (incl. of GST) - Emergency Physicians$250 per person (incl. of GST) - Other Specialties$150 per person (incl. of GST) - All others (emergencytrainees, nurses, medical students)OrganisersDr Gerard O’Reilly (Chair, International EmergencyMedicine Special Interest Group ACEM)MBBS, FACEM, MPH, MBiostatProfessor Peter Cameron (President, IFEM)MBBS, MD, FACEMDr De Villiers Smit (Director, Emergency Services,Alfred Health)MBChB, FACEMSpeaker ProfilesProfessor Lee WallisLee is Professor and Head of the Division of EmergencyMedicine at the University of Cape Town and StellenboschUniversity. He is also President of the African Federationfor Emergency Medicine, Immediate Past President of theEmergency Medicine Society of South Africa and Editor inChief of the African Journal of Emergency Medicine.Professor James HollimanJim has been involved in international emergency medicinedevelopment for over 20 years and at ICEM2010 wasawarded the IFEM Lifetime Award. He is currently ClinicalProfessor of Emergency Medicine, George WashingtonUniversity, Washington D.C.Associate Professor Chris CurryChris has led the development of emergency medicine asa specialty in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islandsand more recently has been facilitating the developmentof emergency medicine in Nepal. He is a recipient of theIFEM Humanitarian Award and was foundation chair of theInternational Emergency Medicine Special Interest Groupof ACEM.Further venue details, accommodation and parkinginformation can be found on our website at:http://www.crepatientsafety.org.au/seminars/2012seminars.htmlEnquiries to Catherine Pound on +61 3 9903 0891 orcatherine.pound@monash.edu