Advanced and Complex Medical Emergencies Course (ACME)

Date:  4th to 6th November 2026

Modality: In-person  

Duration: Three days

Wednesday 4th Nov: 08:00 - 17:30

Thursday 5th Nov: 08:00 - 17:00

Friday 6th Nov: 08:00 - 15:30

Price:

 General: $3,400

Senior trainees: $2,900 (Please enter this code: ACME2900)

The facilitators are experts in EM and simulation and provide skilled debriefing in a psychologically and professionally safe space. Key elements include crisis management, team skills, communication, leadership, and technical skills, with a focus on human factors.

Why ACME?

The ACME course aims to address the ever-increasing challenges of Emergency Medicine in today’s environment by:

• Teaching skills to address more severe patient presentations such as those specific to resuscitation;
• Highlighting the importance of team and leadership skills given the shortage in staff and increased workloads; and
• Facilitating group discussions about professionally relevant and topical issues.

The course will:

• Include high fidelity training simulations of complex emergencies for difficult-to-access high-stakes procedures
• Emphasise non-technical as well as technical skills; and
• Be facilitated by an expert and skilled faculty, in a safe, confidential learning environment

Short course structure and topics covered:  

• Cardiovascular Emergencies
• Airway and Respiratory Emergencies
• Complex Emergencies
• Human Factors and Crisis Management
• Includes non-technical skills: difficult conversations, teamwork, systems errors
• Toxicology
• Obstetric Emergencies
• Teaching/Education
• Wellbeing 

Learning outcomes: 

• Develop an understanding of human factors and team behaviours and their impact on the quality of team-based clinical care;
• Build confidence in everyday themes of EM, specifically crisis management, team skills, communication, leadership, and technical skills;
• Refresh key clinical procedural skills including as listed by the ACEM CPD Program. These core procedural skills may be recorded as scope of practice skills after you have met your annual core procedural skills requirements; and
• Reflect on current practice and provide opportunities to learn from each other..

Who should attend? Any entry requirements? 

• FACEMS and EM Specialists
• Senior registrars in Emergency Medicine training 
• Senior CMO/MOSS practising Emergency Medicine

This course is also well-suited for those who are transitioning back to the ED following a period of leave and is approved for CPD hours (Fellows only).

If there are any questions about your suitability to participate in the course the site may ask for a letter of support from your DEMT or ED Director.

Payment for short courses is normally by credit card. If you need to pay by invoice or require assistance, please email shortcourses@auckland.ac.nz. Please note the University does not issue individual invoices for amounts less than $500 New Zealand dollars.  

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