In 2024, we are planning on holding the following education sessions:
Annual two-day Eye and ENT Emergency Seminar (Virtual)
The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital’s two-day Eye and ENT Emergency Seminar is an annual event, occurring in September each year (usually 1st Thursday/Friday). In 2024, the seminar will be held virtually on the mornings of Thursday 5 September and Friday 6 September 2024.
The Hospital is offering the two half day education virtual seminar for FACEMs, Emergency Medicine Trainees, GPs, Nurse Practitioners, rural and remote practitioners wishing to fine tune or refresh their skills:
– Thursday 5 September 2024 (Eye day) – 8am – 12.45pm
– Friday 6 September 2024 (ENT day) – 8am – 12.30pm
The webinars will provide lectures by specialists in the field.
The seminar offers the opportunity for participants to draw upon the expertise of our colleagues in Ophthalmology and ENT surgery as their specialties relate to your practice of Emergency Medicine.
Registrations for the event are now open, please register using the link. Preliminary program available here.
Please note: tickets for this event will be provided through an external provider (Humanitix), and additional booking fees will be charged. The Humanitix booking fees are non-refundable.
Some of the webinar recordings, (not all), will be available after the event for participants to access. A link and password to view the recordings will be available for viewing for one month after the event.
There will also be a Fellowship practice exam (virtually on Friday 1.15pm-3.15pm). If you are interested, please note on your registration, and we will let you know details once confirmed.
REGISTRATIONS CLOSE: SUNDAY, 1 SEPTEMBER 2024
2024 Practical Workshops are fully booked.
Practical Emergency Eye and ENT Skills Workshops
In 2024, The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital will be holding the following practical workshops:
Eye & ENT Skills Workshop (for Emergency Trainees) – Saturday 4 May 2024.
Advanced Eye & ENT Skills Workshop (for FACEMs only) – Saturday 5 and 26 October 2024.
In these workshops there will be small group instruction and demonstration by Specialists. The sessions will be hands on and will be very instructive in a supportive environment.
Doctors working in an Emergency Department need to have a high level of skill in assessing and diagnosing ENT and eye presentations. The workshop will include practical skills including:
- ENT examination
- Use of tuning forks, pneumatic otoscopy and flexible nasoendoscopy
- Removal of ear nose and throat foreign bodies
- Management of epistaxis and management of vertigo
- Practice of eyelid eversion
- Measurement of corneal depth and size of lesions using slit lamp
- Technique for removal of eye foreign body
- Assessment of the anterior chamber
- Measurement of intraocular pressure
- Testing for relative afferent pupil defect and
- Retinal examination.
The Advanced workshop for FACEMs will allow CPD procedural skills sign off for ENT and Eyes.
Further enquiries:
If you would like to be added to the mailing list for information on future events, please contact Kerryn Baker on email: kerryn.baker@eyeandear.org.au or by telephone: 9929 8528