Practical Emergency Eye and ENT Skills Workshops
Doctors and Nurse Practitioners working in an Emergency Department need to have a high level of skill in assessing and diagnosing ENT and eye presentations. 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.
We offer workshops to the following groups:
- Emergency Physicians (FACEMs)
- Emergency Trainees
- Nurse Practitioners
The workshops 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 assessment and management of vertigo
- Slit Lamp Refresher
- Practice of eyelid eversion
- Measurement of corneal depth and size of lesions using slit lamp
- Technique for removal of corneal foreign body
- Assessment of the anterior chamber
- Measurement of intraocular pressure
- Testing for relative afferent pupil defect
- Ocular ultrasound
- Retinal examination
The workshop for FACEMs will allow CPD procedural skills sign off for ENT and Eyes.
Dates for 2026 will be communicated to interested participants via the mailing list. Please register via the link below to keep informed.
Upcoming Nurse Practitioners workshop – Saturday 21 February 2026
Registrations are now open – register here.
Upcoming FACEMs workshop – Saturday 14 March 2026 – SOLD OUT
Registrations are now open – register for WAIT LIST here
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). Registrations for the event usually open in mid May each year. 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 our practice of Emergency Medicine.
Further enquiries:
If you would like to be added to the mailing list for information on future events, please fill in this form.
If you have any other enquiries, please contact Kerryn Baker via email: medicaleducation@eyeandear.org.au or by telephone: 9929 8528
