ACE THE OSCE 2026:2 – Tickets Click Here Course dates Evening Taster: Tips and TricksThursday 25 June 2026, 1900 AESTOnline | Free Whole-Day Coached OSCE CourseFriday 24 July 2026, 0800 AESTWestmead Simulation Centre | In person | Paid Click here for a quick E.O.I. to receive updates: EOI FORM Or click here for more info: COURSE … More ACEM OSCE Course (Updated May 2026)
This thrilling episode is all about retrieval medicine – we will first discuss the impact of pre-hospital advanced airway management on the neurological outcomes in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA). Then, we will dissect down the much dreaded (but potentially lifesaving!) scalpel cricothyroidotomy and, to finish, we will infuse ourselves into a discussion about pre-hospital administration of thawed plasma in patients at risk of haemorrhagic shock. This month’s interlude segments will be presented by retrieval specialists, Dr Ruby Hsu and Dr Ruth Parsell. … More Emergency Medicine Podcast – Retrieval
VR for ALS training – now available at Westmead Hospital … More ALS-SimVR – Life Support Team Training APP
Listen Here: Theme: Women In Medicine Participants: Dr Danielle Unwin, Amanda De Silva (ED advanced trainee) Jessica Stabler (neurology advanced trainee), Istabraq Raashed (ED advanced trainee), Harry Hong (ED SRMO), Shreyas Iyer, Caroline Tyers and Samoda Wilegoda Mudalige. Discussion 1: Stehli, J., Martin, C., Brennan, A., Dinh, D., Lefkovits, J., & Zaman, S. (2019). Sex Differences … More Women in Medicine – Podcast
In this Emergency Cardiology special, the podcast team talk about the role of coronary angiography after cardiac arrest in patients who do not have STEMI before diving into a discussion about Ticagrelor and Prasugrel in patients with ACS and, to finish off, we will have a heart-to-heart conversation about an exciting new ECG pattern that could indicate inferior MI. … More Emergency Cardiology Podcast
Welcome to your new ED term at Westmead Emergency Department. Here are our resources for Resident and Intern inductions in the ED JMO Manual ED Quick Referral Pathway Cards 2. Role allocation and Drug Card: ED inductions sims: Core ED Practice Cases / Questions Our team of registrars and consultants have created a series of … More JMO Page – Westmead Emergency (updated Dec 2022)
“A NEW INTENSIVE CRASH COURSE FOR THE ACEM OSCE EXAM” … More More About OSCE Preparation Course
Airway Workshop 2015 … More Airway Avalanche
“Be interested in your learners – they will value this and are more likely to benefit from the simulation” … More 7 Simulation Pearls – Westmead Debrief Workshop
When put on the spot can you tell ‘how many milligrams of Lignocaine (lidocaine) there are in 5mls of a 1 percent solution?‘ Well, don’t worry if you are not sure, panic is most people’s initial thought. In healthcare the classic confusion exists with “%” solutions and “1:1000” dilutions. In this post we would like … More The Solution to Dilution
LUCAS Mechanical CPR – Published Paper on Training from our Team – CLICK HERE
In 2018 we developed a “recent graduate” faculty development programme for healthcare simulation. Rather than targeting senior staff, this new approach aimed to recruit PGY1-4 doctors (and other health professionals) for training in simulation. Around this time we observed a rapid increase in demand for simulation without necessary a proliferation of human resources and skilled-staff … More Innovative Faculty Development in Healthcare Simulation
ACE THE OSCE 2026:2 – Tickets Click Here Course dates Evening Taster: Tips and TricksThursday 25 June 2026, 1900 AESTOnline | Free Whole-Day Coached OSCE CourseFriday 24 July 2026, 0800 AESTWestmead Simulation Centre | In person | Paid Course details We look forward to welcoming you to Ace the OSCE, an established emergency medicine OSCE preparation course … More ACEM OSCE Course (Updated May 2026)
Simulation Flashback Our friend Dr Walter Eppich (@learnthrutalk) presented on his paper “Learner-Centered Debriefing for Health Care Simulation Education: Lessons for Faculty Development” at AMEE 2017. In a brief epiphany, we flashed back to our notes on this topic today – realising how positively influential this paper and follow up work has become for the … More SIMULATION Flashback – Guide on the Side versus Sage on the Stage
WSLHD staff were treated to some powerful speeches from Dr Ros Crampton and other esteemed guests as part of the International Women’s Day celebrations at Westmead Hospital. Please enjoy Ros’ full speech.
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