The Emergency Medicine Certificate (India)

The Emergency Medicine Certificate is a six-month university program. 

Students are required to: 

• Attend online tutorials 
• Undertake online studies for 4-hours per week over 6-months 
• Complete a minimum number of work-based skills and document these in a course logbook 
• Attend the multi-day intensive virtual workshops (schedule to be confirmed) 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

1. Implement specialist medical diagnostic skills during the acute phase of illness or injury
2. Apply specialist emergency medical knowledge and skills to resuscitation
3. Critically apply an evidence-based approach towards the implementation of medical procedural and technical skills required in the emergency settings
4. Integrate emergency medicine theory with practical experience across a range of patient cases and situations
5. Apply a critically reflective approach towards the management of emergency patient

CORE TEXTS

The core texts for this unit are:

• Cameron P, Little, Mitra B, Deasy C, Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine, 5th Edition, Elsevier, London, 2019
• Cameron P, Browne G, Mitra B, Dalziel S, Craig S, Textbook of Paediatric Emergency Medicine, 3rd Edition, Elsevier, London 2018

ASSESSMENT SUMMARY

Hurdle requirement:
1.  Attendance is required at two intensive online workshops (schedule to be confirmed) 

Assessment portfolio:
1.  Completion of prescribed clinical log
2.  Online exercises – participation and content for each topic
3.  Workplace based case review with 1800-word report and presentation
4.  Clinical assessment (Observed Structured Clinical Examination – OSCE) during intensive workshop

EXPECTATIONS  

• Students must score a minimum of 50% in theory and 50% in the practical exams 
• Attendance Criteria: 80% attendance is compulsory to sit for the final exam 

Students will be expected to:  

• Attend a minimum of 80% of all tutorials, attendance will be taken at 15 minutes past the start of session. 
• Attend all sessions of the multi-day intensive virtual workshop 
• Review all content provided and identified as essential by the course instructions 
• Complete the multiple-choice questions for each topic 
• Complete the group discussion for each topic 
• Abide by Monash University plagiarism and other policies in the representation of existing sources as part o their learning and assessment activities 
• Proactively contact course faculty when experiencing academic, personal or other difficulties which may impact their course completion. 

Students who fail to adhere to these standards will not be permitted to take the final exam or graduate from the program.  They will need to re-sit the entire course in the following semester. 

Certificate Ceremony

A Course completion certificate ceremony will occur during the convocation at EMCON 2023. Free registration to attend the EMCON: the 25th Annual International Conference of the Society for Emergency Medicine, India from 24 – 26 November 2023 is included as a part of the program fee.

REGISTRATION FEES

The registration fee for this course is approx. ₹105,000 Indian rupees (INR) or $1,825 Australian dollars (AUD)

The fees are as follows:

• ₹18,000 INR (approx. $325 Australian dollars) must be paid to the Society of Emergency Medicine India.
• $1,500 AUD (approx. ₹87,000 Indian rupees) must be paid to The Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

• In very rare cases, due to clinical demand or other unforeseen, unavoidable reasons, courses or course elements may need to be cancelled. In this instance, registrants will be advised urgently and will receive a full refund for registration fees. 
• I understand that if my fees are not paid as per the fee schedule, The Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre / Monash University reserves the right to discontinue my access to the course and all training opportunities. I acknowledge that in this case, I will forfeit any money paid and will not receive any credit for studies completed.
• If you enrol and are no longer able to complete this course you may defer the fees to the next available commencement date if you do so within the first four weeks of study. Deferrals after this date will be at the discretion of the course faculty.
• All deferral requests must be made in writing.

REFUND POLICY

• Cancellation more than 30 days before the event: 70% refund.
• Cancellation between 30 – 10 days: 50% refund.
• Cancellation 9 days or less: no refund, deferral permitted.
• Cancellation must be in writing.

ALFRED HEALTH FACULTY

	Professor Peter Cameron – FACEM, FCEM (Hon) is the Academic Director of The Alfred Emergency and Trauma Centre and Professor of Emergency and Divisional Head of Health Services Research at Monash University’s School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (SPHPM). He is currently a Chief Investigator on several NHMRC grants, including the Centre for Research Excellence in Australian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium, the Centre for Research Excellence in Pre-hospital, Emergency Care and several partnership and project grants involving injury and trauma research.
	Dr David McCreary  – FRCEM, FACEM  is an Emergency Physician at the Alfred Hospital and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Monash University. He completed his undergraduate training in the UK at the University of Liverpool and completed his MSc in Trauma Science from Queen Mary’s University, London. David trained in Emergency Medicine in a variety of centres in the UK and Australia and is a Fellow of both the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.
	Dr Arun Ilancheran – MBBS(Hons), FACEM, FCICM, Dip DHM holds Specialist Fellowships from the College of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine and a Bachelor of Medicine-Bachelor of Surgery with Honours. He currently works at The Alfred Health Emergency and Trauma Centre and various other metropolitan hospitals. His expertise enables him to look after patients who are injured in major trauma, burns, transplant recipients, infectious diseases, as well as those requiring very specialised quaternary care. He is an adjunct lecturer at Monash and Notre Dame Universities and is dedicated to improving the education of medical students at public hospitals.
SEMI FACULTY
	Dr Srinath Kumar MBBS, MD (A&E) is the Chair of Academics at the Society of Emergency Medicine India (SEMI) and was previously the President of SEMI from 2014 -16. He is also Sr. Consultant and Group Head – Department of Emergency Medicine, Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad with 4 branches and 8 Trauma Centers. Dr Kumar was one of the first Special Advisory Board Members for the National Board of Examinations and established the Curriculum for DNB Emergency Medicine. Dr Kumar is currently the National Academic Coordinator for all DNB specialities with ANBAI, an Association of NBE-accredited Hospitals in India.
	Dr Saravana Kumar – MBBS, MD (A&E) is the National President of the Society of Emergency Medicine India (SEMI), General Manager and Group Unit Head at Dr Mehta’s Hospitals, Chennai, India. He has a passion for Quality and Patient Safety and was instrumental in the development and roll-out of various EM standards quality training programs through SEMI and CAHO and Implemented a Fellowship in Emergency Medicine certification course under SEMI in 2009, for which he was awarded “Pioneer in SEMI Academics”.
	Dr Sai Surendar – MBBS, DEM, FICM, MD (A&E) is a Senior Consultant and Head of Emergency Medicine at Kamakshi Memorial Hospitals in Chennai, India.  Dr Surendar is also the Vice President (South) of the Society of Emergency Medicine India. Having worked in India and abroad, he is fluent in Tamil, Hindi, French, Arabic and English.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

I have some formal ED experience but am not currently working clinically in an ED, am I eligible to undertake this course?
Students must be working clinically in an Emergency Department. Students who do not work in an ED may still be eligible to enrol but this will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Part of the course assessment are OSCEs. I do not feel confident with oral examinations, should I still consider this program?
The OSCEs are a small part of the assessment process which contribute to your overall mark. However, passing the OSCE is not a hurdle requirement for you to successfully pass the course as this mark is combined with those for other assessment activities. The OSCE is a good learning opportunity for students, and is an opportunity to help build your confidence. The course Faculty are supportive and students will be provided with lots of feedback throughout the learning program.

Is it compulsory to attend every part of the Intensive Workshops?
Yes. Failure to attend will result in non-completion of the course. Students should request this period off from their employer. Students, please refer to the dates provided on the website or contact the Course Manager for details.

I would like to sit the FRCEM/MRCEM examination, will this course aid in my preparation?
This course is not designed specifically towards the exams, but rather is an overview of Emergency Medicine as a whole. It would be of benefit to provide a strong theoretical foundation before entering into dedicated study for the exams, but not during the preparation period when a trainee’s focus should be on exam-focused content and technique.