NOTE: Places for this workshop are full. We are taking registration details for wait list only.

REGISTRATION OF INTEREST – Practical Emergency Eye and ENT Skills workshops

The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital is pleased to announce the following education sessions in 2024 for FACEMs and Emergency Medicine Trainees wishing to fine-tune or refresh their skills:

May workshop - Aimed towards Emergency Trainees

October workshop - FACEMs only (advanced workshop which will allow CPD procedural skills sign off for ENT and Eyes)

The number of places for the workshops are limited to 12 participants. The workshop will be for the full day (9am-4pm approx). Priority will be given to FACEMs/Emergency Registrars. Cost for the May workshop will be $715 and the October workshop will be $902.

Due to the high demand and limited places, all interested participants must register their interest. If you are accepted, you will be contacted via email with the link for providing payment. You will have 10 business days to make payment and secure your place.

Details of Workshop

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, 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 foreign body, assessment of the anterior chamber, measurement of intraocular pressure, testing for relative afferent pupil defect and retinal examination.