The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine’s (ACEM) National Program, Improving Australia’s Emergency Medicine Workforce, commenced mid-2011.  The EMET  (Emergency Medicine Education & Training) Program is included in the range of projects, funded by the Australian Federal Government, as part of its commitment to improving emergency medical care in Australia.

The EMET Program provides a unique framework which supports site specific development of education and training programs in emergency medicine for doctors and nurses (not specifically trained in emergency medicine) working in emergency departments or urgent care services in regional, rural and remote settings.

The common goal of the EMET program is two-fold:

• to promote and support doctors enrolled in the EM Certificate and Diploma courses, and
• to provide emergency medicine training at the hub hospitals and to smaller hospitals within the region or network.

The Coffs Harbour Health Campus and Port Macquarie Health Campus are both EMET Hubs and provide training to Doctors and Nurses across the Mid North Coast Health District.

Program funding has now been extended to December 2020.