The emergency healthcare system is a critical component of Australia’s health system which has been fundamentally reformed over the last four decades with the upgrading and modernisation of both ambulance services and Emergency Departments and the emergence of new professions of Paramedic, Emergency Physician and Emergency Nurse.

Professor Gerry FitzGerald was ED Director at Ipswich Hospital for ten years and one of the founders of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine serving as national secretary and Editor in Chief of the College Journal. His research into ED Triage led directly to the development of the Australasian Triage Scale.

He was subsequently Medical Director, then Commissioner of the Qld Ambulance Service where for ten years he led its modernisation, the introduction of paramedics and transition of paramedic education to universities. He served as Queensland’s CHO for three years and many State and national leadership positions.

Since joining QUT in 2006, Prof. FitzGerald has led the development of the Master of Health Management. He has published over 100 peer review articles, a text in Disaster Health Management, eight book chapters and more than 100 conference representations. He has supervised 21 PhD graduates and obtained $5m in research grants.

His research focuses on emergency healthcare systems and how they perform under both routine and non-routine pressures.

In this ACHSM Queensland podcast interview from the ACHSM Breakfast Forum in November 2017, Professor Fitzgerald seeks to categorise the adventure to date and outlines the strategies required to ensure future sustainability.

EMERGENCY HEALTHCARE OF THE FUTURE - PROFESSOR GERRY FITZGERALD

Few would argue that we should aspire to Clinical Excellence in the delivery of health services.  But what is clinical excellence?  Why is it important? Is it a noun or a verb? Journey or destination? Can you measure it? How do you create it? 

These and other questions addressed by Dr Wakefield at the ACHSM Breakfast Forum in Brisbane in December 2017.

Dr John Wakefield is the Deputy Director General, Queensland Health Clinical Excellence Division.

INTERVIEW WITH DR JOHN WAKEFIELD ON CLINICAL EXCELLENCE

The ACHSM Qld Branch is proud to present the Cuppa with the Chief series. These exclusive events enable participants to interact on an intimate level with Chief Executives, providing opportunities to ask the probing questions and the potential to advance their careers through networking. 
Hosted by the CEOs, in their own boardrooms at their respective workplace, the chiefs will speak about their career journey in health management, and in particular as a senior leader.

On 30 April 2018, the Qld Branch welcomed Adrian Pennington FCSHM. 
Adrian has more than 40 years health care experience, more than half of which has been at executive and senior management levels – both within acute hospitals and leading national programs within the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS). During Adrian’s career, he has managed every department within a hospital including support services. 
In this recorded session, Adrian shares his story and delves into some of the challenges and successes that have shaped his career to-date.

To find out more about the ACHSM visit achsm.org.au

ACHSM Qld Cuppa With Adrian Pennington - April 30, 2018

Speaker: Jo Whitehead, Chief Executive, Mackay Hospital and Health Service

Recorded Tuesday 10 July 2018

To know more, visit http://www.achsm.org.au/events.

ACHSM Qld Cuppa With Jo Whitehead 10 Jul 2018

ACHSM Qld Cuppa With The Chief Lisa Davies-Jones 13 Aug 2018

Q&A with experienced healthcare leader Kevin Hegarty, recorded after his ACHSM Cuppa with the Chief forum on Tue 4 Sep 2018, recorded at Griffith University, South Bank Campus.
For a more in-depth interview, please listen to Chris Davies’ #HealthTalks episode #1 on Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/user-125841972/health-talks-episode-1
ACHSM events are available at achsm.org.au/events.