Peripheral Hospitals Emergency Medicine Conference Inc. (PHEMC) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to Emergency Medicine education and training.
Its first conference was held in 2002 in the Hunter Valley and was a resounding success. Feedback indicated strong support for the format and requested that the conference become an annual event. From 2005, the name of the event was changed to Spring Seminar on Emergency Medicine. It has steadily increased in popularity over the years that it has been held and is now one of the major emergency medicine conferences in Australasia.
SSEM prides itself on creating a unique conference that is family friendly, inclusive and relaxing. This encourages a collegiate atmosphere for the sharing of experiences and ideas.
PHEMC also organizes, in conjunction with ACEM (NSW), the Evidence Review on Emergency Medicine. Held annually in Autumn, the Evidence Review is a concentrated meeting with an emphasis on review of current scientific literature and research.
PHEMC collaborates with ACEM, ASCMO and ASEM to ensure that its conferences are both at the forefront of scientific education and also relevant and accessible to all emergency medicine practitioners.