RDPH ED is maximally ACEM accredited for specialist training as a major referral hospital (24 months adult emergency medicine training and the paediatric log book). There are well established rotations to intensive care, anaesthetics, medicine and retrieval. Other rotations (e.g. paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, surgery, psychiatry, orthopaedics) can be arranged on an individual basis.

Registrars are rostered four hours of protected teaching time each week. There are separate teaching programs focusing on primary and fellowship exam preparation. Weekly simulation training is incorporated into the teaching program. The program is supported by 3 co-directors emergency medicine trainees, a wellness program, a mentoring program and a gender equal consultant workforce.

National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC) is located in Darwin. The NCCTRC conducts the following courses:

  • Early Management of Severe Trauma (EMST),
  • Advanced Life Support (ALS),
  • Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS),
  • Australian Trauma Team Training (ATTT) and
  • Major Incident Medical Management Support (MIMMS).