General Emergency Medicine Skills Course
Strengthen your emergency skills to better serve your community.
Build Up Your Emergency Care Skills
Working in emergency care in a rural community across Alberta can be a challenge. Our GEMS course helps you serve your patients with confidence.
The General Emergency Medicine Skills (GEMS) Course is a practical, interactive training program that combines online, self-paced learning with hands-on human patient simulation.
The GEMS Course is offered through our partnership with Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) and is accredited by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and certified for Mainpro+ credits.
GEMS program details
GEMS is open to rural-based Alberta physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. It is not open to resident physicians and healthcare students.
For this program, rural means practising in a community outside the Calgary or Edmonton Census Metropolitan Areas with a population of fewer than 15,000.
GEMS learning modules include
- Preparation for transport
- Shock management
- Advanced airway management and rapid sequence intubation
- Emergency thoracostomy
- Injured child
- Obstetrical emergencies
- Central venous access and intraosseous infusion
- C-spine, X-ray, and CT head interpretation
Continuing Medical Education credits
The GEMS self-learning program is certified for up to 19 Mainpro+ credits, including:
- 2 credits per completed online module
- 3 credits for the STARS simulation component
Strengthen Your Emergency Medicine Skills
