How can reflection become useful learning rather than a compulsory portfolio exercise? Natalie May explores planned and spontaneous reflection, patient follow-up, feedback and the biases that shape our accounts. Her article and accompanying podcast consider how educators can create safer, more meaningful opportunities to learn from practice.
Natalie May introduces the e-book collecting her reflections from Sydney HEMS, with 104 lessons drawn from the original blog series. This 2017 announcement explains the collection’s additional photographs, foreword and chapter on entering prehospital and retrieval medicine, and links back to the seven source posts.
104 Reflections from Sydney HEMS – the eBook. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Can the Ottawa subarachnoid haemorrhage rule reduce unnecessary investigation without missing serious disease? This 2017 appraisal examines its prospective validation, patient selection and the tradeoff between sensitivity and specificity. Natalie May considers testing burden, clinician interpretation and why careful documentation of headache onset matters.
JC: Subarachnoid Haemorrhage, Decision Rules & Overtesting Headaches Read More
A year with Sydney HEMS offers lessons beyond clinical practice. The final instalment explores facing fears, recognising fatigue, responding to frustration and making time for the people who matter, alongside the value of humility and reflection.
101 Reflective Lessons from a Year with Sydney HEMS. Part Seven: Life Lessons Read More
Behind St Emlyn’s tongue-in-cheek mottos are practical ideas about working in emergency medicine: choosing our response to events, recognising our limits, staying calm and taking initiative. The team explains how these philosophies shape its clinical and educational work.
The philosophies of St Emlyn Read More
Self-care in retrieval medicine starts with ordinary needs: food, rest, sleep and time away from work. This sixth instalment of the Sydney HEMS reflections considers team morale, fitness and the culture of working while ill, drawing on a year of personal experience.
101 Reflective Lessons from a Year with Sydney HEMS. Part Six: Self Care Read More
Leadership is not reserved for the most senior person in the room. Reflections from a year with Sydney HEMS explore responding to hostility, supporting colleagues after difficult jobs, listening to every voice and recognising the value of everyday kindness and humility.
101 Reflective Lessons from a Year with Sydney HEMS. Part Five: Leadership Read More
Good paediatric communication involves more than breaking bad news. This dasSMACC teaching post explores cultural assumptions, preparing children and families for procedures, and listening directly to young patients, with practical ways to make consultations more inclusive and honest.
It’s Not OK: Communication in Paediatric Critical Care at #dasSMACC Read More
