Author name: Robert Lloyd

Dr Robert Lloyd MBChB is an emergency medicine trainee in the UK. He is an NHS Innovation fellow with research interests in new technologies and healthcare. You can find himon twitter as @ponderingEM

Purposefully Practicing for COVID-19

By Robert Lloyd / May 21, 2020

A personal account of practising the fundamentals during the first COVID-19 wave. Using CPAP setup, removing PPE, closed-loop communication and end-of-life conversations as examples, the author explores breaking skills into smaller steps, seeking feedback and learning deliberately during everyday work.

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An Englishman in South Africa: Robert Lloyd at St.Emlyn’s

By Robert Lloyd / May 7, 2016

Robert Lloyd reflects on three months working in South Africa and the effect of acute stress on his clinical performance. He describes how repeated practice, mental rehearsal, preparation, self-talk and breathing helped him cope, then considers how simulation might prepare others for pressure.

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