What makes a career in emergency medicine feel fulfilling? Drawing on Maslow’s ideas, Simon Carley explores personal growth, the conditions needed to thrive at work and the satisfaction of helping others develop, while acknowledging the pressures that can undermine those ambitions.
Self-Actualisation and Transcendence in Emergency Medicine. St.Emlyn’s. #RCEMCPD16 Read More
As UK emergency medicine approached its fiftieth anniversary, Simon Carley used a midlife-crisis analogy to reflect on the specialty’s development. This 2016 essay considers professional identity, external pressures, career choices and the search for a satisfying working life, with a deliberately humorous edge.
UK Emergency Medicine’s midlife crisis. St.Emlyn’s. #RCEMCPD16 Read More
Does repeating a skill make us better, or simply more practised at doing it the same way? Simon Carley explores deliberate practice through clinical, musical and sporting examples, emphasising focused tasks, feedback, reflection and coaching when time for learning is limited.
The pursuit of mastery through deliberate practice. St.Emlyn’s. #RCEMCPD16 Read More
Should clinicians unlock an unconscious patient’s phone to help identify them? This 2016 ethical and legal discussion explores the tension between useful clinical information, privacy and consent, using a hypothetical emergency department case to ask whether access is necessary and what remains uncertain.
Can you unlock your unconscious patient’s mobile phone with their thumb? St.Emlyn’s Read More
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Can website traffic and social-media popularity tell us how useful FOAMed is? This critique examines the Social Media Index’s measures and their limitations. A 2017 update softens the original criticism, recognising the index’s contribution to developing academic approaches to online education.
The Social Media Index (SMi): Can & should we measure #FOAMed? Read More
Vic Brazil and Sandra Viggers join St.Emlyn’s for a review of the international medical simulation conference in San Diego, California.
Calling all simulation educators …. Vic Brazil and Sandra Viggers live from San Diego. Read More
Why might the immediate fear of a missed diagnosis outweigh the less visible harms of unnecessary testing? Simon Carley explores ‘risk proximity’, distinguishing risks to patients from risks to clinicians and asking how their timing can distort decisions in the emergency department.
Emergency medicine, a risky business part 7: Risk proximity Read More
