Author name: Simon Carley

Simon Carley MB ChB, PGDip, DipIMC (RCS Ed), FRCS (Ed)(1998), FHEA, FAcadMed, FRCEM, FTACC, MPhil, MD, PhD is Creator, Webmaster, owner and Editor in Chief of the St Emlyn’s blog and podcast. He has a MAHSC Professorship from the University of Manchester. He is a Consultant in adult and paediatric Emergency Medicine at Manchester Foundation Trust and a HEMS consultant with North West Air Ambulance. He is co-founder of BestBets, St.Emlyns and the MSc in emergency medicine at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is an Education Associate with the General Medical Council. His research interests include diagnostics, MedEd, Major incidents & Evidence based Emergency Medicine. He is verified on social media as @EMManchester

JC: High sensitivity Troponin I on presentation. Is it enough to rule out ACS? St.Emlyn’s

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Could a single high-sensitivity troponin I result help rule out acute coronary syndrome at presentation? This 2015 appraisal examines a diagnostic cohort study, distinguishing negative predictive value from sensitivity and asking how the findings fit with ECG interpretation, clinical risk and different patient populations.

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#TTCNYC: Educational theories you need to know (about). St.Emlyn’s

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An introduction to educational theories relevant to teaching in emergency and critical care. Prepared for the 2015 Teaching Course in New York, this collection links learning, assessment, deliberate practice and communities of practice, while encouraging educators to question theories rather than treat them as fixed rules.

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James Lind and the RCEM needs you (and you, and you). St.Emlyn’s

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This October 2015 announcement introduces the James Lind Alliance and RCEM emergency medicine research priority-setting partnership. It explains why patients, carers and clinicians were invited to identify unanswered questions together, and how that process aimed to shape research priorities beyond individual researchers’ interests.

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#Medutainment and Emergency Medicine, Part 3. What next and how do I do it?

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How can an engaging presentation lead to deeper learning rather than simply entertain? The final part of Simon Carley’s medutainment series considers delivery, follow-up learning and the risks of weak content, uncritical admiration, neglected everyday topics and commercial influence in medical education.

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#Medutainment and Emergency Medicine. Part 2. Why are we talking about it?

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Why did entertainment become a more visible part of medical education? In this 2015 reflection, Simon Carley considers digital access to information, reusable online resources and changing conference expectations, arguing that stories and engaging delivery can help learners think beyond memorising facts.

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#Medutainment and Emergency Medicine. Part 1. What is it and where did it come from?

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What does medutainment mean, and where did it come from? Simon Carley introduces the blend of medicine, education and entertainment, tracing examples from public health broadcasting and medical demonstrations while making the case for engagement as one approach to teaching, rather than the only approach.

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SPLIT trial published. Saline or Plasmalyte on the ICU? St.Emlyn’s

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The 2015 SPLIT trial compared saline with Plasma-Lyte in intensive care patients. This appraisal explains its crossover design and kidney-injury outcomes, then considers statistical power, fluid given before ICU admission and the limits of applying the results to emergency department patients or other balanced solutions.

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