A 2014 video introduction to emergency medicine training in the East Midlands. This short post celebrates the variety of work and training opportunities in the specialty, sharing the film as an invitation to consider a career in UK emergency medicine.
EM training in the East Midlands. St.Emlyn’s Read More
What did the 2014 GMC training survey reveal about emergency medicine? This analysis compares satisfaction across trainee groups, explores the limits of rankings and small samples, and asks how departments can use feedback to improve induction, teaching and working conditions rather than simply defend their scores.
Are you feeling satisfied? The GMC survey and EM. Read More
An early announcement of the St Emlyn’s podcast from 2014. The post introduces its initial focus on diagnosis, plans for clinical and management discussions, and contributions from the wider team, capturing the beginnings of the project alongside the blog.
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What happens when later research overturns an established medical practice? This 2014 journal club examines a decade of medical reversals reported in one major journal, considering publication bias, the limits of that sample and the need to question both new treatments and familiar clinical beliefs.
JC: A decade of reversal: an analysis of 146 contradicted medical practices. Read More
Louise Cullen introduces her SMACC Gold talk on how research is produced, analysed and reported. Reflecting on changes in her own approach to new evidence, she discusses the traps in interpreting published findings and the importance of critical appraisal before changing clinical practice.
Louise Cullen on why most published research is wrong. St.Emlyn’s Read More
How do our beliefs and interpretations of evidence shape what we do for patients? Simon Carley introduces his SMACC Gold talk on deciding when to change practice, exploring the place of innovators and sceptics and linking to the debate that followed with Scott Weingart.
What to believe and when to change. St.Emlyn’s at SMACC Read More
Could analysis of the ventricular fibrillation waveform help decide when to defibrillate? This 2014 appraisal examines a randomised trial in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest that found no improvement in survival, considering the study’s limitations and the gap between a plausible technology and demonstrated patient benefit.
JC: Does wave form analysis improve outcome in VF arrest? St.Emlyn’s Read More
What place should chronic disease risk factors have in emergency decision-making? Simon Carley introduces his SMACC Gold presentation, using that question to explore how clinicians’ assumptions, interpretations and beliefs influence their assessment of patients in the emergency department and resuscitation room.
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