A SMACC 2013 presentation on risk in emergency medicine, with a video and accompanying slides. Its deliberately provocative outline challenges how clinicians think about diagnosis, uncertainty and the risks they take in everyday practice.
Wrestling with Risk at SMACC 2013 St.Emlyn’s Read More
How safe is propofol sedation when delivered by emergency physicians? This 2013 journal club reviews a single-centre audit of 1,008 cases, distinguishing transient adverse events from lasting harm and considering how training, supervision and patient selection affect the relevance of its findings elsewhere.
JC: ED physicians are not Propofol Assassins – St.Emlyn’s Read More
Simon Carley’s SMACC 2013 talk reflects on the development of St Emlyn’s and educational leadership through social media. The accompanying introduction asks whether FOAM needs a representative organisation and invites discussion about the movement’s future.
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Why were so many trainees struggling to pass FCEM? Writing in 2013, Simon Carley examines pass rates, training pressures and the structure of the examination, using a probability model to question how separate compulsory components affect candidates’ chances of success.
Taking FCEM – what are the odds on passing? St.Emlyn’s Read More
This is the panel discussion from smacc 2013 with a great group of FOAMites (and me). The panel discuss where FOAM is, where it’s going and how it might fit
SMACC 2013: A roadmap for #FOAM at St.Emlyn’s Read More
Does prehospital fluid resuscitation improve survival after trauma? This 2013 journal club challenges the interpretation of an observational study, examining the difference between its headline, unadjusted mortality figures and adjusted analysis, alongside selection bias and uncertainty from a small sample.
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Could nebulised hypertonic saline prevent admission for infants with bronchiolitis? This 2013 journal club examines a Cochrane review, separating findings in hospitalised children from the smaller emergency and outpatient studies, and highlighting the uncertainty around admission avoidance.
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Simon Carley’s Anarchy in the UK presentation from SMACC 2013 traces St Emlyn’s development from early asynchronous learning to FOAM. The post brings together recordings and slides, with an invitation to debate social media’s role in medical education.
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