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I don’t know about you but I had relatively little communication skills training at medical school. It was two or three days over five years and I thought that […]
It’s Not OK: Communication in Paediatric Critical Care at #dasSMACC Read More
Here are some ideas for interactive games and exercises in workshops, together with examples of how I have used them and some ideas about how you could adapt them to
Interactive Ideas for Workshops Read More
I’ve put together ten tips for planning a workshop based on my experiences planning workshops since 2005 when I was originally trained as an IFMSA trainer. I’ve made plenty of mistakes
How to Plan a Workshop Read More
After a really fantastic day yesterday, today focused on simulation in the morning and then learning theory in the afternoon. Learning theory might sound a little less exciting, but hopefully
#dasTTC Day 2 in Copenhagen. Read More
One of my favourite sections of the #smaccMINI workshop at #smaccDUB last year was when my Paediatric ED colleague Roisin McNamara from Dublin and I got the chance to speak
Critically Ill in PED – the Patient Perspective at #smaccMINI #smaccDUB Read More
We’ve blogged before about the James Lind Alliance1,2 project that’s been running with the Royal College of Emergency Medicine. In brief this is an exercise that engages the profession, researchers
Here’s the top 10 (and more) research priorities in EM. James Lind & St.Emlyn’s Read More
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again1. This blog tackles a really challenging topic in our theme around communication and wellbeing2–4. How do
Difficult conversations with children in critical care Read More
I was thrilled to kick off the EM stream at SMACC Dublin this year with a presentation on the big questions, in other words the strategic future, ofEmergency Medicine. This
The Big Questions in Emergency Medicine. What’s our future? SMACC Dublin Read More
