CTR – the link between structure and marking at FCEM
Part 3 on how to write a CTR for the FCEM exam. Linking how you write with the exam structure.
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Part 3 on how to write a CTR for the FCEM exam. Linking how you write with the exam structure.
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There’s a big bundle of CTRs (Clinical Topic Review) in my pigeon hole this morning, all freshly printed and pristine ready for marking at the next FCEM exam. I’ve not
CTR – How to put it together for FCEM. Read More
Pre intubation communication in the resus room for major burns patients. Ethics communication and beliefs. Dilemmas in emergency medicine.
Little white lies in the resus room – St.Emlyn’s Read More
How to consider thresholds for labelling in the diagnostic process. Diagnosis does not guarantee treatment success or failure.
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Critical appraisal and review of Etomidate as a drug for procedural sedation in the pediatric emergency department.
Etomidate for Paediatric Sedation Read More
Time to think about whether you are really an emergency medicine diagnostician… Are you a diagnostician? Of course you are! Why do I even need to ask? Well, to be
Emergency Medicine, a risky business part 1. You are not a diagnostician. Read More
2012 update on guidelines for the management of paracetamol overdose in the ED.
Paracetamol 2012: less means more Read More