Category: The philosophy of EM
Purposefully Practicing for COVID-19
“When” not “if” Purposeful Practice? To purposefully practice you must:– Deliberately target specific skills during shifts, seizing opportunities to drill or do them for real. – Push yourself out of the comfort zone.– Seek immediate feedback or self-reflect on stuff that can …
Colour of the wind
Fair warning: this is a difficult read. Many thanks to Janos Baombe, Liz Crowe and Cathy Wield for your wisdom and support in making this post a little less uncomfortable. Before you start This is …
Covid19: Why we need Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) more than ever during a pandemic. St Emlyn’s
Evidence based medicine (EBM) is one of the four pillars of St Emlyn’s. We are usually pretty sceptical about adopting treatments without high quality evidence publishfred in a decent journal and with critical appraisal. Covid19 …
Covid19: Induction materials for docs redeployed to Emergency Medicine. St Emlyn’s
I think everyone is struggling with staffing issues at the moment. A combination of sickness and self isolation is decimating staffing rota in EDs around the world. Use these resources to share with those coming …
Head Vs Heart: Opening the Box. St Emlyn’s
Ed- This blog post comes at an interesting and challenging time for us all. It was due to be given at #badEMfest in South Africa this week, but as we all know Covid-19 rather scuppered …
Covid-19 Podcast from Italy with Roberto Cosentini. St Emlyn’s
Dr Roberto Cosentini is an old friend of St Emlyn’s who works in Bergamo, in Northern Italy. He is right at the heart of the recent Covid-19 outbreak. He kindly found an hour to record …
Covid 19 preparations in Virchester. St Emlyn’s
The blog and podcast has been a bit quiet recently as we’ve been focused on the preparations for Corona virus1 in the UK and around the world. These are our abbreviated thoughts on where we …
PEWCs: Sim training for coronavirus (and more). St Emlyn’s
Although we don’t talk about it much on the blog, one of the major research interests in Virchester is in the management of major incidents. Over the years we’ve published extensively on the epidemiology and …
CODA update (the program is out). St Emlyn’s
2020 promises a range of incredible conferences, many of which will be supported by the St Emlyn’s team. We’ve already told you about the #stemlynsLIVE conference in May, and we are especially looking forward to …
DFTB. The procedure paradox update. St Emlyn's
Updated content and video This is an update and repost of a blog from last Summer following the release of the video from the 2019 Don’t Forget the Bubbles (DFTB) conference in London. The original …