What is Burnout?
The term ‘burnout’ has become ubiquitous within the common vernacular. Yet what do we actually mean when we say we feel burnt-out?
Human factors
Explore the role of human factors in emergency and acute care, including teamwork, decision-making, cognitive bias, and patient safety. Our evidence-based posts provide practical insights into optimising performance, reducing errors, and improving clinical outcomes.
Trauma Team Leadership – Top Tips from Ten Years of Trauma Team Leadership
Top tips from ten years of Trauma Team Leadership. A presentation for the RCEM CPD Conference in Bournemouth
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Podcast – December 2021 Monthly Round Up
Iain and Simon recap the highlights on the blog from December 2021. The best of the month plus a few reflections on the year and a look forward to 2022.
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Thinking pragmatically about capacity
Editor: This is a guest post by Simon Horne. It is likely one of the last posts from Virchester before the festive season properly commences. Take care and stay safe.
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Patient Flow in Urgent Care
Flow through the urgent care setting, such as an emergency department (ED) is complex. There are a multitude of factors that affect flow through an urgent care setting. Systems research
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Lead yourself (through the COVID-19 pandemic). St Emlyn’s with Joke Van kerkhoven
Ed – We are delighted to publish a guest post from a great friend of St Emlyn’s, Joke from Belgium. She is one of a number of superb Belgian emergency
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Moral Injury during COVID-19. St Emlyn’s
Ed – We have previously covered the concept of moral injury on the blog and podcast, largely in respect to the experience of managing patients with traumatic injury. In 2020
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Purposefully Practicing for COVID-19
Working in the ED has probably changed forever thanks to COVID-19. I’ve found the experience peculiar, frightening, and relentlessly interesting. I’m sure we all have. It goes without saying that
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