What would a realistic wellbeing plan look like alongside a demanding critical care job? Liz Crowe’s companion to the wellbeing podcast explores sleep, food, movement, quiet time and relationships, using her own routine to illustrate an approach tailored to the individual.
Who shapes the work of an emergency physician beyond the resuscitation room? In the third part of this 2016 series, Simon Carley explores funding, targets, specialist services and workforce pressures, asking how political and organisational choices might change the scope of emergency medicine.
An ageing population changes more than the number of patients arriving in the emergency department. This opening essay in the 2016 ‘Big Questions’ series examines complex illness, social care needs and an ageing workforce, arguing for training and service planning that look beyond immediate pressures.
When does confidence in the emergency department become overconfidence? Prompted by personal feedback, this reflection explores diagnostic uncertainty, missed opportunities to learn from patient outcomes and practical ways to seek advice, follow up decisions and invite honest feedback from colleagues.
Can clinicians be both assertive and respectful? Natalie May challenges the gendered labels applied to women in emergency medicine, explores the harm of polarised assumptions and argues for mutual respect and a shared commitment to patient care when colleagues disagree.
As UK emergency medicine approached its fiftieth anniversary, Simon Carley used a midlife-crisis analogy to reflect on the specialty’s development. This 2016 essay considers professional identity, external pressures, career choices and the search for a satisfying working life, with a deliberately humorous edge.
Practical perspectives on trauma care and team leadership.
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