Category: Morale
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 clinicians that we have had …
Why infection control failures might kill your patients and colleagues. St Emlyn’s
This blog is based upon a short lecture given by Simon Mardel OBE (1,2). He is an emergency physician who has extensive experience in humanitarian work. He has worked in many infectious disease outbreaks around …
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 …
JC: How events in emergency medicine impact doctors psychological well-being. St Emlyn’s
Ed – This blog by Laura Howard is based on her excellent work on the impact of events on emergency care clinicians. We hope that you read this alongside the other blogs and podcasts1 the …
About that I in team (and workplace relationships)
(and workplace relationships) Not a week goes by without a post on social media about wellness in the workplace. This is a good thing. Never before has there been such a focus on wellbeing. Even …
New year resolutions and wellbeing. St Emlyn’s
I woke to this New Year to an email that said “do you want to be happier in 2019?” and I realised that one of the major factors influencing our wellbeing is that happiness is …
Equality and global health. What I learned from being a recovering racist…
Sad action I admit I cried during the movie Wonder Woman. I found the scene where Diana helps to liberate the villagers quite overwhelming; I still do. I cried not because it was particularly well …
#badEMfest18 Day 1. St Emlyn’s
Last week the St Emlyn’s team in the form of Janos Baombe, Natalie May, Ross Fisher and myself travelled to Greyton for the very first #badEMfest18. This is a conference with a real difference. Set …
The ED Spa. Wellness and Support in #Virchester. St.Emlyn’s.
The ‘ED Spa’ is designed to be a safe space within an Emergency Department, a place that is completely non-clinical and separate from the coffee room. A place where any member of staff can go …
Tough Times in the Emergency Department. St.Emlyn’s
Times are tough in the Emergency Department. Is your ED seeing an unprecedented number of patients lately? Do you feel like you are under excessive pressure because of this? Do you recently feel low …
