Katherine Gridley reports from the inaugural Don’t Forget the Bubbles conference in Brisbane in 2017. Her review brings together paediatric evidence, simulation and difficult conversations, with reflections on compassion, clinician wellbeing and the perspectives of children and families.
Self-care in retrieval medicine starts with ordinary needs: food, rest, sleep and time away from work. This sixth instalment of the Sydney HEMS reflections considers team morale, fitness and the culture of working while ill, drawing on a year of personal experience.
Starting ST3 brings new clinical responsibilities as well as portfolio demands. Drawing on a year in paediatric emergency medicine, this post discusses listening to parents and nurses, working with uncertainty, building relationships and making space for life outside the department.
Conference ReportsCritical Care
The final day of dasSMACC 2017 brings education, human factors and the human cost of healthcare into focus. This report reflects on simulation, learning from failure, burnout and global solidarity, alongside powerful contributions from patients, clinicians and educators.
Conference ReportsCritical Care
From prehospital simulation to end-of-life conversations, day one of dasSMACC 2017 combined clinical challenges with questions about how medicine learns. This report revisits sickle cell care, self-doubt, patient-centred outcomes and the future of scientific publishing.
Day one of The Teaching Course in Copenhagen in 2017 connects medical education with wellbeing, performance under pressure and self-awareness. The report also explores pastoral support, social media and personal learning networks as tools for developing educators and learners.
Practical perspectives on trauma care and team leadership.
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