An archived invitation to Victoria Brazil’s Manchester talk on 14 August 2014, ‘Talking, Teaching and Technology’. The post introduces the event and reflects on her presentation skills and educational approach, with a link to her earlier SMACC talk on timing, tribes and STEMIs.
A 2014 announcement of Critical Care Horizons, an open-access journal developed by Rob Mac Sweeney and Andrew Ferguson. The founders set out their plans to combine peer review with the discussion and sharing associated with FOAMed, offering free publication and reading across the spectrum of critical care.
A look ahead, written in 2014, to SMACC Chicago in June 2015. The St Emlyn’s team explains the conference’s appeal from a UK perspective, shares a podcast discussion and points to earlier talks illustrating its mix of clinical education, academic debate and entertainment.
What can a conference built around social media offer a clinical researcher? Reflecting on SMACC Gold in 2014, Rick Body argues that accessible presentation, open education and online discussion can help research reach practising clinicians and make its findings useful beyond the journal page.
Natalie May reflects on feeling like an impostor while speaking at SMACC Gold in 2014. Her account explores the pressure of teaching people whose opinions matter deeply, the support of the FOAM community and finding value in a contribution despite persistent self-doubt.
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Iain Beardsell reflects on the kindness and sense of community he encountered at SMACC Gold in 2014. He considers how friendships formed through social media can deepen face to face, and what a compassionate conference culture might bring back to everyday emergency care.
Practical perspectives on trauma care and team leadership.
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