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The final day of The Teaching Course in Copenhagen in 2017 focuses on presentations and difficult feedback. The report introduces the P-cubed approach to story, supporting media and delivery, alongside practice using the Giraffe method for challenging conversations.

A 2017 visit to Mitchells Plain and neighbouring emergency centres prompts reflections on trauma, mental health care, teaching and resource constraints. Simon Carley describes the work of South African colleagues and the #badEM team, while questioning the limits of an outsider’s perspective.

What happens when clinical work makes us afraid? In this companion to his SMACC Dublin talk, Ross Fisher reflects on recognising fear, its effects on performance and teamwork, and the value of colleagues who support us through it.

Who should decide which medical research clinicians can read and trust? Reflecting on a 2016 SMACC debate, Simon Carley questions journal paywalls and traditional publishing incentives, while exploring open access, post-publication review and the unresolved problem of sustainable alternatives.

A presentation is more than its slides. Ross Fisher introduces the p-cubed approach to story, supporting media and delivery, explaining how attention to the audience and the interaction between these elements can change the way clinicians prepare and present.

A report from EuSEM 2016 in Vienna, covering trauma, cardiac diagnostics, decision-making, education and clinician wellbeing. Alongside the clinical sessions, the post reflects on interactive debate, international connections and the value of meeting emergency medicine colleagues beyond the lecture hall.