Struggling to learn to surf offers a reminder of what being a novice feels like. Simon Carley reflects on how enthusiasm, achievable milestones and honest feedback can improve skills teaching, and why educators should occasionally become beginners again.
Emergency Department Management
Leadership is not reserved for the most senior person in the room. Reflections from a year with Sydney HEMS explore responding to hostility, supporting colleagues after difficult jobs, listening to every voice and recognising the value of everyday kindness and humility.
Good paediatric communication involves more than breaking bad news. This dasSMACC teaching post explores cultural assumptions, preparing children and families for procedures, and listening directly to young patients, with practical ways to make consultations more inclusive and honest.
Looking for ways to make a workshop genuinely interactive? This collection describes feedback games, communication exercises, role play and small-group tasks, explaining how they have been used and adapted, and why briefing and debriefing matter as much as the activity.
A successful workshop starts with clear aims and an understanding of its participants. This ten-step guide covers context, resources, timing and interaction, then explains how feedback and structured reflection can help you refine the session for its next outing.
Natalie May continues her reflections on a year with Sydney HEMS, focusing on paediatric retrieval, drowning and airway care. These personal clinical lessons explore equipment, communication and the compromises involved in delivering critical care outside the hospital.
Practical perspectives on trauma care and team leadership.
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