Wellbeing

Will expanding training places secure the emergency department workforce? This response to England’s 2017 workforce plan examines recruitment, new clinical roles and protected teaching time, while arguing that consultant wellbeing and sustainable careers need much greater attention.

Behind St Emlyn’s tongue-in-cheek mottos are practical ideas about working in emergency medicine: choosing our response to events, recognising our limits, staying calm and taking initiative. The team explains how these philosophies shape its clinical and educational work.

What happens when a passion for emergency medicine meets the physical limits of chronic illness? Harriet shares her experience of training with rheumatoid arthritis, exploring workplace barriers, difficult career choices and what meaningful support for colleagues might require.

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.

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.

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.