Early-career Emergency Medicine
Twelve sessions combining common presentations, diagnostic decisions, urgent treatment and communication.
For: FY2, GP trainees and early ACCS trainees.
Use the order below as a starting point. Select, reorder or repeat sessions to match the group’s experience and your department’s priorities. Send each learner-preparation link before the session and check the lesson’s review status and local guidance.
12 sessions in the suggested sequence. The timings below come from each lesson; paired practice may need additional time.
Analgesia in the Emergency Department
Agree a practical approach to pain assessment and reassessment.
The breathless patient: act, assess, reassess
Compare decisions in breathless patients and practise the examination.
Chest pain: choosing the right diagnostic pathway
Discuss how the history, tests and local pathway affect the plan.
Diagnostic testing: decide before you request
Use worked cases to decide what a test would change before requesting it.
Interpreting chest X-rays
Interpret chest radiographs together and explain their effect on the clinical decision.
Recognising and responding to suspected sepsis
Rehearse assessment, reassessment and escalation in suspected sepsis.
Anaphylaxis: act early, reassess, plan discharge
Work through recognition, immediate treatment and discharge planning.
DKA: treat the patient and follow the trend
Follow the teaching case over time and discuss what the changing results mean.
Head injury: imaging, deterioration and concussion
Discuss imaging decisions, deterioration and advice after head injury.
Back pain: recognising the dangerous exception
Use the cases to select relevant questions and examination, then practise with a partner.
Making a useful referral
Practise concise referrals and reaching a clear shared plan.
Chronic pain: a useful emergency consultation
Discuss uncertainty, patient priorities and a useful plan beyond the consultation.
Choose one change to try after each session. At the next meeting, discuss what happened and what you would do differently.
Read the educator’s guide for preparation, small-group discussion and feedback.