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The 19 May 2020 COVID-19 journal club, available as a webinar and edited podcast, features Liz Crowe on grief, loss and communication. The reading list includes OpenSAFELY mortality risk factors, symptom tracking, airborne particles in hospitals and bereavement support.

A personal reflection on privilege, social bias and the limits of one's own perspective. Drawing on experiences in medicine and South Africa, the author examines uncomfortable conversations, unconscious bias and the need to listen to colleagues whose opportunities and experiences have been different.

This book brings together the best of the journal club posts from the St Emlyn’s blog and podcast. Journal Clubs have been a focus of our work and research for […]

This book brings together the best of the journal club posts from the St Emlyn’s blog and podcast. Journal Clubs have been a focus of our work and research for […]

Great news! You can now stream the entire St Emlyn’s podcast library on Spotify. Playlists To help you find your favourite episodes we’ve put together a series of playlists. Induction […]

A roundup of St Emlyn's in March 2020, including Roberto Cosentini's experience in northern Italy and Liz Crowe's discussion of pandemic fear and anxiety. The episode notes also cover critical care preparation, lung ultrasound, immediate care, vasopressin in haemorrhagic shock and patient flow.

Iain Beardsell and Liz Crowe discuss fear and anxiety at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their March 2020 podcast and notes explore taking breaks from pandemic news, looking after everyday needs, respecting different emotional responses and supporting colleagues through uncertainty.

The 2019–2020 St Emlyn's journal club book brings together more than 30 critical appraisals, with links to downloadable editions. The introduction encourages readers to compare interpretations, revisit disputed studies such as CRASH-3 and use the collection to start evidence-based discussions with colleagues.

Why can a satisfying day of emergency procedures be a patient's worst day? Simon Carley's DFTB talk and accompanying reflection examine that tension, the motives behind interventions and the emotional support clinicians and learners need when a resuscitation becomes difficult or ends badly.

An introduction to St Emlyn's review of emergency care in the 2010s. It brings together reflections on diagnostics and advanced clinical practitioners, while outlining planned contributions on education, wellbeing, equity, training and the changing assumptions behind everyday practice.