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Heidi Edmundson describes bringing Forum Theatre into the emergency department to explore communication, power and staff wellbeing. By replaying difficult situations with audience members trying alternative responses, the project gave colleagues a way to examine everyday tensions together and consider how interactions might change.

Simon Carley shares highlights from the 2018 BASICS North West conference, spanning prehospital care, sepsis, stroke research and support for clinicians. The report ends with his torso trauma discussion, covering changing interventions, paediatric injuries, assessment of shock and the challenges of care across the patient journey.

Simon and Iain revisit the St Emlyn’s blog from April 2018. The episode’s written guide links trauma research, paediatric CT, anticoagulation complications and diagnostic uncertainty, alongside clinician wellbeing, team coaching and reflections from badEMfest in South Africa.

Stevan Bruijns offers a personal perspective on codependency in emergency care, exploring overcommitment, conflict and the roles of victim, rescuer and persecutor. This deliberately challenging reflection asks how clinicians might recognise unhelpful relationship patterns and make space for their own wellbeing.

This introduction to St Emlyn’s 2018 wellbeing e-book brings together reflections on working in emergency and acute care. Edited by Simon Carley and Laura Howard, the collection draws on the team’s experiences of pressure, fatigue and balancing professional and personal lives, with self-care at its centre.

The second day of badEMfest 2018 combines practical emergency care with questions about leadership and humanity. This report covers paediatric problems, imaging in pregnancy, trauma resuscitation and South African emergency services, alongside feedback, staff support, sleep and kindness in clinical encounters.

The opening day of badEMfest 2018 puts equality, advocacy and African-led solutions at the centre of emergency care. This report brings together discussions of traditional medicine, respectful transgender care, point-of-care ultrasound and resuscitation, asking how local context and unequal access shape what clinicians can achieve.

What makes a teaching course useful back in the clinical workplace? This report from Cape Town’s Teaching CoOp in 2018 explores presentation skills, educational theory, bedside teaching and simulation. It highlights supportive learning cultures, understanding learners’ reasoning and making practical teaching work with available resources.

This archived announcement introduces Manchester’s Teaching Co-Operative Course on 10–12 October 2018. It outlines a practical approach to clinical education, connecting learning theory with bedside teaching, presentations, simulation, feedback and wellbeing, and introduces the international faculty behind the three-day programme.

Belgium’s 2018 BeSEDiM symposium brought together decision-making, simulation, wellbeing and clinical debate. This report explores hierarchy and feedback in teams, practical toxicology cases and discussions of advanced resuscitation, while reflecting on the growth of emergency medicine and the value of a connected professional community.