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Teaching and learning · Teaching programmes Higher Training and Advanced Discussion Five discussions on evidence, difficult treatment decisions and specialist referral. For: Higher emergency medicine trainees and experienced clinicians. Use […]

Teaching and learning · Teaching programmes Medical Student Emergency Medicine Placement Eight sessions linking supervised clinical learning, common presentations and examination practice. For: Medical students on an emergency department placement. […]

Teaching and learning · Teaching programmes Starting in Emergency Medicine Six sessions on getting started, assessing common presentations and asking colleagues for help. For: Doctors starting work in an emergency […]

Teaching and learning · Teaching programmes 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 […]

Teaching and learning Paired practice cards Clinical examination, history, referral and teaching practice from the St Emlyn’s guides and lesson plans. Choose your level and the skill you want to […]

St Emlyn’s Teaching and learning Free emergency medicine resources for learning together. Choose a lesson, prepare for a session, practise with a partner or teach with your team. Learn Lesson […]

It is tempting to think that expertise comes from accumulating enough facts, passing enough exams or simply spending 10,000 hours at work. In this episode, Iain Beardsell is joined by emergency physician, intensivist and medical educator Sara Crager to explore why expertise is less about how much we know and more about how we think.

What makes an excellent emergency physician? Is it knowledge, technical skill or diagnostic brilliance? Drawing on research, personal experience and lessons from a career in emergency medicine, we explore the qualities that truly define clinical excellence.

Frontline insights from RCEM Annual Conference 2026 in Birmingham—keynotes, AI in emergency medicine, diagnostics, and career lessons.

A review of the GECCO (Global health and emergency care) research summit in the UK bringing together expert speakers, panelists and workshop facilitators.