How can online learning support doctors whose shifts prevent them attending departmental teaching? This 2015 announcement explains St Emlyn’s redesigned introductory emergency medicine course, combining selected FOAMed resources with workplace teaching, trainee reflection and tutor support during its initial testing phase.
Free #FOAMed based courses at St.Emlyn’s. The next step in shared learning Read More
Highlights from the 2015 North West Emergency Medicine Regional Research Symposium, spanning heart failure trials, ECG interpretation, chest pain testing and post-cardiac-arrest care. The report also explores building research teams in district general hospitals and measuring outcomes that matter to trauma patients.
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What changes when the simulated patient is a person rather than a mannequin? After playing a patient at SWEETs 2015, Natalie May reflects on explanations, emotional needs and patient feedback, alongside the educational benefits of clinician actors and the responsibility to protect their comfort and safety.
The SWEETest Sim – Real People, High Fidelity at #SWEETs15 Read More
How can emergency clinicians keep up with research without being overwhelmed? This 2015 guide explains the team’s approaches to personalised PubMed alerts, journal and topic searches, RSS readers and shared coverage with colleagues, while emphasising that online appraisals should support reading the original literature.
JC: Drinking From the Firehose – Keeping Up with the Literature Read More
How do you make simulation work in the department where your team actually practises? Simon Carley shares lessons on choosing learning goals, finding simple equipment, involving the whole team, protecting patients and participants, and using debriefs to turn everyday scenarios into improvements in teamwork and systems.
Top ten tips for In Situ Sim at St.Emlyns. Read More
The first few shifts in emergency medicine can be daunting. Here are some top tips about how you can not just survive, but thrive.
First Day in EM – A Voyage into the Unknown Read More
An archived invitation to Victoria Brazil’s Manchester talk on 14 August 2014, ‘Talking, Teaching and Technology’. The post introduces the event and reflects on her presentation skills and educational approach, with a link to her earlier SMACC talk on timing, tribes and STEMIs.
Talking, Teaching & Technology – Victoria Brazil @SocraticEM at St Emlyn’s Read More
What did the 2014 GMC training survey reveal about emergency medicine? This analysis compares satisfaction across trainee groups, explores the limits of rankings and small samples, and asks how departments can use feedback to improve induction, teaching and working conditions rather than simply defend their scores.
Are you feeling satisfied? The GMC survey and EM. Read More
