Revisiting his debate with Scott Weingart, Simon Carley asks whether emergency medicine can continue to be everything to everyone. This 2021 reflection considers the specialty’s core work, increasing subspecialisation and the continuing need for generalists in less-supported settings.
CODA: Is Emergency Medicine a failed paradigm? Revisited with St Emlyn’s Read More
An April 2021 guide to CODA’s online talks and discussions across education, ethics, health and the environment. Simon Carley highlights resources on evidence-based medicine during COVID-19 and the clinical and ethical challenges of responding to the pandemic in Yemen.
CODA update and links. St Emlyn’s Read More
A November 2020 introduction to the first CODA Zero online sessions. The post highlights global perspectives on sepsis and COVID-19, alongside a discussion of gender equality that moves from recognising problems to ideas for action within the healthcare community.
CODA Zero episodes now open access. Read More
This September 2020 CODA Zero update introduces discussions of gender inequality and racism in healthcare. It explains how the postponed conference moved its global community online, using ethics-focused conversations to prompt reflection and action rather than simply describe familiar problems.
CODA ZERO update: Gender and Ethics Read More
An August 2020 introduction to CODA Zero, the online programme developed after the planned Melbourne conference was postponed. The post outlines its opening sessions on pandemic sepsis and gender, explaining how the CODA community could continue meeting during COVID-19.
CODA ZERO is here. St Emlyn’s Read More
A February 2020 preview of the proposed CODA conference programme in Melbourne. Simon Carley describes its links with SMACC, its wider clinical audience and the planned combination of medicine, ethics, education and environmental concerns, including scrutiny of the conference’s own impact.
CODA update (the program is out). St Emlyn’s Read More
A November 2019 explanation of CODA’s origins and planned direction after SMACC. Simon Carley and the organisers describe a wider healthcare community, a programme spanning medicine, ethics, education and planetary health, and an ambition to turn conference conversations into collective action.
CODA. The FAQs. St Emlyn’s Read More
This 2019 announcement introduces CODA as the next project after SMACC, bringing together education, ethics, climate and healthcare challenges. Simon Carley explains its proposed focus on collective action between meetings and his involvement in shaping the initiative.
CODA: Revolutionary Healthcare Ideas. Read More
