Day two of The Teaching Course in Copenhagen in 2017 puts educational theory into practice. This report explores simulation for experienced clinicians, designing scenarios, retrieval and spaced learning, and making constructive use of feedback as a lifelong learner.
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Day one of The Teaching Course in Copenhagen in 2017 connects medical education with wellbeing, performance under pressure and self-awareness. The report also explores pastoral support, social media and personal learning networks as tools for developing educators and learners.
#dasTTC Copenhagen: Day 1. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Does icatibant help ACE inhibitor-associated angioedema? This 2017 review contrasts an encouraging small trial with a larger placebo-controlled study that found no faster recovery, while explaining why its results cannot settle treatment for immediately life-threatening cases.
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Can statistical checks uncover unreliable clinical research? This 2017 discussion examines John Carlisle’s analysis of baseline data in randomised trials, considering errors, possible fabrication and the responsibilities of journals, while cautioning that an unusual result is not proof of fraud.
Fake news, lies, fraud, errors and statistics. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Do teaching hospitals deliver better outcomes? This 2017 appraisal examines a large US study linking teaching status with lower mortality, while exploring confounding, limits to generalisability and why the association does not show that teaching itself caused the difference.
JC: Those who can, do; those who teach, do better. St.Emlyn’s Read More
A 2017 ResusFriday session uses simulation and shared learning to examine cardiac arrest care, including team roles, reversible causes and dual-axis defibrillation. The post explains why enthusiasm for the latter needed to be tempered by the limited evidence available then.
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A 2017 visit to Mitchells Plain and neighbouring emergency centres prompts reflections on trauma, mental health care, teaching and resource constraints. Simon Carley describes the work of South African colleagues and the #badEM team, while questioning the limits of an outsider’s perspective.
Mitchell’s plain, #badEM and my utmost respect. St.Emlyn’s. Read More
Can procalcitonin reliably guide antibiotic decisions in the emergency department? This 2017 review traces the biomarker’s evidence across adults, children and intensive care, explaining why different populations, study questions and uncertain effects on outcomes complicate apparently promising results.
Are you PROcalcitonin? St.Emlyn’s goes bug-hunting. Read More
