After being described as intimidating, Sarah Payne reflects on the gap between how she sees herself and how colleagues perceive her. Drawing on her experiences and research on gender stereotypes, she explores the tension between warmth, competence and assertiveness for women working in emergency medicine.
Am I intimidating? Sarah Payne guest blogs at St.Emlyn’s Read More
An introduction to a series of personal experiments in emergency medicine education, inspired by philosophy and deliberate practice. The exercises aim to challenge clinicians’ thinking, empathy, communication and teaching through repetition and reflection, with a link to the collection developed by the St Emlyn’s team.
101 Personal Experiments in Emergency Medicine Education Read More
Could medical scribes improve emergency department workflow? In this 2014 journal club, Natalie May and Damian Roland examine a before-and-after study involving electronic ordering and scribes, questioning causality, the practical significance of time savings and the implications for documentation accuracy and UK practice.
JC: Scribes in the ED? Read More
A Monty Python-inspired sketch asks what Twitter has ever done for emergency medicine. In a fictional ED meeting, an increasingly exasperated clinical lead hears colleagues make the case for shared learning, international connections, access to researchers and greater engagement with their work.
Twitter – what has it ever done for us? Read More
A patient with ongoing chest pain has an ECG that does not fit a familiar STEMI pattern. This educational case from 2014 asks how the clinical history and shape of the ST segments should influence the next decision, before revealing the angiographic findings and outcome.
Cardiology Case 04: An unusual ECG Read More
Inspired by a speech from Australian Army chief David Morrison, Iain Beardsell asks what it means to uphold shared values in the NHS. He reflects on everyday standards, humiliation of colleagues and the personal responsibility to challenge behaviour that undermines a supportive working culture.
Making a Difference – Do you walk past? Read More
When a clinician describes a ‘gut feeling’, is it intuition or recognition of a clue they have not yet articulated? This reflection explores tacit knowledge and paediatric examples, asking whether examining the reasoning behind these decisions could reveal skills that can be taught to others.
Feeling in the gut or thinking in the brain..? Read More
Does improving an acid–base measurement demonstrate that a resuscitation fluid is better for patients? This 2014 journal club examines a small trial comparing Plasma-Lyte with saline in major trauma, exploring surrogate outcomes, fluid volumes and why the findings could not establish a benefit in patient-centred outcomes.
JC: Plasma-lyte or Saline in Trauma? St. Emlyn’s Read More
