The St Emlyn’s team share their personal and professional resolutions for 2023, from protecting family time to making space for learning and new projects. The post also links to Liz Crowe and Jesse Spur’s podcast on setting and keeping resolutions.
New Year Resolutions for St Emlyn’s Read More
Could adjusting D-dimer thresholds to clinical probability reduce ultrasound use for suspected DVT? This 2022 appraisal of the Canadian 4D study examines diagnostic safety, excluded patient groups and the challenges of transferring its algorithm into UK pathways.
Suspected DVT: the 4D study Read More
An introduction to St Emlyn’s review of emergency care in the 2010s. It brings together reflections on diagnostics and advanced clinical practitioners, while outlining planned contributions on education, wellbeing, equity, training and the changing assumptions behind everyday practice.
A decade in review for Emergency Care. St Emlyn's Read More
Natalie May concludes her reflections on the 2018 FemInEM Ideas Exchange with talks about burnout, parenthood and the systems surrounding clinical work. The report also explores research in Tanzania, health advocacy, equity and the challenge of misinformation about women’s health.
A FeminEM in NYC – Reflections from #FIX18 Part Four Read More
Natalie May’s third report from the 2018 FemInEM Ideas Exchange explores who feels able to belong in medicine. Talks address bullying, LGBTQ inclusion, disability, access to medical careers and family leave, alongside reflections on palliative care and the everyday work of changing workplace culture.
A FeminEM in NYC – Reflections from #FIX18 Part Three Read More
Does describing clinical work as ‘sexy’ matter? In this FemInEM Ideas Exchange 2018 talk, Natalie May challenges the language of medicine through gender stereotypes, colleagues’ experiences and patients’ perspectives. She also reflects on the social media response and how curiosity and respectful conversation can help us reconsider familiar words.
So Unsexy – Why We Shouldn’t Use The Word Sexy in Clinical Medicine #FIX18 Read More
Could a supplement explain a troponin result that does not fit the clinical picture? Rick Body’s 2018 review explores biotin interference with some troponin assays, the importance of knowing the local test and why supplement histories and discussion with the laboratory can matter.
Troponin and biotin: a lethal combination? Read More
Natalie May revisits paronychia in the emergency department, from nail-fold anatomy and acute infection to drainage, antibiotics and follow-up. This 2018 review also distinguishes chronic paronychia, herpetic whitlow and more serious mimics, while acknowledging the limited evidence behind some familiar management approaches.
Pointing the Finger – Paronychia in the Emergency Department Read More
