When a senior emergency physician becomes a patient in his own department, familiarity and deference can complicate care. Andy Volans shares his experience and reflects on careful history-taking, consistent assessment and the risks of giving colleagues a different kind of treatment.
How to manage your boss (the expert patient in the ED). St.Emlyn’s Read More
Starting ST3 brings new clinical responsibilities as well as portfolio demands. Drawing on a year in paediatric emergency medicine, this post discusses listening to parents and nurses, working with uncertainty, building relationships and making space for life outside the department.
So, you’re about to become an ST3? Part 2 – Work/Life Read More
Leadership is not reserved for the most senior person in the room. Reflections from a year with Sydney HEMS explore responding to hostility, supporting colleagues after difficult jobs, listening to every voice and recognising the value of everyday kindness and humility.
101 Reflective Lessons from a Year with Sydney HEMS. Part Five: Leadership Read More
How can a portfolio support learning rather than become a last-minute paperwork exercise? This account of the ST3 year offers tips on supervision, everyday cases, extended supervised learning events and organisation, with assessment requirements described as they stood in 2017.
So, you’re about to become an ST3? Part 1 – Portfolio Read More
A visit to Air Zermatt prompts Ashley Liebig to reflect on how teams learn from mistakes. Beyond the mountain rescues, she finds mutual respect, openness about near misses and questions about how healthcare educators can build a similar culture.
Air Zermatt, Ashley Liebig, SMACC and St.Emlyn’s Read More
What does a major critical-care conference offer a medical student? A student volunteer reflects on dasSMACC 2017 in Berlin, describing international friendships, encouragement from clinicians and how FOAMed opened up learning opportunities beyond the usual placement experience.
Students, #FOAMEd and SMACC – the greatest learning curve: St.Emlyn’s Read More
A tempting publication offer can leave an inexperienced author with an unexpected bill and an unusable paper. Mike Charlesworth and Lee Feddy argue that deception, inadequate supervision and poor journal selection deserve attention, rather than blaming open access itself.
Mike Charlesworth and Lee Feddy: ‘Predatory publishers’ – time for a re-think? Read More
The final day of dasSMACC 2017 brings education, human factors and the human cost of healthcare into focus. This report reflects on simulation, learning from failure, burnout and global solidarity, alongside powerful contributions from patients, clinicians and educators.
#dasSMACC Day 3. St.Emlyn’s on tour Read More
