This is an amended version of a talk on metacognition I gave at the Royal North Shore Hospital Grand Round. The clinical scenario has changed but the content remains the […]
When is a Door Not a Door? Bias, Heuristics & Metacognition Read More
Last week, while Iain was giving a keynote lecture in Austria, I was also heading for distant shores to speak about chest pain evaluation at a special conference set up
Getting your chest pain evaluation right: #UMECS16 Read More
I was recently fortunate enough to speak at the the Emergency Medicine Educators Conference in Coventry on a subject that continues to interest me, that of gestalt, judgement and clinical
Guess or Gestalt in Major Trauma at St.Emlyn’s Read More
There are many reasons why I enjoy being part of the St Emlyn’s team, not least the chance to share ideas and beliefs about EM with some of the most
When we are the Diagnostic Test – Gestalt at St Emlyns Read More
This blog post is based on the paper published in the EMJ this week – Body R et al. Can emergency physicians rule in or rule out acute coronary syndromes
How accurate is clinical judgement for acute coronary syndromes? Read More
No more than a couple of days go by without someone around me using the phrase “gut feeling”, not just in a healthcare context but in all aspects of life.
Feeling in the gut or thinking in the brain..? Read More
