Day three of badEMfest 2018 connects prehospital and retrieval learning with the patient’s experience of care. Highlights include wilderness rescue, research priorities, end-of-life discussions, handwashing and chronic pain, alongside reflections on teamwork and what clinicians can learn from becoming patients themselves.
#badEMfest18 Day 3. St Emlyn’s Read More
The second day of badEMfest 2018 combines practical emergency care with questions about leadership and humanity. This report covers paediatric problems, imaging in pregnancy, trauma resuscitation and South African emergency services, alongside feedback, staff support, sleep and kindness in clinical encounters.
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This archived announcement introduces the first St Emlyn’s Live conference, scheduled for Manchester on 9 October 2018. It outlines the meeting’s focus on evidence, clinical excellence, the philosophy of emergency care and wellbeing, with early speaker introductions and the educational aims behind the event.
#StEmlynsLIVE: October 9th 2018. Read More
This archived announcement introduces Manchester’s Teaching Co-Operative Course on 10–12 October 2018. It outlines a practical approach to clinical education, connecting learning theory with bedside teaching, presentations, simulation, feedback and wellbeing, and introduces the international faculty behind the three-day programme.
The Teaching Co-Operative Course. 10-12 October 2018. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Struggling to learn to surf offers a reminder of what being a novice feels like. Simon Carley reflects on how enthusiasm, achievable milestones and honest feedback can improve skills teaching, and why educators should occasionally become beginners again.
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What can a master’s degree add to emergency medicine training? This 2017 introduction to Manchester Metropolitan University’s MSc describes its multiprofessional approach, online learning and supervised project, with an emphasis on evaluating evidence and creating knowledge rather than simply acquiring facts.
The MSc in Emergency medicine with MMU. St.Emlyn’s Read More
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
Trainees must demonstrate their competence every year, but how do we assess those who supervise them? This discussion proposes an informal review of educational supervisors’ clinical skills, teaching, feedback and reflection, intended to support development rather than create another compulsory assessment.
Dear Educational Supervisor, it’s time for your ARCP. St.Emlyn’s. Read More
