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
Day two of dasSMACC 2017 asks how professional tribes, team dynamics and complexity influence care. The report also covers equality, knowledge sharing and resuscitation debates, bringing together reflections on how emergency and critical-care teams work under pressure.
#dasSMACC Day 2. St.Emlyn’s Read More
From prehospital simulation to end-of-life conversations, day one of dasSMACC 2017 combined clinical challenges with questions about how medicine learns. This report revisits sickle cell care, self-doubt, patient-centred outcomes and the future of scientific publishing.
#dasSMACC day 1 with St.Emlyn’s Read More
Can statistical checks uncover unreliable clinical research? This 2017 discussion examines John Carlisle’s analysis of baseline data in randomised trials, considering errors, possible fabrication and the responsibilities of journals, while cautioning that an unusual result is not proof of fraud.
Fake news, lies, fraud, errors and statistics. St.Emlyn’s Read More
An archived invitation to help shape the critical care education panel at dasSMACC in Berlin in June 2017. Simon Carley outlines the session’s purpose and asks what opportunities, challenges and questions mattered to the clinicians and educators attending.
#dasSMACC Education panel: Get involved. St.Emlyn’s. Read More
Anand Swaminathan revisits his SMACCDub argument for considering thrombolysis in selected patients with submassive pulmonary embolism. This 2017 opinion piece weighs possible functional benefits against major bleeding, emphasising patient selection, shared decisions and the uncertainty in the evidence available then.
Can emergency medicine remain a broad specialty as clinical practice becomes more specialised? Reflecting on his SMACCDub debate with Scott Weingart, Simon Carley examines generalism, critical-care skills and the risk that subspecialisation fragments the team’s ability to care for undifferentiated patients.
An uncomfortable truth: Is Emergency Medicine a failed paradigm? St.Emlyn’s Read More
What happens when clinical work makes us afraid? In this companion to his SMACC Dublin talk, Ross Fisher reflects on recognising fear, its effects on performance and teamwork, and the value of colleagues who support us through it.
Things that scare me: Ross Fisher at #smaccDUB and St.Emlyn’s Read More
