Revisiting his debate with Scott Weingart, Simon Carley asks whether emergency medicine can continue to be everything to everyone. This 2021 reflection considers the specialty’s core work, increasing subspecialisation and the continuing need for generalists in less-supported settings.
CODA: Is Emergency Medicine a failed paradigm? Revisited with St Emlyn’s Read More
What does critical illness feel like to a child? Eimear and her mother Rachel share their experience in a smaccMINI conversation, with written takeaways about fear, clear explanations, the ICU environment and preparing patients and families for recovery and discharge.
Critically Ill in PED – the Patient Perspective at #smaccMINI #smaccDUB Read More
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 can a year with Sydney HEMS teach an emergency medicine educator? Natalie May reflects on trust, training with the people you work alongside, purposeful simulation and shared learning, including how teams can turn clinical governance and debriefing into useful educational experiences.
101 Reflective Lessons from a Year with Sydney HEMS. Part One: Education. 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
Ultrasound education meets musical parody in Natalie May’s ‘Probe’, created for SonoWars at SMACC Dublin in 2016. This short introduction celebrates the FOAMus community and the educators whose freely shared videos helped inspire an affectionate tribute to point-of-care ultrasound.
Probe – A Celebration of #FOAMus at #smaccDUB Read More
Rich Carden and Chris Gray reflect on SMACC Dublin in 2016 from a trainee perspective. Their account connects clinical debate and diagnostic reasoning with fear, wellbeing, gender equity and the personal encounters that made the conference a reflective as well as educational experience.
SMACCDUB – A Trainee’s Perspective. St.Emlyn’s Read More
What can hospital educators learn from prehospital training? Drawing on her experience with Sydney HEMS, Natalie May explores team induction, maintaining competence and a supportive learning culture, asking how simulation, regular practice and case review could strengthen education inside the emergency department.
Bringing the Outdoor Classroom Indoors – #MedEd at #smaccFORCE #smaccDUB Read More
