Category SMILE2

SMILE2 is a collection of pages featuring overviews of important and interesting topics relevant to clinical education, improving the performance of healthcare individuals and organisations, and improving the outcomes of patient care.

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Let There be Light

Sleep is a little bit like sepsis. Both start with S and the importance of proper management has been underestimated for years - so lets find a solution

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Evidence-Based Medicine

Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) as "the conscientious and judicious used of current best evidence from clinical research in the management of individual patients".

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Critical Thinking

Critical thinking is a core skill that helps link evidence to clinical expertises, the patient's individual circumstances and environmental influences

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Change Leadership

Change leadership is required for effective introduction of innovations, growth, new technologies and change of culture

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Reading to learn

Reading to learn: Techniques for reading more effectively, in order to develop understanding and improve retention of information

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Trainees with Difficulties

Trainees with Difficulties. Difficulties during training are common. Most situations can be overcome such that the trainee can continue with their career

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In Situ Simulation

In situ simulation is simulation that takes place in the actual working environment and involving those who work there

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Fundamental Attribution Error

The fundamental attribution error (FAE) is the tendency for people to explain someone else's behaviour on their personality or other intrinsic qualities in a given situation rather than considering the influence of the situational factors.

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Deliberate Practice

Deliberate practice: Rtitive performance of intended cognitive or psychomotor skills in a focused domain, coupled with skills assessment and feedback