Doctors make mistakes. Can we talk about that?
Every doctor makes mistakes, and every doctor knows this. Yet the mantra of traditional medical culture is that doctors must be perfect. I think this culture is changing, but perhaps not fast enough.
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.
ED Registrar’s Guide to Clinical Teaching
A guide for emergency medicine registrars and residents on how to be an effective clinical teacher.
A Letter to a Young Emergency Doctor
When I was starting out, I was told there were three types of doctors doing emergency medicine: missionaries, adrenaline junkies, and fools. I was all three...
A Risky Business
Make no mistake, emergency medicine is a risky business. Fortunately we have StEmlyn's Simon Carley to help us understand why.
First Do No Harm
As I’ve become balder and more grey, I have come to think about the health system as much as the delivery of acute care. This is another advantage of FOAMed. It allows you to broaden your horizons and still stay…