Future of UCEM Decided
Today, at Enlightenment Boulevard near Pyongyang, standing before a joyous throng, Egerton Y. Davis IV made a momentous announcement.
“Following an emergency meeting of the UCEM Council Executive — which lasted a record 14 days, 13 hours and 23 minutes — the members of the Executive have cast their votes and have reached a unanimous decision. On their behalf, I am pleased to confirm that the online home of UCEM shall remain at litfl.com.”
The throng went strangely silent. Then a few muffled cries were heard.
“But we thought were were going to move to the world’s greatest medical blog, EMCrit?”
The throngs began to go wild with anger.
“Or what about the world’s best new medical blog, ZDoggMD?”
Egerton adjusted his gas mask and adopted an attitude that demanded silence. The throng fell silent.
“The Council Executive has not made this decision lightly. Indeed, we had to sit through a 143 hour opening address by Sir Hubert Ignatius Thompson III that even Fidel Castro would have been proud of. We have contemplated all the cons, and promulgated all the pros.”
“We know that the LITFL team has fallen on hard times — what with @precordialthump piling on the pounds over Christmas by failing to adhere to the ELF diet, and @sandnsurf getting a new job as a tackle bag for the Wallabies, and @antidoped experiencing some nasty side-effects after taking one too many toughen up pills… But we at UCEM are not a bunch of Fernando Torres turncoats… We know that at the end of the storm there is a golden sky.”
The throngs were joyous again, as they watched Egerton triumphantly step down from the podium.
Meanwhile, rumours circulating among the free press suggest that the Council Executive ballot boxes were burned following the arrival of a shipment of hot pink Life in the Fast Lane Y-fronts at Enlightment Boulevard…
Chris is an Intensivist and ECMO specialist at The Alfred ICU, where he is Deputy Director (Education). He is a Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University, the Lead for the Clinician Educator Incubator programme, and a CICM First Part Examiner.
He is an internationally recognised Clinician Educator with a passion for helping clinicians learn and for improving the clinical performance of individuals and collectives. He was one of the founders of the FOAM movement (Free Open-Access Medical education) has been recognised for his contributions to education with awards from ANZICS, ANZAHPE, and ACEM.
His one great achievement is being the father of three amazing children.
On Bluesky, he is @precordialthump.bsky.social and on the site that Elon has screwed up, he is @precordialthump.
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