DISCLAIMER : This post is about how medics interact within the various tribes. It is NOT about primary care vs teaching hospital, ED vs medics, surgeons vs anaesthetists. I’ve had some people comment on twitter that this is ‘about being a GP undermined by colleagues’. It’s not. It’s about clinicians, of whatever ilk, either undermining […]
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I’ve just caught up with former KIDoc, Dr Jamie Doube – Jamie is special for doing his GP registrar years in part on Macquarie Island with the Australian Antarctica Division as both Station Doctor but also as a major player in the program there to eradicate rabbits from this pristine environment. He is way to humble to mention
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There is a slow move towards FOAMed from rural doctors – a good thing, as we have the most to gain by virtue of both the nature of our work (spanning arenas of primary care, emergency medicine and procedural skills) as well as isolation. There’s a nice vodcast from Chris Nickson over at lifeinthefastlane.com –
A recent supervisors workshop has made me think about how I structure teachjng sessions – often a medical student or registrar will come along and say ‘teach me something’ – My teaching is often shaped by what I am interested in, by events that have happened recently or by the desire to finish teaching ASAP
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End-tidal CO2 is increasingly becoming used outside of the Operating Theatre and it is prudent for the rural doctor to have an appreciation of what it is, how to measure it, when to measure it and it’s utility in common scenarios. “you get A, B & C in a single squiggly line” Casey Parker, BroomeDocs.com
So much hot gas – ETCO2 for non-anaesthetists Read More »