Community leadership. As clinicians we have a wonderful opportunity to educate – not just in the consulting room and on the wards…but also to get out there and make a difference. On 14th Feb (Valentine’s Day) it’s only appropriate that we consider the importance of the heart! Sudden cardiac death is estimated to affect over […]
An Affair of the Heart – Valentines Day Message to Clinicians Read More »
I’m proud to be a rural doctor. My training is in not just Primary Care but also in Emergency Medicine, Obstetrics and Anaesthesia. To be able to serve their communities best, rural doctors need broad brush skills across the board. Rather than the finely-honed precision instrument of the specialist (akin to a scalpel), rural generalists
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Hi all I know you’re in the midst of last-minute Christmas shopping and feverish planning, but I wanted to ensure that this got to you so that at least if you are sitting down over the vacation with a full stomach and a spare 5 minutes, you could perhaps forward the email onto your departments, contacts
I’ve just got back from another Critically Ill Airway (CIA) course at The Alfred, run by intensivist Chris Nickson of LITFL. This packed two day course is designed for anaesthetic, emergency, intensive care and rural doctors and combines a multitude of hands-on task training with immersive simulation scenarios. Great fun and highly recommended, although heavy
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It’s good to see the topics of clinician self care being more commonly discussed, both in FOAMed circles and at regular conferences. At the recent RDASA Masterclass in SA, Thinkwell psychologist Hugh Kearns and myself delivered a short session on self care, and I was thrilled to hear Dr Roger Sexton of Doctors Health SA talk
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