Interesting weekend, spent with Dr Pete Gilchrist and family who were visiting Kangaroo Island…Pete is a fellow SA GP who, like me, had to move interstate to NSW in order to upskill in anaesthetics due to the dearth of training positions locally. Six months down the track we were able to catch up and compare […]
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Well I’ve just got back from an EMST Refresher course in Adelaide. This is the first time I’ve taught on a refresher course and it was nice to meet other experienced faculty as well as (mostly) rural doctors doing this refresher course. The Provider courses that I usually teach on are not usually so filled
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Well, finally my wife’s iPad3 with the spanking retina display has arrived. I’m a tad jealous, but more importantly it now means I have two iPads to play with……and that has been vital for running a groovy piece of software called iSimulate.I dunno about the rest of you medicos, but I’ve been to a fair
[adapted from King Richard III, Shakespeare, W 1594] Well, this week I am up in Darwin teaching on an EMST course. The Early Management of Severe Trauma course is the Australasian version of the worldwide Advanced Trauma Life Support course from the American College of Surgeons. The history behind it is interesting, but the bottom
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Well, had my viva for the JCCA anaesthetic credentialling earlier this week – glad to report it was successful. Four more weeks to go in Orange NSW then I’m headed back to Kangaroo Island with anaesthetic credentials under my belt.This video clip says it all really:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rJ8nCTgZ2Q&sns=fbNow, where’s my fibreoptic scope and some local anaesthetic spray?