Readers of the KIDocs.org blog and the RuralDoctors.Net site will be in no doubt that I am a firm convert to the FOAMEd or free open access medical education concept. Much of the FOAMed material out there has been heavily biased towards resuscitation themes – such as airway management, massive haemorrhage, inotropes etc. Why is […]

“Good evening ladies and gentleman, this is your Captain speaking. We’re just getting ready for take off. My name is Captain Courageous and the First Officer today is Mr Jones. We’ve never actually worked together before but you’ll be pleased to know that we’ve nodded briefly at each other as we boarded the aircraft –

The MASON REVIEW on rural workforce was released in the past few days and the Executive Summary at least is worth a read. I think it’s generally on the money – a big emphasis on encouraging a rural generalist pathway, to de-emphasise costly specialist services in favour of effective primary care and to encourage more

Over the weekend just gone, Chris Nickson of Lifeinthefastlane threw down a challenge – the idea of a debate of ‘real anaesthetists don’t need checklists’ between Dr Minh le Cong and myself at next year’s SMACC14 conference on the Gold Coast (#SMACCGOLD). Not withstanding the obvious inequalities between Minh’s masterful martial arts technique and my

I am delighted that the SMACC 2013 podcast is out – you can download via iTunes from this link. First up is Scott Weingart’s excellent talk on bringing “upstairs care, downstairs” – addressing the need to bring high-level critical care skills to the emergency room, for which FOAMed such as emcrit.org and other blogs have