#FOAMed, credentials and a view from the college (sort of).
I found an amazing tweet on my timeline today that taught me many things. Firstly, I was not aware that students were publishing their own theses online and as an open access resource (this is...
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Highlights from this issue Ian Maconochie, Deputy Editor Weekend working This is a controversial area in the setting of UK healthcare practice. Claims have been made about patient safety being affected...
View ArticlePrimary Survey January 2017
Highlights from this issue Simon Carley, Associate Editor Another fabulous year in Emergency starts with a new world order and new challenges for EM and prehospital care wherever you are in the world....
View ArticleThe 4-hour standard. Why can’t you get it right?
If you were hoping for a solution to flow in the ED then this is not the post for you. Rather it’s an appeal and a cry of pain from all UK clinicians who work in emergency departments for politicians...
View ArticlePrimary Survey Feb 2017
Highlights from this issue Ellen J Weber, Editor in Chief Teaching how to think Somewhere between entering medical school and leaving specialty training, a young doctor makes a transition from being...
View ArticleThe One-Upping Blind spot.
Sometimes you see things on twitter that upset you. This week I noticed this post from the excellent Shaun Lintern on ‘one-upping’ in hospitals. It’s not a phrase I’ve heard before but it essentially...
View ArticleBBC visit UK emergency department and experience Winter pressures
It’s not really news that UK Emergency departments are under pressure, but those realities are often hidden from the general public. However, in the last week the BBC was granted access to the Royal...
View ArticlePrimary Survey March 2017
It’s March 2017 and time for a quick review of the best of the EMJ this month Under pressure: does cricoid improve laryngoscopy? Whether or not we should use cricoid during emergency intubation is fast...
View ArticlePrimary Survey April 2017.
This month’s primary Survey is written by Mary Dawood. Don’t forget to visit the journal site to see more and keep in touch with us on Social Media. Also, don’t forget to listen and subscribe to our...
View ArticlePrimary Survey June 2017.
This month’s editor’s choice is actually a pair of papers: one, a study on the diagnostic characteristics of the T-MACS chest pain risk stratification score AND the other, a paper explaining a key...
View ArticlePrimary Survey July 2017
Last winter was a difficult Winter for Emergency Medicine (EM), ED and the staff who work within them. The unacceptable pressures that faced us have only partly gone away and many of us have probably...
View ArticlePrimary Survey August 2017.
Clinical pharmacists improve practice in emergency departments There are 2 studies in this month’s issue which show the benefits of clinical pharmacy input in the setting of an emergency department...
View ArticlePrimary Survey October 2017.
Happy Birthday Let us start by wishing the Royal College of Emergency Medicine a very happy 50th birthday. Thanks to everyone who has got us this far and thanks to those who will take EM in the UK and...
View ArticleChristmas message and update on EMJ.
Below is a short letter from Ellen sent out to the editors on the journal. It outlines where we came from, what we’ve done and where we are going. Although originally intended for the internal team I...
View ArticleThe role of research in emergency medicine training
Research matters to all of us training in Emergency Medicine. It must do: otherwise, the likes of St Emlyn’s, Life in the Fast Lane and The Bottom Line would not get millions of views every year from...
View ArticleChristmas message and update on EMJ.
Below is a short letter from Ellen sent out to the editors on the journal. It outlines where we came from, what we’ve done and where we are going. Although originally intended for the internal team I...
View ArticleThe role of research in emergency medicine training
Research matters to all of us training in Emergency Medicine. It must do: otherwise, the likes of St Emlyn’s, Life in the Fast Lane and The Bottom Line would not get millions of views every year from...
View ArticlePrimary Survey May 2018. Emergency Medicine Journal.
This month’s primary survey is brought to you by Caroline Leech, Associate Editor, EMJ. Does a brief intervention in the ED reduce illicit drug use? Health promotion is critical in Emergency Medicine...
View ArticlePrimary Survey May 2018. Emergency Medicine Journal.
This month’s primary survey is brought to you by Caroline Leech, Associate Editor, EMJ. Does a brief intervention in the ED reduce illicit drug use? Health promotion is critical in Emergency Medicine...
View ArticlePrimary Survey June 2018. Emergency Medicine Journal
This month the primary survey is collated and written by Edward Carlton, Associate Editor, EMJ. Editor’s Choice: Controversies in Sepsis In this issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal (EMJ) we have...
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