#badEM19 – Mindful Clinical Leadership — #badEM

#badEM19 In September 2019 we hosted #badEM19 an entirely free 1-day educational symposium. We would like to thank all our sponsors for making this possible. “Get to know thyself.” – Dr John Roos. Mindful self-awareness is the building block of emotional intelligence. Watch this presentation on clinical leadership. The post #badEM19 – Mindful Clinical Leadership… #badEM19Continue reading “#badEM19 – Mindful Clinical Leadership — #badEM”

Paediatrics in South Africa

https://player.vimeo.com/video/248696555 This talk was recorded live on the first day at DFTB17 in Brisbane. If you missed out on 2017 then why not book your leave for 2018 now. Tickets are on sale for the pre-conference workshops as well as the conference itself at http://www.dftb18.com. Kat Evans is an emergency physician working in Mitchell Plains in…Continue reading “Paediatrics in South Africa”

Emergency medicine : you’re doing it wrong!

Emergency Medicine: You’re Doing It Wrong Julian (@EMedic6) Brings you down to reality…. REMEMBER We are in AFRICA Entering the era of #MacDonaldsMedicine are we still doing things the right way or have we not not been able to keep up with the needs of our patients. Can we expect the lay-person to understand what… viaContinue reading “Emergency medicine : you’re doing it wrong!”

Interview with the Author: AfJEM: Michael McCaul on South African pre-hospital guidelines — #badEM

Series: “Interview with the Author…” The badEM crew interviewed Michael McCaul regarding his newly released article in AfJEM Volume 6 Issue 3 entitled: “South African Pre-hospital practice guidelines: Report on progress & way forward” by Michael McCaul, Ben de Waal, Peter Hodkinson & Karen Grimmer Link to open access article: Click here Corresponding author email:Continue reading “Interview with the Author: AfJEM: Michael McCaul on South African pre-hospital guidelines — #badEM”

#badEM16: Charmaine Cunningham – The gamble: do I pay or do I stay — #badEM

Selling assets in order to pay for care so that your child has a chance of survival should not be a decision that a parent is required to make, and yet often it is…. I’m Charmaine and I’m passionate about access to care. For #badEM16 I combined some of my interests, including the system, how… viaContinue reading “#badEM16: Charmaine Cunningham – The gamble: do I pay or do I stay — #badEM”

Interview with the author: Greg Bell on his recent AfJEM publication on POCUS training in Kenya — #badEM

Series: “Interview with the Author…” The badEM crew interviewed Greg Bell regarding his newly released article in AfJEM Volume 6 Issue 3 entitled: “A pilot training program for point-of-care ultrasound in Kenya” by Greg Bell, Benjamin Wachira, Gerene Denning Link to open access article: Click here Corresponding author email: gerene-denning@uiowa.edu Authors’ twitter handles @GreggerEE &Continue reading “Interview with the author: Greg Bell on his recent AfJEM publication on POCUS training in Kenya — #badEM”

#badEM16: Sian Geraty – Too wild, too free, too accustomed to death — #badEM

I’m Sian and I’m an Emergency Medicine registrar in Cape Town, South Africa. I consider myself the luckiest girl in the world to get to do what I love in our incredible country. Here we have the most diverse patients, the craziest stories, the widest range of pathologies, and more opportunities that you can imagine.… viaContinue reading “#badEM16: Sian Geraty – Too wild, too free, too accustomed to death — #badEM”

#badEM16 free Emergency Medicine Symposium — #badEM

http://www.badem.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Time-Lapse.mp4 Over the next few months we will be releasing the presentations as blogposts with summaries, videos, podcasts and infographics! Keep scrolling down for links all the talks! Did you attend badEM16? Download your CPD certificate HERE Please take a minute to complete our feedback form – we would love to hear… via #badEM16 free EmergencyContinue reading “#badEM16 free Emergency Medicine Symposium — #badEM”

#badEM16: Ross Hofmeyr – My best and biggest blunders — #badEM

“Let your mistakes haunt you and they will destroy you. Let your mistakes teach you and they will grow you” – Ross Hofmeyr Dr Ross Hofmeyr talks about making mistakes and how we deal with them through telling the stories of his best and biggest blunders. Because the only clinicians who do not make… via #badEM16:Continue reading “#badEM16: Ross Hofmeyr – My best and biggest blunders — #badEM”

JellyBean 044 with Kat Evans and BADEM — LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog

https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F276269206&visual=true&auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=false&show_user=true&show_reposts=false Jellybean Two for One Deal. @Kat__Evans shares two interesting stories; #FOAMed in the resource poor world and the BADEM website a very personal story about what happens when your mum gets “proper sick” on the other side of the world. (I know I have had to think about that. Maybe you have too?) It turns…Continue reading “JellyBean 044 with Kat Evans and BADEM — LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog”