ACEM OSCE Group Course: JULY 16th-18th 2025

November 11, 2021

‘A SMALL GROUP COURSE FOR THE ACEM OSCE EXAM’ JULY 16th-18th 2025 Courses are either a Wednesday (online) and Friday (in person) Combination OR Wednesday (online) and Thursday (in person) Combination… FRIDAY OPTION 1 – QR CODE and link https://events.humanitix.com/ace-the-osce-course-july-2025-17th-july-online-day-and-19th-july-in-person-0800 THURSDAY OPTION 2 – QR CODE and link https://events.humanitix.com/copy-of-ace-the-osce-course-july-2025-16th-july-online-day-18th-july-in-person-0800 Click here for more info: https://emergencypedia.com/crashcourse/ – … More ACEM OSCE Group Course: JULY 16th-18th 2025

Emergency Medicine Podcast – Retrieval

June 20, 2021

This thrilling episode is all about retrieval medicine – we will first discuss the impact of pre-hospital advanced airway management on the neurological outcomes in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA). Then, we will dissect down the much dreaded (but potentially lifesaving!) scalpel cricothyroidotomy and, to finish, we will infuse ourselves into a discussion about pre-hospital administration of thawed plasma in patients at risk of haemorrhagic shock. This month’s interlude segments will be presented by retrieval specialists, Dr Ruby Hsu and Dr Ruth Parsell. … More Emergency Medicine Podcast – Retrieval

Women in Medicine – Podcast

May 6, 2021

Listen Here: Theme:  Women In Medicine Participants: Dr Danielle Unwin, Amanda De Silva (ED advanced trainee) Jessica Stabler (neurology advanced trainee), Istabraq Raashed (ED advanced trainee), Harry Hong (ED SRMO), Shreyas Iyer, Caroline Tyers and Samoda Wilegoda Mudalige. Discussion 1: Stehli, J., Martin, C., Brennan, A., Dinh, D., Lefkovits, J., & Zaman, S. (2019). Sex Differences … More Women in Medicine – Podcast

Emergency Cardiology Podcast

March 13, 2021

In this Emergency Cardiology special, the podcast team talk about the role of coronary angiography after cardiac arrest in patients who do not have STEMI before diving into a discussion about Ticagrelor and Prasugrel in patients with ACS and, to finish off, we will have a heart-to-heart conversation about an exciting new ECG pattern that could indicate inferior MI. … More Emergency Cardiology Podcast

JMO Page – Westmead Emergency (updated Dec 2022)

September 7, 2020

Welcome to your new ED term at Westmead Emergency Department. Here are our resources for Resident and Intern inductions in the ED JMO Manual ED Quick Referral Pathway Cards 2. Role allocation and Drug Card: ED inductions sims: Core ED Practice Cases / Questions Our team of registrars and consultants have created a series of … More JMO Page – Westmead Emergency (updated Dec 2022)

Innovative Faculty Development in Healthcare Simulation

January 29, 2025

In 2018 we developed a “recent graduate” faculty development programme for healthcare simulation.  Rather than targeting senior staff, this new approach aimed to recruit PGY1-4 doctors (and other health professionals) for training in simulation. Around this time we observed a rapid increase in demand for simulation without necessary a proliferation of human resources and skilled-staff … More Innovative Faculty Development in Healthcare Simulation

ACE THE OSCE Westmead – now a two day course

December 19, 2024

Tickets out now – congrats if you just sat the written exam! OSCE COURSE DATES: JULY 16th-18th 2025 FRIDAY QR CODE and link https://events.humanitix.com/ace-the-osce-course-july-2025-17th-july-online-day-and-19th-july-in-person-0800 THURSDAY QR CODE and link https://events.humanitix.com/copy-of-ace-the-osce-course-july-2025-16th-july-online-day-18th-july-in-person-0800 We look forward to meeting you on our OSCE course which has been run over 40 times since 2016. The main teaching activities include exam tips, heuristics, … More ACE THE OSCE Westmead – now a two day course

SIMULATION Flashback – Guide on the Side versus Sage on the Stage

April 1, 2024

Simulation Flashback Our friend Dr Walter Eppich (@learnthrutalk) presented on his paper “Learner-Centered Debriefing for Health Care Simulation Education: Lessons for Faculty Development” at AMEE 2017. In a brief epiphany, we flashed back to our notes on this topic today – realising how positively influential this paper and follow up work has become for the … More SIMULATION Flashback – Guide on the Side versus Sage on the Stage

INSPIRATION?

March 21, 2024

WSLHD staff were treated to some powerful speeches from Dr Ros Crampton and other esteemed guests as part of the International Women’s Day celebrations at Westmead Hospital. Please enjoy Ros’ full speech.