Medical Students Interest
(1) TESTS Investigations and Tests: Be ‘judicious’ with your choice of tests. Please don’t send alpha-1 antitrypsin, c-peptide, diazepam levels or mast cell tryptase! (or a D-dimer without thought) By all means take your histories with brevity and send off appropriate tests early. This will save time and help you achieve the necessary time targets at … More 10 ways to survive your time in Emergency
Emergency Medicine Interest Group The Disaster Workshop is an Annual Event at Westmead since 2008 E.M.I.G. event with Dr Kavita Varshney MBBS FACEM PRE READING “DISASTER MEDICINE” Westmead Hospital Dr Varshney is a local expert in the area of disaster and one of the key members of the Western Sydney Disaster Team. Be sure not to miss … More EMIG Event – Disaster Medicine – 23rd of July (4pm)
On the 21st of May 2014 The Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG) had its annual “Not So Grand Rounds” session at Westmead Hospital. This was a well attended event due to the presence of great speakers (as well as the attraction of free Pizza). A case vignette (discussed below) was presented as part of Not … More Not So Grand Rounds
EMIG Procedure Workshop Welcome to the pre-reading (flipped classroom) for the Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG) Procedures Workshop. This workshop in various forms is run on a yearly basis for the students at Westmead. Here is the Handout for the 2016 workshop – Workshop 2016 Station 1 – Basic Airway Management Focus on Bag Valve … More Emergency Medicine Procedure Workshop
Case Presenting You are asked to briefly present the patient case you have just see on the ward round. The consultant insists that you start with a concise summary of the patient’s care. Presenting cases is both nerve inducing and challenging – but we have to start some where. A snappy opening statement and summary not … More Basic Presentation Skills for Medical Students
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