A Symposium Summary This was a diverse AMEE session discussing patients and carers in medical education. A central theme of this session was the question of how to move patients and carers from being an adjuvant in the learning process to the centre. Here is a summary of the faculty presentations:: Rob Lane (Leeds, UK) … More What is the role of the patient in educating healthcare professionals? (AMEE 2017)

Workshop Summary  Here is a review of the AMEE workshop by @nlafferty @AnnalisaManca and @whole_patients The Digital Native In the early 2000s the terms ‘Digital Native’ and ‘Digital Immigrant’ were coined by Marc Prensky to describe internet users. Prensky on millennials – “They have spent their entire lives surrounded by and using computers, videogames, digital … More New uses of Social Media in Academia (AMEE 2017)

The college of Emergency Medicince UK has publihsed a safety newsflash on retained guidewires.  This newsflash can also be viewed and printed from the here Our local guidelines in NSW are in keeping with the recommendations outlined below:

*** WEBSITE MODERATOR STATEMENT 4/9/17 ‘We have received correspondence/concerns/complaints about some of the ‘comments’ (below) this post.  We have posted a response to ‘any concerns’ HERE: STATEMENT Background ‘We have received two indirect complaints about the ‘comments’ section of the post from the 17th of August 2017, and concerns about our initial lack of moderation of this … More Discrimination in Healthcare – Moving Forward?