Prescribing The most dangerous thing a doctor can do on a given day is pick up a pen and prescribe… Prescribing errors remain a significant cause of patient harm. Safe prescribing is not just about writing a prescription, but involves many cognitive and decision-making steps. Prescribing errors are relatively common and we have discussed this … More Top Ten Tips for Safe Prescribing
Breaking the Silence with Dr Fernando Pisani Dr Fernando Pisani and the Forensic Medical Unit (FMU) are bringing domestic violence forensics to light in Western Sydney. His achievements have been highlighted this month by the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM) Domestic violence and sexual assault are constantly making headlines in Australia. The work of … More Domestic Violence
Welcome Welcome to Westmead’s Emergency Department (ED). We hope that you enjoy your time with us at the Western Clinical School and have an educational and enjoyable experience with us when you come to the ED. The brief emergency medicine rotation in year 3 is an experience aimed at teaching students the necessary skills … More Welcome 2016 Medical Students
Overview The Emergency Department. It can be one of the most stressful rotations for an intern as well as one of the most beneficial for their education. Emergency Departments (EDs) often have structured education programmes tailored to learning objectives for emergency medicine. This is in addition to hospital based provocation training programmes. The additional educational … More What do interns want to learn in their emergency rotations?
Cognition in Emergency Medicine Why is this topic important? Medicine is delivered by ‘humans’ to ‘humans’ Inevitably this is an error prone interaction Tendency toward error is amplified by time pressures as well as high levels of emotional and physical stress We have a lack of education on how to ‘think about thinking‘ ACEM 2015 – Emergency Physicians need … More Fast Thinking in Emergency Medicine
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