May 29, 2018
The healthcare ethics of alcohol related harm and driving change by Diana Egerton-Warburton Diana Egerton-Warburton talks about how to be a hero by championing healthcare ethics of alcohol related harm and driving change through stories and data. Have you ever saved a life? Many doctors and nurses have. But, how do you...
May 22, 2018
Annet Alenyo Ngabirano was enjoying the community medical placement in the 4th year of medical school. Placed 60km from the nearest hospital, in the lush hills of Uganda, the days were filled with vaccination drives, local outpatient clinics and lazing about. That was until a frantic nurse burst into the room and rushed...
May 13, 2018
Trial design is the biggest problem with Evidence Based Medicine in the Intensive Care Unit. Paul Young wants to change that paradigm completely. He argues for research as we know it to change and to focus on clinical care with systemised and optimised treatments that reliably improves outcomes over time for...
May 6, 2018
David Carr delivers an “old fashioned” talk, presenting his approach to the diagnosis and treatment of endocarditis in acute medicine. Whilst some may turn their nose up at what David describes as esoteric bedside medicine, the rare diagnosis of endocarditis is a bad diagnosis. It carries with it a mortality rate of...