Wardound 16v8

Our discussion paper last week was The reading for discussion on Tuesday will be DNR or PEACE. J Crampton. BMJ 2008;336:1015. An interesting discussion ensued. If you would like to read more on the subject could I suggest you take a look at Decisions relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation A joint statement from the British Medical Association, the Resuscitation Council (UK) and the Royal College of Nursing from October 2007

For next Tuesday the reading will be Liz Wager: Training and the placebo effect.

Our talks this week were about poisoning, and overall I think they were well researched and presented as spoken mini-essays. I would like you, now, to think about these talks in a different way. The aim is to teach/train/educate your audience. This differs from writing an essay (or giving presentations, which are much the same thing) as you have done in the past. Those were to assess your ability to collect and critically appraise information. I want you to take that information and teach me and your colleagues. And by teach, I mean convert me from someone who could not do something into someone who can. Your handout is for that purpose as well.

Bear that in mind for this week's two minute talks on endocrine emergencies:

Hypoglycaemia A
Thyrotoxic Storm E
DKA N
Adrenal crisis Y
Phaeochromcytoma crisis S

Interesting topics

Antibiotics and seizures


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