This blog will be a reminder of your training assignments each week. In addition to the departmental teaching sessions we have three ward based events:
1. Read & think :Each Tuesday there is a discussion of a subject or paper. I will usually set a paper but if you come across something which you believe we should read, I am happy to include it. Give yourself time to think.
2. Two Minute talks: each Friday you will give the team a talk on a subject you have researched that week. Again I will set the topics unless you come up with one yourselves. I am strict about the time and will not allow more than two minutes. (Not one second more). Don't waste time telling us things that are obvious. Your talk can be illustrated with an A4 size handout which should be info-graphic rather than prose.
3. Morbidity and mortality meeting: bimonthly, I will give more info nearer the meeting.
Do read regularly and check your management against protocols and guidelines.
The paper to read for next Tuesday is On Breaking Bad News. Walter Klyce,
The two minute talks next Friday will be:
Anaphylaxis RM
Hyperkalaemia PF
Unconsciousness GD
Hypoglycaemia FR
Seizure SG
Practice your talk, get the timing right, make it illuminating and tell us your sources. Have a look at this example handout... Anaphylaxis by Dr Hannah Gunn (once a trainee here, now a consultant). The talk is more important than the handout so use your time appropriately. The trust sometimes blocks access to images but if you have internet access elsewhere you should be able to see them.
Interesting topics
Treatment of Hypercalcaemia in Malignancy
Erythema Annulare Centrifugum
Common peroneal nerve palsy
Periventricular white matter lesions
