UCEM announce the inauguration of a new educational qualification – the DipHTFU. We also find who is the first recipient of this prestigious award…
Resident evaluations
August 17, 2011 By 7 Comments
Many residents are trying desperately to define their future role within the echelons of the medical specialty maze. Scutmonkey can help…
What Really Happens on a Hospital Night Shift
August 12, 2011 By 2 Comments
Our friends over at RN Central have created a statistically based infographic outlining what really happens on a ‘typical’ night shift in the hospital…
At what price?
March 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Resusci Sharon and CPR Tracey are now available for purchase. But at what price? UCEM looks at the price of ‘similar’ models on the market…
Future of UCEM Decided
March 1, 2011 By 2 Comments
Egerton Y. Davis IV makes an announcement concerning the future of the Utopian College of Emergency for Medicine. Will they stay or will they go?
Who would you give the job to?
February 23, 2011 By 10 Comments
If you’re an overseas doctor seeking to work in an Australian hospital it is vital to make a good first impression. This is not always easy to achieve.
Bad Movie Medicine
January 28, 2011 By 3 Comments
A recent tweet by LITFL friend and medical satirist extrordinaire ZDoggMD piqued my interest… @zdoggmd No wonder government docs couldn’t resuscitate E.T. in the movie; they shocked asystole and tried bretylium, for God’s sake. …and got me thinking. There have been some quite unusual, somewhat interesting and rather unconventional (some would say ridiculous) medical treatments [...]
UCEM Guidelines for Orthopedics
January 12, 2011 By 9 Comments
Egerton Y Davis IV unveils the latest guidelines to be produced by UCEM, the much anticipated Guidelines for Orthopedic Surgery.
Defibritazer Update
January 5, 2011 By 3 Comments
UCEM’s new Defibritazer BP50KV device promises to revolutionise the way we practice medicine in the Waiting Room. Interest in the device has reached fever pitch. Some insane individual has even gone as far as designing a Defibritazer BP50KV T-shirt: Meanwhile @Lyall has kindly volunteered to take part in the demonstration of this device at the [...]
Santa lives… again!
December 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Santa lives… again. Is he a euletide Schrodinger’s cat? Read how he survived zombification, reaped the benefits of the ME and ELF health plan and instituted new work practices to ensure that the Christmas show goes on.
