What is TERN…
Getting started in research – Part 2
This is the second in a series of blog posts intended to demystify the process of getting started in research. In it we focus on the all-important topic of research funding why you need it, where to …
TERN around bright eyes
What is TERN…
PPI in research: Nothing to do with proton pump inhibitors or payment protection insurance
Patient and public involvement or PPI is an integral part of research in medicine. It is increasingly a mandatory requirement to have conducted PPI as part of any research proposal for the major fundi…
TERN February 2019 – Chickens and Eggs
Persistence wasn’t the message I expected to leave with after a meeting with Cliff Mann. Sitting and discussing TERN with the previous President of the Royal College, is a long way from data col…
EMTA 2018 prize winners
Research in Emergency Medicine ranges in scale and complexity and covers a wide spectrum of subjects, all of which contribute to our overall knowledge base…
February 2019
TXA for haemoptysis, EMJ Podcast, Capacity, DFTB18 Domenic Cincotta, Premedication for ketamine sedation, C-spine in distracting injuries…
TERN January 2019
Producing practice-changing research via a network that doesn’t exist, using trainees without any research experience, in a time when Emergency Medicine is under significant clinical strain is a…
January 2019
Podcast for January 2019…
My personal journey into clinical academia: Rick Body
I’m Rick Body – a dad, a husband, a terrible and ageing Sunday league footballer, an even worse church organist, a doctor, an emergency physician, and – although I still don’t …
My Personal Journey: Patricia van den Berg
Looking back, I had fallen in love with the academic world long before I even started to consider medicine as a career. Graduating from high school in my home town of Berlin in Germany, I was 100% com…
Getting started in research Part 1
Welcome to a series of articles about getting started in research. We are two jobbing emergency physicians in the East Midlands with no particular academic background but lots of enthusiasm.…
Breaking Evidence: EuSEM top scoring PEM abstracts 1-3
Paediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) has a fast growing following and an evolving research base. Here we present the top scoring paediatric abstracts as presented at EUSEM 2018…
Breaking Evidence: EuSEM top scoring PEM abstracts 4-6
Paediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) has a fast growing following and an evolving research base. Here we present the top scoring paediatric abstracts as presented at EUSEM 2018…
Research in Emergency Medicine training: one straw too many?
Emergency Medicine (EM) is demanding and the current challenges are daunting. Already, our education is too often side-lined in order to prioritise patient care. Why should we even consider research?…
Personal Journeys: Anisa Jafar
I always think of my academic journey to date as some form of organised serendipity. I did not take the usual medical school path to academia, in so far as having no intercalated degree…
Young Investigator of the Year – one year on from the Award
The young investigator of the year is awarded to recognise outstanding contributions towards clinical research. Read about Dr Hridesh Chathas research journey one year on from receiving the award…
Breaking Evidence: the Rod Little Prize shortlisted abstracts 1-3
The academic future of Emergency Medicine is bright. Here we present the top trainee abstracts, shortlisted for the RCEM Rod Little Prize, as presented at EUSEM 2018.…
Breaking Evidence: the Rod Little Prize shortlisted abstracts 4-7
The academic future of Emergency Medicine is bright. Here we present the top trainee abstracts, shortlisted for the RCEM Rod Little Prize, as presented at EUSEM 2018…
Breaking evidence: Non-Trainee Abstracts blog 1-3
Research within Emergency Medicine (EM) is growing rapidly in both depth and quality. Here we present the top scoring non-trainee abstracts as presented at EUSEM 2018.…