Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
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To identify the content of the national postgraduate pharmacology curriculum for trainees in UK emergency medicine. ⋯ Application of a national consensus methodology allows determination of curricular content in pharmacology as part of the development of a robust College educational portfolio.
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This article discusses the educational value of the "board round", a clinical teaching forum introduced at Hope Hospital, Manchester, UK. At midday on weekdays all available consultants and middle grade doctors, and any other staff who can attend, meet to discuss a case selected from the patients currently in the department. ⋯ In addition, attending a board round addresses in part the concerns which senior clinicians may have about the balance of service delivery and protected teaching time. The paper describes several other advantages of this method of teaching, which has been adopted by other hospitals in the region.