Free educational blog for rural GP and proceduralists
Hello readers – especially to all you GPs / Family Physicians / Primary Care Providers out there. This is a special post – not one of any clinical merit. This is an invitation to become a part of the free, open-access medical education (FOAM) world for GPs. For too long the ED / crit care [...]
In case you have been living on a planet other than Earth it is only a few weeks until the SMACC conference kicks off in Sydney – it is going to be “epic” as my Med Students like to say. I am really looking forward to meeting a heap of people whom I have ‘met’ [...]
In true FOAMed tradition I am writing an end-of-year review. A moment to pause and look back at 2012 – the highlights and to say a big thankyou to all the people out there who read, comment, contribute and keep this site going. 2012 saw Broome Docs evolve a little. Highlights: The site changed address [...]
Today I “attended” the first Google Hangout session of the GET FOAMed Rural masterclass. This is a new collaboration between Drs Minh & Shelly le Cong, Tim Leeuwenberg, Michelle Johnson and myself. We are all doctors with a passion for improving the standard or rural health, with a focus on the acute care. The catch [...]
I just got back from beautiful Fremantle (Perth) – completed the REST (Remote Emergency Skills Training) course and then spent a day running an introduction to ED Bedside US for rural GPs. So I got to be on both sides of the educational table this week. Whilst there I had the chance to catch up [...]
