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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 find it and how to deal with rejection
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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 funding bodies and not just part of good practice
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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
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To tube or not to tube? That is the question.
The AIRWAYS-2 TRIAL

The AIRWAYS-2 trial compared the effectiveness of i-gel supraglottic airways (SGA) with endotracheal intubation (TI) in the initial airway management of adult patients in non-traumatic out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA)
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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 quite believe how - a Professor of Emergency Medicine
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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% committed to studying chemistry
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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.
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My patient has a pulmonary embolism (PE) can I still send them home?

You may or not be aware of the new BTS guideline outlining recommendations for the outpatient management of PE. As with all new guidelines, it takes time for the content to be disseminated and for its recommendation to become part of clinical decision-making and practice
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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
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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
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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?
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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