The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine

07/23/2025

Having a wonderful time in University of Oxford discussing the strengths & weaknesses of with amazing people from around the world.

07/22/2025

Don't be like Jim. Remember:
*Denial isn't the same as skepticism.
*Confidence isn't the same as accuracy.
*Googling isn't the same as expertise.
*And just for good measure, a waitress being nice isn't the same as flirting. (I don't know if this applies to Jim, but it could use repeating.)

Carpe Datum and Semper Sci!
[Sgt Scholar Actual]

Credit: Ellis Rosen of Junk Drawer Comics.

07/22/2025

Another day at Hogwarts (Oxford) for EBM summer school.

07/21/2025

Being in Oxford seems like being at Hogwarts.

07/21/2025

Misinformation lends itself to social contagion – here’s how to recognize and combat it

Mass psychogenic illness has happened throughout history, but social media makes it more likely to spread.

07/21/2025

Arrived in Oxford University to continue working on my DPhil in AI and . Started with some fish & chips with mushy peas & a Guinness.

07/17/2025

lol

07/15/2025

Cumulative aluminum exposure from vaccination during the first 2 years of life was not associated with increased rates of any of the 50 disorders assessed.

Background: Aluminum is used as an adjuvant in nonlive vaccines administered in early childhood. Concerns persist about potential associations between vaccination with aluminum-adsorbed vaccines and increased risk for chronic autoimmunity, atopy or allergy, and neurodevelopmental disorders. Large-sc...

07/14/2025

SGEM Xtra:
https://thesgem.com/2025/07/sgem-xtra-career-advice-from-buffy-the-vampire-slayer/

07/12/2025

SGEM Xtra: Career Advice from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
https://thesgem.com/2025/07/sgem-xtra-career-advice-from-buffy-the-vampire-slayer/

07/10/2025

I promise to question everything my leaders tell me. I promise to use my critical faculties. I promise to develop my independence of thought. I promise to educate myself so I can make my own judgements.

~ Carl Sagan

07/08/2025

Light 'em up up up (CT) or not for pediatric blunt abdominal trauma?
https://thesgem.com/2025/07/sgem-479-light-em-up-up-up-ct-or-not-for-pediatric-blunt-abdominal-trauma/ Dennis Ren