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EM3 is a free open-access medical education service for people working in Emergency & Acute Care

We are responsible for the distribution of educational media for health care practitioners in Emergency Medicine (EM) across the East Midlands. Based at University Hospitals of Leicester, we also provide support for other hospitals within the region – including: Nottingham, Derby, Northampton, Lincoln, Chesterfield, Kettering and King's Mill. We also offer an Out Of Programme Experience (OOPE) in

Medical Education for Higher Trainees In Emergency Medicine. This includes funding for a Post Graduate Certificate in Medical Education.

01/05/2026

Medical School Simulation Course 🏥🤩

Over the last few weeks, we have kicked off our Year 4 Emergency Simulations Pilot Course, designed to help medical students at build confidence in assessing acutely unwell patients, with focus on non-technical skills such as leadership and communication. 👏

Ran by a group of foundation year doctors, initial feedback has been great, and the course is oversubscribed! A special thanks to all those involved in running the sessions, and to the students for engaging so well! 🙌

30/04/2026

A brilliant night out with the EM3Learn — taking a moment to celebrate the team’s hard work! 💯

From major milestones across the platform, to personal and career achievements within the team, there has been so much progress worth recognising. 🙌

Proud of everything we’re building together — and even more excited for what’s ahead. 😁

28/04/2026

NURSE LED SKILLS SESSION 🧑‍⚕️🦴

Last week, our education nursing team ran their second skills session with a fantastic, MDT turnout! 🙌

The session focused on common trauma related skills, including application of Kendrick splint and pelvic binders.

📣 Stay tuned, because we will be embedding more acute trauma resources in our weekly teaching and social media!

27/04/2026

LIGHTNING LEARNING ⚡️🧠💡

Bowel obstruction is a surgical emergency requiring urgent recognition and management - left untreated, complications include ischaemia, perforation and aspiration! 🤮💩

This lightning learning takes you through the clinical features and initial management in the emergency department. 🚨🚑

24/04/2026

We ran our first local, face-to-face EM teaching day for our spring cohort of foundation doctors and officially kickstarted the second round of our peer-led teaching scheme 🙌🚑

The afternoon covered core essentials:
🔹 A–E assessment of the critically unwell patient
🔹 Fundamentals of the trauma survey
🔹 Interactive discussions bridging theory to real-life practice

And to keep things competitive… we brought in a game show 🎯
4 teams battled it out through patient presentations, clinical reasoning, and ED investigation choices:
🍋 Lemon & Lyme
🚨 Accidental Emergency
💥 The Crash Team
🩹 Minor Injuries

After some seriously impressive teamwork and quick thinking… 🏆 Minor Injuries took the win! (Prizes coming soon 👀)

Great energy, great learning, and an exciting start to building a strong peer-teaching culture 💡

FOAMed ClinicalSkills Teamwork

23/04/2026

Earlier this week, our PEM Education Fellow, Dr James Bubb, ran a wound management teaching session. 🩸

Joined by a mixture of paediatric SpRs, GP trainees, foundation year doctors, and PA students, we ran three stations with a great turnout:

☝️ Stop the bleed - principles including pressure, packing, haemostatic dressing, combat application tourniquet (CAT) practice on pool noodle wounds.

✌️ Suturing - opportunity to practise different suture types on wound pads.

🤟 Local Anaesthetic - seminar style teaching followed by practical session, delivering ring and auricular blocks on models.

22/04/2026

Earlier this month, we bid farewell to Professor Timothy Coats and Dr Ffion Davies, consultant ED couple at UHL, who have retired after more than two decades at the trust. 🥹😁

They both leave a lasting legacy after extraordinary contributions to emergency care in Leicester:

Dr Davies established the trust’s paediatric emergency department and developed internationally recognised teaching resources, including . 👶🤧

While Prof Coats’ research at University of Leicester has advanced EM at local, national and international levels. 🌍 🤩

In recognition of their contributions, we are excited to announce two new emergency medicine awards:

🏆 The Professor Timothy Coats Legacy Award for Research Excellence in Emergency Medicine

🏆 The Ffion Davies International Legacy Award for Excellence in Emergency Medicine Education

More details of these awards, including eligibility criteria, will be shared shortly. For now, please join us in wishing Prof Coats and Dr Davies a VERY HAPPY RETIREMENT! 🎈🥳

20/04/2026

FRCEM OSCE Session 🧑‍🏫

We finished off our busy day of teaching last week with a practice FRCEM OSCE for those who are sitting the exam next month.

Thank you to our adults EM fellow, Dr Liv Ogilvie, for powering through the full day of teaching and GOOD LUCK to those sitting the exam next month! 😊🙌

18/04/2026

BLOCKBUSTER Skills & Drills Session ⏰🧠

This week, our Skills and Drills session was a massively popular interdisciplinary session.

We were joined by:

🦴 Orthopaedic team who ran a workshop on joint aspiration!

🤰Obstetrics team who ran an emergency hysterotomy drill

🚑 EM consultants who taught pleural aspiration

Led by specialist teams, these workshops help our staff deliver safe and patient centred care in the right place at the right time! They are growing ever-popular and we have more to come in the pipeline! 👀⏭️

17/04/2026

Last week, we kicked off our BRAND NEW nurse led skills session, which will be available to book every Wednesday morning! ⏰

This session was ran by Jodi Evans and focused on ligature release kit, giving the team hands-on teaching and chance to practice using the equipment - thanks Jodi! 🤩

More of these sessions will soon be bookable via our website, and will be open to all ED members including resident doctors. We’d love to see a mix of professions and grades at these sessions! 🥳

14/04/2026

Lightning Learning 🧠⚡️

Next up in our surgical emergencies series - acute diverticulitis.

Uncomplicated cases can usually be managed conservatively with fluids, analgesia and antibiotics. 💊

However, severe inflammation can lead to perforation - a surgical emergency! 🚨

11/04/2026

LIGHTNING LEARNING 🧠 ⚡️

Renal colic pain is commonly caused by renal or ureteric stones. However, immediately life-threatening differentials include ruptured AAA and ectopic pregnancy. 🚨

This lightning learning is packed full of resources to help with on-the-go learning on the topic of renal colic. Scan the QR codes for further reading! 📚

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