(As an aside this was the real opening slide but... Comic Sans is not going to help anyone engage on Zoom)
This is not a talk on self-defence techniques, or dealing with active shooters, but how to deal with those challenging scenarios that tend to blow up in your face if you are not careful.
Back in 2013, @petercartledge , Miller & @drbobphillips performed a systematic review and found 1047 articles looking at #SoMe and identified just 9 looking at outcome measures - mainly related to learner satisfaction
Even before the internet existed, Ilich (1972) dreamt of a world "where educational systems are comprised of networks... where learners can access knowledge at any time."
I was asked to give the wellbeing talk for the new doctors starting @western_health
I decided not to talk about how we need to drink kale smoothies, do yoga classes before work, and get 8 hours of sleep a night...
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You see, there is a tendency, to speak in platitudes when doing this sort of thing - bolstering people up with a "You can do it... if only you do X"
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But it's not all about me, me, me, is it? It's not about what I can do to keep myself healthy?
And it seems like a lot of you wanted to know the answer too.
As someone who has done some odd things in the name of science, I felt uniquely qualified to get to the bottom of it if @xandvt and @DoctorChrisVT weren't going to do it.
I recently gave the commencement address @RCHMelbourne.
Here is it is if you missed it...
"My name is Andrew Tagg. I'm 47 years old and I'm a failure"
And I'm okay with that.
I have failed at high school and in medical school. I have failed as a junior doctor and as a consultant. I have failed academically and professionally.