We were fortunate to work with talented graphic artist Carol Green who produced this beautiful infographic from the discussions we held at our Te Årai retreat at the end of last year. Her wonderful s...

Paramedics deliver bad news and provide bereavement care to grieving families. Despite this, paramedics receive little formal education regarding termination of resuscitation, death and bereavement ca...

Our Te Ārai researcher whānau had a lovely few days away to recharge and reconnect.

The Government is making changes to how health research is funded and managed in New Zealand. The aim is to align funding with Government priorities, streamline processes, reduce duplication, and to m...

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This article introduces a six-step model for compassionate communication with family when emergency services are called to death. It is not a prescriptive checklist but a framework highlighting ke...

npj Digital Medicine - Addressing contemporary threats in anonymised healthcare data using privacy engineering

Senior doctors could soon be following nurses, who will walk off the job again tomorrow. The doctors are currently voting on whether to take strike action later this month according to the Association...

Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?

AbstractBackground. Healthcare workers in emergency departments (EDs) need to function optimally to deliver high-quality healthcare. High levels of burnout

Just 323 of 722 applicants have got jobs in hospitals through its Advanced Choice of Employment Mid-Year matching process.

Nature Medicine - As patients move from WebMD to ChatGPT, Thomas Costello makes the case for cautious optimism.

Certain community groups receive less bystander Basic Life Support (BLS). To improve that it was proposed to include in BLS training manikins represen…

Staff report a significant risk to patients' health – and even their lives.

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine

Two comments that supervisors often write on doctoral texts are (1) “add link” and (2) lacks flow”. But what do these comments actually mean? In this post I’m going to provide a couple of very basi…

Background Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples experience persistent disadvantage and health inequity in today’s society. It is widely accepted that this is resultant of Australia’s colonial...