Version 1 search feature changes

We have simplified the display of the search results in Version 1 to improve the search performance. Previously the html name of the page was displayed as well as a short snippet of the content around the word(s) being searched for. Both of these have now been removed, so now all that is displayed is the title of the … Read more

Guillain-Barré a été trouvé!

Unfortunately the page on Guillain-Barré  has been unavailable for a while because our web server does not speak French. As the file name for the page used the correct spelling (Guillain-Barré), the anglophile server refused to recognise it and was displaying an error message instead.  The page is now available again, however (apologies to all the Francophiles out … Read more

New ACEM curriculum descriptors added

The new ACEM curriculum descriptors relevant to each section of the manual have been added. However the descriptors do not map exactly to the headings in the manual, so some interpretation has been needed. In addition, not all descriptors have been used. Those that appear to be covered by higher level descriptors, overlap significantly with other descriptors, are too general to apply to a specific part of the text and those that are actions expected by trainees in their practice have been excluded. The curriculum domain of health advocacy is broadly applicable across all areas of clinical medicine, but is perhaps most relevant to the areas in the manual about smoking cessation, alcohol harm minimisation, cardiovascular risk modification, poisoning and injury prevention.

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