Belfasts finest venue (UlsterHall) hosting Glasgows finest band (Primal Scream)

We were delighted to host the annual SistersINSPIRE event last week, an initiative designed to inspire and empower the next generation of female leaders. Amazing work, everyone. We cannot wait to see what you do next! Find out more ➡️ ow.ly/6KvT50Vs7cH #LoveQUB

This is the Belfast that I know and the people who make it special Stickin out! Happiest place in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

How do you ‘dance’ with learners emotions in simulation? Published in this months edition of Medical Education asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @asmeofficial.bsky.social #EmotionalEducation

The ONLY acceptable version of this dreadful song. Happy Paddy’s Day, one and all.

‘It brings you in and shelters you’: NHS creates ‘recovery gardens’ for staff and patients

Scotland you’re putting on some show for us! Munro 26/282 bagged. Idyllic and renewing all in one Now for coffee…..

Micro adventure underway in the Highlands of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Bothy last night provided a welcome base after a long mountain climb and wet peatland trek 🥾 💦

This reflective essay captures the sensory experience of a family physician’s day, emphasizing the often-overlooked sounds that define the rhythm and emotion of clinical practice. #FMsky #Medsky 📰Read: www.annfammed.org/content/23/1... 🎧Listen: www.annfammed.org/content/23/1...

Welcome spring…you’re very welcome! #earrach First primrose of the year #SpringYellows

Teaching students doesn’t necessarily mean learning is taking place.Key to this process is placing ‘🔥in their bellies’ to intentionally engage-i.e. agentic learning.Keen to know how this manifests?Read our new article asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @asmeofficial.bsky.social

closler.org/connecting-w... The power of words @drkopacz.bsky.social @upf.edu @drmattmorgan.bsky.social @markzytan.bsky.social @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social @doctoroxford.bsky.social @drgavinfrancis.bsky.social

This is a beautiful reminder : look for the glimmer. Be the glimmer. @profgerryg.bsky.social

"The garden has restored my love of medicine, my love of general practice and I feel that I'm practising what I preach”. Wonderful to meet with the inspirational Dr Susan Taheri & hear about their therapeutic garden. We need this here! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So those that find Right Left 👉🏽👈🏽discrimination challenging-found their tribe today! 🙏🏼 to @niscifest.bsky.social for their support as we delved into the human factors science of laterality errors Full house, full of ‘experiments’ & not ‘right’ to be ‘left’ out @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social #NISF25

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Apricity….at last #DogWalk #DogTired

🌹 Valentine’s Day…..🌹 Roses are red, Violets are blue, I know CPR …and so should you! #SaveaLife Learn to perform #CPR 💔 ⚡️ ❤️‍🩹

Gosh….what a day. A unique ‘space’ was nurtured to allow individuals with lived experience of illness, GPs, academics, SPs & writers-to reimagine how simulations can represent what matters to patients & enhance learning for GPs Kudos ++ to Jackie Driscoll

There’s a story that Henry Ford showed Union leaders round his most modern factory and, in trying to intimidate them, suggested one day all cars would be made by machines. One Union leader remarked: ‘you can’t sell cars to machines.’

Domestic abuse in NI: did police receive substantially more calls over Christmas than in the rest of the year? Yes - the evidence supports this.

Keen to expand your horizons on what we mean by simulation & its expansive use in HPE? Then this is the @asmeofficial.bsky.social MEGABYTE for you @drsamsmith.bsky.social Register here www.asme.org.uk/events/simul... to book a place as we explore the potential of sim in HPE March 18th 12.30-14.00

Take a moment to ‘read’ & ‘listen’ to the soundscape of a day in the life of being a GP. Sometimes sounds can speak louder than words Such a pleasure to work with Prof Martina Kelly on this piece www.annfammed.org/content/23/1... @annfammed.bsky.social +soundscape www.annfammed.org/content/anna...

My left or your left? Do you ever struggle telling right from left? How can we help you correctly make right/left decisions?Then this is the lecture for you as we delve into the science of handedness @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social 👉🏽 nisciencefestival.com/events/my-le... @niscifest.bsky.social

So grateful all safe. Still no power but looking on the bright side of things….. plenty of fire wood 🪓 🪵 #StormÉowyn

Huge thanks to Mid East Antrim Council for the invite to speak to Northern Ireland's future scientists through their STEAM school initiative. Future is bright! …and then getting a chance to present to ProfBrianCox about the science that underpins simulation Feeling inspired 🙏🏼 #BeCurious

"These are not problems that can be beaten back with new educational apps or by bemoaning AI. They are rather problems concerning citizenship, identity and the commodification of everything. They reflect a collapse of trust in institutions, knowledge and the self."

This news piece was from my GP practice today.Sums up the unprecedented times we are in. Never in 25yrs as a GP have I seen the like of it.Every last person gives their heart & soul to provide the best care.Without proper investment in Primary Care-will be downfall of NHS www.itv.com/news/utv/202...

We’re hearing a lot about the pressures on A&E depts in NI at the moment.What is the impact of this? We previously examined the RCEM claim that there was strong evidence that almost 1500 people died in NI in a single year as a result of wait times in A&E. Read more: factcheckni.org/articles/did...

When you live in a rural location….you’re always prepared for power outage and going back to basics

Something quite magical about low lying winter sun #Apricity #DogWalk

Health innovation centre looks to future of NHS while celebrating its past

#IrishSea next stop Isle of Man 🇮🇲

Raising a glass to all in the simulation community 🥂 2024 was a busy year and wishing health, fun and much sim in 2025

The signs are here….Spring on its way #Daffodils #SnowDrops

Though takes time, nothing quite like harvesting and processing your own produce. Certainly beats the chaos of supermarkets and parking at this time of year #Allotment #GrowYourOwn #Sustainable

There is just something nice about taking your time and avoiding the Christmas chaos (and supporting local suppliers and trying to be more sustainable) #Sustainablity

Winter solstice is always a big mile stone. No better way to acknowledge - than planting Garlic and onion sets. Message of promise #GrowYourOwn #Allotment

The longest night is over. Magical to see via live stream - the winter solstice sun beam through - marking the shortest day. Amazing to think this monument is over 5000 years old (even 500 years older than the pyramids) #NewgrangeSolstice #BruNaBoinne

Should we be more ‘Spaniel’ in how we navigate certainty? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Always good to meet new people and no one better then @shiyunzhao.bsky.social ! Full of energy, fresh ideas and broadens your worldview 😊 Challenging the orthodox in simulation (and joining in on some carol singing too 🎄!)

Sometimes it’s all about the little wins. Multiple fails in trying to source a replacement castor online (including Amazon) and then stumbled across a castor shop of all places. Personalised service, replacement castor sourced and the joy of speaking to a real person. Drinks trolly back in action!

It’s beginning a lot to look like Christmas at @simbricks.bsky.social Wishing all a peaceful Christmas period Thank you for all the good work you do

Video cameras are common place in simulation centres or are they? Do the benefits outweigh the challenges? Learning gained > logistical and financial challenges?

Nothing like a good find in a charity book shop and giving a book a second life! @nationaltrust.bsky.social #Castleward

Dear Reviewer 2… Something we all wish we could write at times - but now you can learn to be more elegant when responding! This is a cool initiative that we just launched at my Alma mater McMaster University’s MERIT group: healthsci.mcmaster.ca/dear-reviewe...

Things I have learned this week… Informed Grounded Theory www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Simulation faces the ideological struggle of standardisation and neoliberalism - yet learning should be more liberal and learner centred. Remember - we are all on DIFFERENT learning tracjectories Tailor sim and not one size fits all