Night brain and abdominal pain

In this episode I am joined by Professor Nicola Cooper, a physician and and expert in clinical reasoning education, we dissect a case of abdominal pain.

We reflect on night brain and how being sleep deprived can affect our decision making processes and how the night team should never be criticised. 

Clinical Reasoning in Medical Education group (www.creme.org.uk)

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Murthy, V.K., O’Brien, B. and Dhaliwal, G. (2018). An Inquiry Into the Early Careers of Master Clinicians. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 10(5), pp.500–506. doi:https://doi.org/10.4300/jgme-d-18-00208.1.

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