BadEM

Adaptability, working with limited resources and information, teamwork and decisiveness are all skills that are developed in spades working in Emergency Medicine.



How do they apply to global health and humanitarian or conflict medicine? And what skills can be counter transferred back from conflict zones to everyday under resourced emergency departments?



All this and more in the latest episode of the badEM podcast, where we chat to Dr Edward Chu, Emergency Physician and long term advisor for MSF.

Season 3, Episode 3 features Dr Dave le Roux, district paediatrician for Cape Town's Metro West subdistrict and clinician at Mitchells Plain hospital, talking community paediatrics with us.

We cover a lot of ground: why complex health ecosystems can't be solved with simple solutions, who should actually be tracking community health data, and the practical realities of how Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics interact — referral pathways, investigations, and the relationships that make it all work.

If you work in health, manage health systems, or are just trying to understand how community-level care actually functions in a resource-constrained environment — this one's worth your time.

Where do Family and Emergency Medicine meet? How can we facilitate patient's healthcare journeys in the most patient, healthcare and system friendly manner? Do we need more or less rigidity between primary, secondary and tertiary facilities?

All of the above and more in our latest episode of the badEM podcast - where we chat to Dr Ts'epo Motsohi and Dr Michelle Allen from the Stellenbosch University Dept of Family and Emergency Care.

Alcohol vs Healthcare

In this episode, we chat to MEC for Health and Wellness in the Western Cape - Minister Mireille Wenger. We cover a wide range of topics, mostly revolving around prevention programs, and access to care.



Links mentioned in the show:

https://dgmt.co.za/projects/

https://www.wcpp.gov.za/?q=node/19519

https://www.yearbeyond.org/planet-youth-programme

https://www.thehealthfoundation.org.za/project/western-cape-on-wellness/

https://www.efarsystem.com/

https://www.childrenshospitaltrust.org.za/

https://www.gshtrust.co.za/