Each year the best abstracts submitted for consideration at the Society for Acute Medicine meetings are selected for oral presentation. This autumn’s meeting in Manchester featured two oral presentation sessions; the abstracts from these are published here.

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References

1. N Smallwood and N Conway, 2015. Acute Internal Medicine trainee Survey 2015. Acute Medicine: 14(2); 73-77
2. Overton A, Clark M, Thomas Y. A review of non-traditional occupational therapy practice placement education: a focus on role-emerging and project placements. British Journal of Occupational Therapy July 2009;72(7):294-301.
3. Bogo M, Paterson J, Tufford L, King R.Interprofessional Clinical Supervision in Mental Health and Addiction: Toward identifying Common Elements. The Clinical Supervisor 2011;30:124–140.
4. Chipchase L, Allen S, Eley D, McAllister I, Strong J. Interprofessional supervision in an intercultural context: A qualitative study. Journal of Interprofessional Care 2012;Early Online:1–7.
5. Craig DGN, Bates CM and Simpson KJ et al; Staggered overdose pattern and delay to hospital presentation are associated with adverse outcomes following paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity; Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2012 Feb; 73(2): 285–294.
6. Zhou L, Maviglia SM, Rocha RA et al; Supratherapeutic dosing of acetaminophen among hospitalized patients; Arch Intern Med. 2012 Dec 10;172(22):1721-8.
7. Toxbase Guidance on Paracetamol overdose management
8. Nine relevant papers identified through PubMed “(Paracetamol[Title] OR Acetaminophen[Title]) AND Supratherapeutic”; Toxbase and UpToDate sub-sections; Google search for “Supratherapeutic Paracetamol” - Life in the Fast Lane Toxicology Handbook, BMJ Best Practice, Medical Journal of Australia
9. N Smallwood and N Conway, 2015. Acute Internal Medicine trainee Survey 2015. Acute Medicine: 14(2); 73-77
10. Overton A, Clark M, Thomas Y. A review of non-traditional occupational therapy practice placement education: a focus on role-emerging and project placements. British Journal of Occupational Therapy July 2009;72(7):294-301.
11. Bogo M, Paterson J, Tufford L, King R.Interprofessional Clinical Supervision in Mental Health and Addiction: Toward identifying Common Elements. The Clinical Supervisor 2011;30:124–140.
12. Chipchase L, Allen S, Eley D, McAllister I, Strong J. Interprofessional supervision in an intercultural context: A qualitative study. Journal of Interprofessional Care 2012;Early Online:1–7.
13. Craig DGN, Bates CM and Simpson KJ et al; Staggered overdose pattern and delay to hospital presentation are associated with adverse outcomes following paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity; Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2012 Feb; 73(2): 285–294.
14. Zhou L, Maviglia SM, Rocha RA et al; Supratherapeutic dosing of acetaminophen among hospitalized patients; Arch Intern Med. 2012 Dec 10;172(22):1721-8.
15. Nine relevant papers identified through PubMed “(Paracetamol[Title] OR Acetaminophen[Title]) AND Supratherapeutic”; Toxbase and UpToDate sub-sections; Google search for “Supratherapeutic Paracetamol” - Life in the Fast Lane Toxicology Handbook, BMJ Best Practice, Medical Journal of Australia
16. Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI), Irish Association of Directors of Nursing & Midwifery, Therapy Professions Committee, Quality and Clinical Care Directorate (2010) Report of the National Acute Medicine Programme. HSE, Dublin, Ireland. Society for Acute Medicine (SAM) (2015) The Society for Acute Medicine. Accessed on 10th July 2015. www.acutemedicine.org.uk
17. http://www.improvementacademy.org/patient-safety/teamhuddles.html Accessed on 09/07/2015
18. Learning through “huddles” for health care leaders: why do some work teams learn as a result of huddles and others do not? Little J. Health Care Manag (Frederick). 2014 Oct-Dec;33(4):335
19. NICE. Medicines optimisation: the safe and effective use of medicines to enable the best possible outcomes. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. March 2015.
20. Mary Dixon-Woods, Graham Martin, Carolyn Tarrant, Julian Bion, Chris Goeschel, Peter Pronovost, Liz Brewster, Liz Shaw, Liz Sutton, Janet Willars, Diane Ketley and Tom Woodcock. Safer Clinical Systems: evaluation findings. Learning from the independent evaluation of the second phase of the Safer Clinical Systems programme. Health Foundation, 2014
21. Pepita Stringer, Elizabeth Witherington, Sonia Gilmore, Owen Bennett and Anette Freyer. Bingo Dabbers: An innovative tool for improving medication safety culture. BMJ. International Forum on Quality and Safety In Healthcare, Paris 2014
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23. Royal College of Physicians- Acute Care Toolkit 1 – Handover May 2011 https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/sites/default/files/acutecare-toolkit-1-handover.pdf Assessed July 22nd 2015
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25. Ala L, Mack J, Shaw R, Gasson A. The AMB Score: a pilot study to develop a scoring system to identify which acute medicine referrals would be appropriate for ambulatory care management. Acute Med 2010;9:141.
26. Society of Acute Medicine; Clinical Quality Indicators for Acute Medical Units Royal College of Physicians. Acute Care Toolkit 10 Ambulatory Emergency Care.