4 Stuart LANE 

 Podcast: SAYING SORRY 

Stuart Lane, the Intensivist from Nepean hospital, takes saying sorry seriously. Seriously seriously. To the extent he's nearly finished his PhD on the subject. Listen to this fantastic talk, watch the slides and add comments your comments below.

He gave this lecture on the Registrar day at the Bedside Critical Care conference 2012 (#BCC3).

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 ROGER HARRIS 

 Podcast: INTERVIEW PREPARATION   PART 2 

Roger Harris gives a second presentation on further aspects of preparing for a critical care job interview.

He gave this lecture on the Registrar day at the Bedside Critical Care conference 2012 (#BCC3).

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 SMACC SIMWARS 

 The competition is seriously heating up!

 Neil ORFORD 

 Podcast: YOUR CURRICULUM VITAE 

Neil Orford gives tips on how to optimise your CV when applying for a critical care medicine job.

He gave this lecture on the Registrar day at the Bedside Critical Care conference 2012 (#BCC3).

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 SMACC-DOWN FALL 

Tensions are rising and trash talk abounds as the race for places in the SMACC SimWars starts to hot up. Only the best can be there, and in the end there can only be one winner. Unfortunately for Hitler, his team have already failed to make the cut and met their Downfall...

Credit to @precordialthump from LITFL for making this, we just vimeo'd it.

 ENTER SIMWARS HERE 

 DRENZLA on FLUIDS 

Adam Drenzla, a bright and inquisitive ICU registrar, recently sent in these insightful comments, having been inspired by an excellent podcast on EMCRIT and a powerful post by Cliff Reid both about "chloride poisoning" and intravenous fluids.

Adam, Scott Weingart and Cliff Reid will all be at the upcoming SMACC conference.

Adam writes:

Introducing the pre-SMACC conference Pecha Kucha SMACC-talk competition!

 STUART LANE 

 Podcast: DIFFICULT AIRWAYS 

Stuart Lane, an intensivist from Nepean hospital, gives a 10 minute opinion on management of difficult airways in ICU, mainly focusing on videolayngoscopes. As always, Stuart gives us food for thought!

He gave this lecture on the Registrar day at the Bedside Critical Care conference 2012 (#BCC3).

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 MICHAELA CARTNER 

 Podcast: DIALYSIS IN 15 MIN 

Michaela Cartner, an ED physician and intensivist, gives a down-to-earth fast paced low down on dialysis. She gave this lecture on the Registrar day at the Bedside Critical Care conference 2012 (#BCC3).

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Are you preparing for the next sitting of the ICU Fellowship exam? General or Paeds? It's easier if you've got a buddy. At very least there is someone to share the pain with.

It can be tricky finding someone to study with, so why not go to the Discussion Forum and leave a note for prospective study buddies. Attending the S.I.N. B.I.N. or V.I.N. meetings might also help you find a partner-in-suffering.

You don't necessarily have to be geographically close to study together any more. Online tools like Twitter, Google Hangout and Skype, even the iPad's FaceTime, allow real time collaboration. So you can still sit down together to go through papers, plague eachother with vivas or even prepare for the Hot Cases without being in the same hospital, city, state or even country.

So start talking to eachother and make a tough time a little bit easier on yourself.