I have been on holiday most of this week so a short blog today.
Things digital... 
This article in Archives of Disease in Childhood Lessons learnt transitioning to a digital conference during the COVID-19 pandemic gives some useful ideas and tips for organising an online conference.
Things to do with diaries... 
Apparently keeping diaries is quite an English obsession and this chap with an amazing beard and name has launched an initiative to keep and preserve them. Finkel talks about his extraordinary discoveries of some of the most personal, intimate and detailed historical objects. Focusing on the diaries of 'real people' - as opposed to the published memoirs of politicians and other people of public interest - he discusses how we can learn about the past by allowing the voices of the past to speak to us through the ages. Be prepared for a passionate appeal to preserve diaries for future readers and learn how you can contribute to our understanding of the past. So if you write a diary or have inherited some from other people you might be interested in this.
Things to read... 
Diaries are always fascinating and a book I have always enjoyed is Nella Last's War written as part of the Mass Observation scheme during World War II. Also made into a TV film by Victoria Wood in 2006 as Housewife, 49.
Things shared... 
Shared decision making (SDM) is an approach whereby physicians and patients share in the decision-making process in a 2-way (or sometimes 3- or 4-way) conversation incorporating best available evidence and patient preference. In this article in the J Allergy Clin Immunol Practice The Challenges and Opportunities for Shared
Decision Making Highlighted by COVID-19 The authors say that the pandemic provides a unique opportunity to reexamine how we provide
care.
Things to eat... 
Apparently it is cheescake day in America next week, not a particular a favourite with me but my husband made this Strawberry cheescake very successfully for a party (remember those) last August.
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