Recorded interview · 2017
Conferences & educational events
Speaking & hosting
The role that fits your event.
Speaking
I speak about emergency medicine, clinical leadership and education. I shape each talk around your audience, using examples from clinical practice and leaving time for questions.
Discuss a talkConference hosting
I introduce speakers, link sessions and keep track of the wider programme. I listen for connections between talks, respond as the discussion develops and give speakers room to do their work.
Discuss conference hostingInterviews & panels
I interview clinicians and other guests for St Emlyn’s and facilitate conference panels. I ask follow-up questions and respond to the discussion as it develops.
Discuss an interview or panelTopics we could explore.
These are starting points for a conversation about your audience and event.
Leading the trauma team when the room gets busy
For emergency clinicians and acute-care teams, a practical look at preparing the team, clarifying roles and reviewing what happened after resuscitation or trauma care.
From listening to learning
For clinicians, educators and podcast makers, ways to revisit and question what we hear, and connect it with clinical practice. Examples come from St Emlyn’s and MedPod Learn.
Making clinical teaching part of the working day
For clinical supervisors and educators, ways to build teaching and feedback into placements and the working day. Examples include curriculum redesign, lecture feedback and early ED observation.
In conversation
A recent podcast and an archive interview.
Podcast conversation · July 2026
Experts are made, not born.
My conversation with Sara Crager explores how clinicians develop expertise—and how we can make clinical reasoning easier to teach.
Listen on St Emlyn’sSelected appearances.
Conference host
IncrEMentuM
Reflections from the conferenceHost & facilitator
IncrEMentuM
Host, facilitator & podcast interviewer
Tactical Trauma
Recorded conversations for St Emlyn’s, co-hosted with Liz Crowe.
Listen: Learning through failureSpeaker
RCEM CPD
‘Ten years of trauma team leadership’
Read the talkSpeaker
SMACC Gold
‘Pain and Suffering in the ED’
From the archive · 2014
Pain and Suffering in the ED
One of my first major conference talks, on pain and suffering in the emergency department.
Watch on VimeoFrom conference colleagues
“Iain was the glue, the common thread that integrated the topics, presenters, and themes in IncrEMentum.”
“He is funny without making the event about himself, and has that relatively rare ability to make a large conference feel friendly, inclusive and connected.”
“I also found that having him in this role really helped destress me as faculty, because it allowed me to only focus on what I need to do on stage.”
For organisers
A short introduction.
Professor Iain Beardsell is an NHS Consultant in Emergency Medicine at University Hospital Southampton and Honorary Professor of Medical Education at the University of Southampton. He speaks and hosts at medical conferences, is a podcast host and senior editor at St Emlyn’s, and created MedPod Learn. His television medical advisory work includes more than 80 episodes of Casualty.
Clinical practice & education