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David Metcalfe
LLB MA PhD MRCP MRCS FRCEM FHEA
Kadoorie Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Biography
I am an emergency physician whose work with the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences focuses on clinical epistemology, exploring how clinicians generate and act upon knowledge under conditions of uncertainty.
My academic base is at the Kadoorie Institute for Trauma, Emergency & Critical Care and my main university profile is here.
Recent publications
Research priorities in lower leg soft-tissue injuries in older adults: A modified Delphi study (PRIME)
Journal article
Shafi SQ. et al, (2026), Journal of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, 120, 111 - 116
Systematic assessment of the medical utility of radiology and diagnostic Artificial Intelligence in fracture detection (SAMURAI-fracture): a protocol for a multicentre cluster-randomised controlled trial.
Journal article
Novak A. et al, (2026), BMJ Open, 16
Journal update monthly top five
Journal article
Johnstone K. et al, (2026), Emergency Medicine Journal EMJ, 43, 526 - 527
Point-of-care ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia: pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block for patients with hip fracture
Journal article
Maffeis R. et al, (2026), Emergency Medicine Journal
Non-Surgical Casting vs. Surgical Reduction for Children with Severely Displaced Distal Radial Fractures (the CRAFFT trial): A Multicentre, Randomised, Controlled Non-inferiority Trial and Economic Evaluation
Journal article
Perry DC. et al, (2026), The Lancet