Will learning to Kiteboard help my practice of Medicine? A scientific experiment.

As a strong believer in Evidence Based Medicine, I have decided to run a trial of one to study the effects of learning to Kiteboard on my general ability to practice medicine at the Emergency Department where I work.

Method: I plan to take lessons with one of Australia’s best Kiteboarders, known as Scott. I will show in diary form how I feel during the session, and contrast this with how I feel at work. There is no control or outcomes. I will analyse the data using the ‘patient complaints model’ and then use ‘wife complaint’ regression analysis to come to a conclusion.

Results will be published in Adventuremedics magazine for which I am editor of.

Conflicts of interest: Many