Virtual doctors – medical training in Second Life
Forget those late nights on the wards grappling with real patients to perfect taking a history for the MRCP - medical training is going...
One in four doctors feel undermined at work
Nearly one in five doctors in training has witnessed someone being bullied in their current post, and more than one in four has experienced...
The Stress Factor
Working as a junior doctor gives a new meaning to the word stress. Sara Williams explores how to keep it at bay.
Last May Janet...
GP Incomes Down By £6K In Last Five Years
The average salary for a UK contract holding GP fell last year to £104,100 bringing the total decrease since its peak in 2005/06 to...
Ready, set, go! How junior doctors can contribute to the Olympics
The term good Samaritan stems from the bible – a person who gratuitously gives help to those in distress. During the Olympics, foundation doctors...
Results
It was 6am on the 15th August and my heart was pounding. The day had finally come when I would find out if I...
Tintin – a diagnosis by Dr Fairytale
I have taken this referral from Claude Cyr, a professor of medicine at Quebec's Sherbrooke University asking for some differential diagnoses. Professor Cyr has...
Digital docs – the pitfalls of using social networking sites
The saying goes "what happens on tour stays on tour", but when posting online bear in mind that what happens on Twitter stays on...
National NHS Pay Agreements Should Be Dropped, Says Think Tank
The NHS should scrap the current nation- al pay agreements for doctors and replace them with local and performance-related agreements, says leading think tank...
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Out of programme time
Whether it is for the experience of working abroad or to undertake additional research, an increasing number of doctors are deciding to take time...
Learning to lead
As a junior doctor you can develop your leadership competencies by being proactive and consciously assuming greater responsibilities around leadership activities; the Medical Leadership...
Major consultation to improve public confidence in doctors
" style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 0px 7px 0px 0px; float: left;" />Doctors who have harmed patients could face sanctions even if they can...
