Setting up a national workshop as an anaesthetic trainee

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It is essential for senior trainees to demonstrate their abilities at leadership and management in order to obtain a Certificate of Completion of Training...

Junior doctors reporting low morale

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Doctors are reporting low morale amid rising work demands and the ongoing financial squeeze affecting clinical care, a BMA survey reveals. More than 40 per...

Ipswich Hospital

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Extensive seating areas, including sofas and a dining area. Kitchen stocked with unlimited cereal, toast, biscuits and squash. Two hospital computers in a computer...

Year Two

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With a new year, I was greeted with a brand new set of challenges in my journey to becoming a doctor. Firstly, I survived...

What to consider when taking out a personal loan

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Over the coming years, you may find you need to take out a personal loan. This could be for a number of reasons, such...

Making the best of it in Sierra Leone

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FY2 Dr Mikey Bryant is in Sierra Leone with healthcare charity Mercy Ships. He has been volunteering in a children’s clinic for a year...

Funding your medical elective

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If you dare ask any doctor their best experience at medical school then you’d better be prepared for hours of recollections from their elective...

How to spot a fresher

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A first year med student can be spotted more easily than a baby with chicken pox. Here’s what gives you away: Can be spotted...

Get Fresh – starting medical school guide

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Medical school can be a scary place. There’s the dissection room, angry hospital consultants and the student union bar on a Wednesday night. But...

Raising concerns with senior colleagues

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MPS surveyed 1,052 newly-qualified doctors to find out about their experiences – one of the biggest issues was quality of care, with 51% having...

Making sense of the ECG

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MAKING SENSE OF THE ECG 4TH EDITION The Making Sense... series began in 1997 with Making Sense of the ECG, which has won awards from...

Maternity pay as a junior doctor

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Congratulations on your new arrival! Having a baby can be a wonderful yet stressful time, especially as a junior doctor rotating through different specialities,...

Careers beyond medicine

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After five or six years at university, thousands of pounds in student loan debt and a perpetual cycle of exams, you’ll hopefully have left...

Physician assistants role to be doubled, says DH

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The NHS is to expand the use of ‘physician assistants’ and double the number of training places, the Department of Health in England has...

News in Brief

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JUNIOR ROTA PAYOUT 43 FY1s working on a surgical rota at Arrowe Park Hospital Wirral will share a £38,850 payout after a diary monitoring...

One in 10 trainees plan to emigrate in next year, says...

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More than one in 10 newly qualified GPs (12%) is intending to leave the country in the next year, a survey shows. The finding from...

Major consultation to improve public confidence in doctors

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" style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 0px 7px 0px 0px; float: left;" />Doctors who have harmed patients could face sanctions even if they can...

BMA condemns sixth consecutive year ‘pay cut’

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The BMA has condemned government confirmation that most doctors will suffer a sixth year of effective pay cuts and said the government was making...

Half of junior doctors have concerns about quality of care

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Over half (51%) of newly qualified doctors have concerns about the quality of healthcare provided in their workplace, according to a major new survey...

Jail for fraudulent NHS job application doctor

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A South Shields man who failed 1,000 times to get a job as an NHS doctor using false details has been jailed for 15...