The medicine behind the medals
In the field of sports medicine there is no greater ambassador than Dr Richard Budgett. He has been the Chief Medical Officer to Team...
Best medical smartphone, mobile and iPad apps
Whether it's calculating gentamicin doses, checking the latest guidelines or practicing MCQs the smartphone has become an essential piece of medical kit for working...
Planning your medical elective
If you dare ask any doctor their best experience at medical school then you'd better be prepared for hours of mind-numbing stories from their...
Survival Guide – Living in halls
As a medical student you've just moved into the thirteenth floor of halls. Your room is the size of a matchbox. The person next...
Beginner’s guide to writing case reports
For most junior doctors their first experience of publication will be writing a case report. BMJ Case Reports Editor-in-Chief, Seema Biswas, offers some advice...
Extreme Medicine – The Antarctic Doctor
Welcome to my A&E Department. Local population: 10 to 100 (dependent on the season). Staff: 1. Nearest referral hospital: 2800 miles (but no referral,...
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JuniorDr is a free distribution magazine produced by doctors for the UK's Medical Students, Foundation Year Trainees, Specialist Trainees, GP Trainees and Specialist...
Writing Reports
Junior doctors can be asked to write reports on many different things, but it need not be a daunting experience, says Sara Williams from...
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...
Deadly serious – coroner’s inquest
An inquest is a fact-finding exercise co-ordinated by the coroner (or procurator fiscal in Scotland), with or without a jury. The objective is to...