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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...
148 new doctors affected by “unacceptable” failures of UKFPO
Doctor and medical student leaders’ have called for immediate support for the 148 medical students who have had their first scheduled job suddenly changed...
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Doctors Not Taught Benefits Of Exercise
Doctors have ‘sparse or non-existent’ knowledge to enable them to promote physical activity to patients,...
Out of programme time
Whether it is for the experience of working abroad or to undertake additional research, an...
1 In 10 Admissions Staff Check Social Media During Shortlisting
Medical students and junior doctors are being warned that their past Twitter and Facebook posts...
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News in Brief
£41m waste on electricity
The NHS in England wasted £41.4 million last year simply by paying...
Changes to contract will free GPs to improve care, says BMA
New changes to the GP contract in England will begin to address the issues facing...
Writing Reports
Junior doctors can be asked to write reports on many different things, but it need...
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CYCLING TOUR
Write your way to the top
Filling in applications for training posts requires careful consideration. You will face fierce competition from other trainees, so make a difference, stand out and...
New private medical school opens for applicants
A new self-funded undergraduate medical degree programme by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) will take its first set of students in September 2014.
The...
Medical Emergencies at 30,000ft
Settling in for a flight is never the same once you've taken the Hippocratic Oath. In the back of your mind is always the...
The Everest Test
The Everest Test was to take place on a plateau next to Everest Base Camp at 5200m above sea level. The idea was to...
Year Two
With a new year, I was greeted with a brand new set of challenges in my journey to becoming a doctor. Firstly, I survived...
TENNIS
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...
Setting up a national workshop as an anaesthetic trainee
It is essential for senior trainees to demonstrate their abilities at leadership and management in order to obtain a Certificate of Completion of Training...
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Setting up a national workshop as an anaesthetic trainee
It is essential for senior trainees to demonstrate their abilities at leadership and management in order to obtain a Certificate of Completion of Training and get shortlisted for a consultant job. Setting up a...
Junior doctors reporting low morale
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 cent of doctors said their morale was low in the...
Ipswich Hospital
Extensive seating areas, including sofas and a dining area. Kitchen stocked with unlimited cereal, toast, biscuits and squash. Two hospital computers in a computer room. Locker rooms. A full size snooker table. A ping-pong...
What to consider when taking out a personal loan
Over the coming years, you may find you need to take out a personal loan. This could be for a number of reasons, such as buying a car, going on holiday or making improvements...
Making the best of it in Sierra Leone
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 in a country where one in five children don’t live...
Funding your medical elective
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 - and if you’re really unlucky they might even whip...
How to spot a fresher
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 fighting over free tins of beans at freshers fairs.
Conversation...
Get Fresh – starting medical school guide
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 don’t go running for home just yet.
With the help of...
Raising concerns with senior colleagues
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 concerns over the quality of care in their workplace.
Over 60%...