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More doctors are jumping ship to work abroad, but uncharted waters present new risks, argues Sara Williams. Suitcase in one hand and passport in the other, Dr Ashley Leadbeatter, an F2 from Leeds, walks through...

USB sticks are small and fast with mega memory. But new technology brings new problems; MPS Writer Sara Williams explains why they should be used with caution. Earlier this year an inquisitive junior doctor questioned...

The temptation to lift someone else's work from the internet can be overwhelming when struggling to meet a deadline, but the risk is simply not worth it, says Charlotte Hudson Plagiarism is a serious academic...

(Correct as of April 2008) Medication errors account for approximately 20% of all clinical negligence claims against doctors in both primary and secondary care. The costs associated with adverse events and inappropriate prescribing has...

(Correct as of April 2008) Confidentiality is at the centre of maintaining trust between patients and doctors. As a doctor, you have access to sensitive personal information about patients and you have a legal...

MPS is often contacted by doctors who are surprised that their attitude and behaviour outside the clinical environment has called their fitness to practise into question. Sara Williams shares the story about what happened...

The term good Samaritan stems from the bible – a person who gratuitously gives help to those in distress. During the Olympics, foundation doctors cannot apply to be medical volunteers; but you can provide...

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 already hypothesised that: "Tintin never aged during his 50-year career...

When an elderly man in Manchester spots the first signs of a heart attack it takes just a simple '999' call to have an ambulance by his side within 12 minutes. It's a service...

The last 12 months have seen a number of proposed changes to the NHS Pension Scheme, as well as reductions in the amount individuals can save into a pension tax efficiently. Ian Morgan, National...