Opportunities for shared learning are increasingly being lost in NHS hospitals, but we need them now more than ever […]
Month: July 2018
Daniel Sokol: Reflections on Bawa-Garba—a symbol of the medical profession’s discontent
The true significance of the Bawa-Garba case lies in what it represents: a profession in crisis […]
Richard Smith: Measuring research impact—all the rage but hard to get right
Somehow science managed to struggle through several thousand years, having considerable impact as it went (think electricity, atomic power, penicillin), without either defining or measuring impact, but now measuring the […]
Richard Lehman’s journal reviews—30 July 2018
Richard Lehman’s final review of the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Neel Sharma: For healthcare systems to function effectively in the future, an outward looking approach is needed
It is clear from the press, social media, and research evidence that patients and their relatives will not wait to raise concerns if their expectations of the care provided to […]
Amza Ali: Overcoming bias against research from lower income countries
Each of us is on a lifelong search for legitimacy and authenticity. Often this takes place through the lens of our career and vocation. I am a senior UK- and […]
Martin Kaminski: Advice for the first week of junior doctorhood
Once again, another annual changeover day on the first Wednesday of August is upon us—the day every year where medical students across the UK take the wheel for the first […]
Martin McKee: Theresa May is right. “No deal is better than a bad deal” …. for the European Union
The impact of a “no deal” on the NHS and medical research will be immediate […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . More medical Japanese
The 2018 quadrennial meeting of IUPHAR, the International Union of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, prompted me last week to reflect on Japanese words that have entered our medical vocabulary, specifically […]
Jeeves Wijesuriya: Rota delays for junior doctors—an endemic problem that undervalues the workforce
It is unacceptable that there are doctors who are yet to receive their August rotas […]