I listened with personal interest as the new conservative government re-launched its grand plan to deliver a “seven day health service.” In a little over a year I will be […]
Junior doctors
Neel Sharma: Getting the right medical students comes with time
Last month, Richard Schwartzstein authored his perspective on poor communication skills among medical students and beyond (1). I read this with great interest and wanted to share my insights as […]
Ahmed Rashid: Should junior doctors accept pharma support for clinical research training?
Junior clinical researchers know that there’s really only one way for them to comprehensively get on the academic ladder and prove their credibility. Those three letters that contain years of […]
Sanna W Khawaja: At a crossroads in medical training
I am in the recruitment stage between interviews and offers. At this moment in time, when I look to August I can see myself as both in training and not […]
Rebecca Stout: To apply or not to apply? Why some junior doctors are taking years out instead of going straight into training
A recent news article in The BMJ told us that the figures from the UK Foundation Programme Office show that the number of foundation year 2 (FY2) doctors applying straight […]
Sanna W Khawaja: An NHS full of secret agents
While I enjoy the occasional spy movie, I always find myself irritated at the protagonist, who very often spends the film focused on a mission with little or no knowledge of […]
Will Stevens: Parachuting doctor—life as a UK Army Reserve
In my day job I work as a foundation year 2 junior doctor in Oxfordshire, but for the past seven years, I have also been a serving Army Reservist. Last weekend […]
Sanna W Khawaja: What can we learn from the locum?
When recounting the tale of my first ever shift as a bona fide doctor, the line “I was on call with a locum SHO and a locum Reg” tends to […]
Martin Kaminski: How not to be a junior doctor
To all the newly qualified doctors about to inaugurate their careers in junior house officer posts across the UK next week, I bestow upon you the secrets to a happy […]
Kiran Varadharajan: A junior surgical trainee’s perspective on surgical simulation
The European Working Time Directive (EWTD) has reduced the number of hours that trainee doctors have to hone their skills. As a junior surgical trainee, I find that time in […]