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Eugene YH Yeung: SHO, let it go? The real problem is not our titles
Even if we officially change the names of “GPs” and “junior doctors,” this will not address the underlying problem […]
Paul Garrud: How shall we get 1,500 extra doctors a year?
England is going to train an extra 1,500 doctors a year, but where shall we find them and how shall we select them? I believe that we can find them […]
Margaret Evans: Perinatal pathologists have a vital role in stillbirth review
The Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, has recently called for coroners to be granted special powers to investigate stillbirths to reduce the number of baby deaths and injuries […]
Gro Harlem Brundtland: New WHO guidelines are crucial step to fighting antimicrobial resistance
If urgent action is not taken to combat antimicrobial resistance, then development gains could be wiped out with alarming consequences for us all […]
Sadaf Karim Sulaiman: Do you debrief?
Traumatic events–including major and minor incidents, near misses, death, and major disability–prompt strong emotional stress responses in healthcare professionals [1]. Following its success in military services, debriefing among healthcare teams […]
Tom Jefferson: The UK turns to Witty, Vallance, and Van Tam for leadership: revolving doors?
Revolving doors are used to facilitate entry or exit into a building. The trick with using these doors is always to get your timing right. Too fast or too slow […]
Clare Gerada: Why has medicine become such a miserable profession?
Medicine has always been a hard taskmaster, yet more and more we hear about the unrest and dissatisfaction of doctors across the world […]
Richard Smith: Strong evidence of bias against research from low income countries
I have taught classes on how to get published in scientific journals in many low and middle income countries, and just about every participant in every class has thought that […]
Jen Gosling: “Difficult” is a difficult word
“They keep saying I’m difficult”, the patient wept. “I feel so guilty; I worry that they think I’m not co-operating”. It was the second time in a week that we […]