Safe staffing levels set out by RCP
THE definition of safe staffing levels that are needed to provide care for hospital patients has been set out for the first time by the Royal College of Physicians.
Issue 20
In this issue:
- Making an impact - eight ways to beat burnout
- Unravelling the magic - the history of placebos
- Finding your voice as a doctor in training
- Safe surgery saving lives - the surgical safety checklist
- Career: Getting ahead in neurology
- Keep the record straight - pitfalls in record keeping
- Dr Robot will see you now - the future of AI in medicine
- Case study: Incisional hernia
- Book review: The Butchering Art
Book review: The Butchering Art
Book review by Dr Greg Dollman
Case study: Failure to communicate
...Mrs W had undergone a hysterectomy through a previous caesarian section scar and serous fluid is now leaking from the wound...
Case study: Incisional hernia
...Mrs W had undergone a hysterectomy through a previous caesarian section scar and serous fluid is now leaking from the wound...
Dr Robot will see you now - the future of AI in medicine
Hospital doctor turned technology advocate Matt Fenech tells FYi about his future vision for artificial intelligence in medicine
Keep the record straight - pitfalls in record keeping
Trainee doctors play a key role in hospital record keeping. FYi editor Dr Naeem Nazem offers practical advice on avoiding common pitfalls
Career: Getting ahead in neurology
The specialty promises a varied and challenging career
Safe surgery saving lives - the surgical safety checklist
Ten years ago the WHO’s Surgical Safety Checklist was launched promising dramatic reductions in operative mortality. Has it lived up to expectations?
Finding your voice as a doctor in training
Doctors in training may be reluctant to speak out and question a senior colleague’s decision. But risk adviser Alan Frame explains why failing to speak up could cost lives