Final call for BMJ Awards entries
HEALTHCARE teams have just a few days left to enter The BMJ Awards 2017 – once again with headline sponsorship from MDDUS.
More urgent dental care slots could reduce A&E pressure
DENTISTS could help ease pressures on accident and emergency departments if more in-hours urgent care slots were commissioned, according to the British Dental Association.
Issue 18
In this issue:
- The good doctor - practical advice for trainees
- Taking the next step - from F1 to F2
- The art of reflective practice
- Patient-centric consent
- Career in histopathology: Detecting disease
- No longer a man's world - women in surgery
- Professional boundaries: A step too far?
- Case study: Surgical infection
- Book review: A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie
New app for GMC guidance
AN app that allows healthcare professionals to conveniently access Good medial practice (GMP) guidance has been launched by the GMC.
Revalidation requirements need greater clarity
A NEW review of medical revalidation urges greater clarity in required supporting information, as well as re-doubled efforts to reduce workload and duplication for GPs also engaged with the CQC and NHSE in England.
Case study: Surgical infection
...Mr K's knee replacement surgery is a success but two weeks later the joint is hot and swollen...
No longer a man's world - women in surgery
Nicola Stobbs offers an insight into her work as a surgeon and the initiative encouraging more women to follow in her footsteps
Patient-centric consent
The updated approach to consent means focusing on the specific needs of the patient
The art of reflective practice
All doctors have to do it, but what exactly does reflective practice entail? Dr Greg Dollman offers some insight
Book review: A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie
Jim Killgore reviews the new book by Kathryn Harkup