Hit the ground running
Fresh from foundation year one, FYi editor Maggie Cairns advises “start as you mean to finish”… apart from the panic
Pearls and pitfalls
Some words to the wise on risk and responsibility from Dr Jim Rodger, chief medico-legal adviser at MDDUS
Speaking generally
Nearly half of all qualifying doctors will opt for general practice post-FY2 – so what is the appeal? asks Cherryl Adams
Needle stick accident - medical case study
...the patient's son was found sitting on the floor of the consulting room with his hand in a sharps box...
Focus on standards
What’s behind the new GDC interim statement on competency in implant dentistry? Jim Killgore investigates [Feature article from Summons Summer 2008]
Index of suspicion
...More calls to the surgery and deputising service resulted in additional advice to buy a cough medication and Bonjela for the oral lesions. Mr D later found his wife collapsed in the bathroom and phoned for an ambulance...
Decision time
Jane O’Brien, head of standards and ethics at the GMC, highlights new guidance on consent [Feature article from Summons Summer 2008]
Vignette: Eminent physician to lifeboat man - Professor Leslie J Davis
[Historical vignette from Summons Summer 2008]