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
Unravelling the magic - the history of placebos
Dr Allan Gaw takes a look at the history of placebos in clinical research