Language test for doctors
DOCTORS who want to treat NHS patients will have to prove they can speak good English.
Doctors should seek guidance before whistleblowing
Doctors who have concerns about colleagues over patient safety issues should act swiftly and seek advice.
Concern over sale of unlicensed medicines in UK
UNLICENSED medicines from Poland and other Eastern European countries are increasingly being sold in UK shops according to reports by the MHRA.
Less than 40 winks
Trainee doctors often don’t get enough rest. New FYi editor Dr Anne Parfitt-Rogers looks at the impact of sleep deprivation
What are you wearing?
Is it a positive thing that doctors now dress less formally or were the days of white coats and smart suits the era of true medical professionalism?
Occupational hazards
Occupational medicine promises a varied career with many opportunities both within the NHS and beyond
Whither revalidation?
With the launch of revalidation in December 2012, Jim Killgore looks back at two key events in its development
Slow bleed - medical case study
Medical case study
Finding purpose
Adam Campbell talks to FY2 doctor Hannah McLean on how her medical career developed focus in the overcrowded prisons of Uganda