Book choice: Recovery – The Lost Art of Convalescence
Review of book by Gavin Francis
Resilient practice – addressing human factors
Head of training Liz Price discusses how ‘human factors’ hold the key to creating safer systems.
Conflict with colleagues – nipping issues in the bud
Mediator Owen Bubbers-Jones shows how simple, tested tools can help nip any conflict in the bud.
Viewpoint: Mental health - leading by example
MDDUS chief medical officer Dr John Holden has seen plenty of change over his medical career, and in this article he considers that against the transformative change brought by the pandemic.
Avoiding “baked in” bias in AI healthcare applications
Publications editor Jim Killgore explores the work being done to avoid “baked in” bias in AI applications that could exacerbate existing health inequalities.
Professionalism in action: tackling the waiting lists
The pandemic has had a significant impact on waiting times for healthcare across the country. Insight editor Dr Greg Dollman explores the part doctors can play in tackling this issue, and the importance of managing it in a compassionate way.
Wellbeing: No healthcare without self care
Susannah Basile discusses the work of charity Doctors in Distress.
Ethics: Lessons learned - ethical and educational
Professor Deborah Bowman becomes a student again and reflects on the ethical context of how we as individuals meet and treat aspiring clinicians.
Three out of four family doctors report facing increased patient abuse
THREE out of four family doctors have faced an increase in verbal abuse or aggression from their patients, leading to a huge increase in work-related stress, a new survey reveals.
No man’s land - the pioneering women of WW1
Author Wendy Moore on the story behind her book celebrating the ground-breaking WWI “suffragettes’ hospital” at Endell Street, London