695 Analgesic Ladder Compliance by Junior Doctors on Surgical Wards

Improving weekend handover between junior doctors on medical and surgical wards

Poor weekend handover has been implicated as one of the causes of observed higher mortality rates at weekends in UK hospitals. In a large teaching hospital we, a group of junior doctors, set about improving the quality and effectiveness of weekend handover. We used the Model for Improvement to implement a weekend handover sticker through an iterative process using multiple Plan/Do/Study/Act (PD...

Electrocardiograph interpretation by junior doctors.

The object of this study was to assess the ability of junior doctors in the accident and emergency department to detect electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities. The ECG's performed in this department were monitored over a 4 week period. The initial diagnosis by the accident and emergency doctor was compared with the report from the cardiologist on 126 ECG's which showed abnormalities. The erro...

Why are junior doctors deterred from choosing a surgical career?

OBJECTIVE To identify the reasons why interns would not choose a surgical career. METHODS This qualitative study used semi-structured telephone interviews to explore the future career choices of 41 junior doctors (14 men, 27 women). Doctors were asked to identify specialties they would not take up, and state why this was the case. RESULTS Thirty (73.2%) of the 41 interns nominated surgery a...

The use of smartphones by junior doctors

S martphones have become omnipresent in our day-to-day living. The purpose-built software applications available on these phones have contributed to their emergence in clinical practice and increasing prevalence amongst junior doctors (American ‘Intern’ equivalent). The most commonly used apps include those for disease diagnosis/management, drug reference, clinical scoring systems, and medical ...

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