BJOG trainee editors

Editors note

EDITOR’S NOTE Geopersia is published biannually by the College of Science, University of Tehran, Iran. The College of Science published “Journal of Science”, which covered all fields of basic science, from 1968 to 2010. It was then decided that the College’s journals should be more specialized, and hence publication of Geopersia was launched. Geopersia aims to publish peer-reviewed original...

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

SRNT Trainee Network Spotlight: Trainee Network Advisory Board.

Dr Kurti completed her PhD in psychology at the University of Florida, Gainesville, in 2014. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Vermont. Dr Kurti’s recent accomplishments in tobacco science include publishing the first laboratory-based assessment of a combined exercise plus contingency management approach to reducing cigarette smoking. Dr Kurti became interested in toba...

Violence against trainee paediatricians.

BACKGROUND Much research has looked at the extent of violence against doctors, but this has been restricted mainly to psychiatry, general practice, and accident and emergency. AIMS To assess the level of violence against trainee paediatricians. METHODS A telephone questionnaire was addressed to 25 specialist registrars/senior registrars/senior SHOs in each of three regions in the UK: Northe...

The trainee in difficulty.

The trainee in difficulty is someone who is either marginal or at risk of failing in his or her clinical performance. Dealing effectively with these learners can pose problems even for seasoned medical educators. This article discusses some of the common mistakes made by educators in dealing with the trainee in difficulty and offers suggestions for a systematic approach. Further, the roles of f...