Consultant job planning for a 7-day service

A life in the day of a duty consultant.

Acute medicine targets: when should the clock start and 7-day consultant impact?

BACKGROUND Early consultant review has been shown to improve outcomes in patients presenting to the Acute Medical Unit (AMU). The Society for Acute Medicine (SAM) clinical quality indicators use the time of arrival on the AMU for target rather than arrival in the Emergency Department (ED) although this is where most acute medical patients present. AIM To determine the effect of a 7-day Consul...

Osteoblasts Clock in for Their Day Job

The proteins encoded by clock genes regulate circadian variations of various cellular functions. In this issue of Cell, Fu, Karsenty, and colleagues (Fu et al., 2005) demonstrate that clock genes control the proliferation of osteoblasts, the cells that promote growth of bone. These findings indicate that the homeostatic regulation of bone mass is subject to circadian control.

Consultant at the Service de Physique Nucleaire

Some improvements in ECIS88 like the use of expansion of the potentials in term of Bessel functions lead to ECIS94 and to write the Notes on ECIS94 before I had to retire on the 1/9/1994. However, on the suggestion of Arjan Koning, the code was modi ed to deal with continuum for compound nucleus calculations. This point, existing in ABAREX was not in ANLECIS. Now, ECIS95 should do the same kind...

How do nurse consultant job characteristics impact on job satisfaction? An Australian quantitative study

BACKGROUND There is a direct link between job satisfaction, nurses' job performance and improved patient outcomes. Understanding what job characteristics influence job satisfaction is vital if health organizations are to optimize individual employee satisfaction and performance. This is particularly necessary in the Nurse Consultant role, which is a multifaceted role that has evolved to meet th...