Do Surgeons Wish to Become Doctors?

Do patients wish to ‘listen in’ when doctors dictate letters to colleagues?

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects on clinical outcome of dictating correspondence in front of patients and sending them copies of letters. DESIGN Observational study of the practices of two consultants, one of whom (RDS) routinely dictated letters in front of his patients and almost always sent them a copy while the other (AM) did neither. Questionnaires were completed anonymously by patient...

Do Financial Incentives Increase Doctors’ Willingness to Publish Research? – A Pilot Study of 21 Junior Doctors

When surgeons decide to become surgeons: new opportunities for surgical education.

BACKGROUND When surgeons decide to become surgeons has important implications. If the decision is made prior to or early in medical school, surgical education can be more focused on surgical diseases and resident skills. METHODS To determine when surgeons - compared with their nonsurgical colleagues - decide on their medical path, residents in surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics and gyneco...

How do Orthopedic Surgeons Address Psychological Aspects of Illness?

  Background: Orthopaedic surgeons have a pivotal role in transitioning the care of orthopedic patients from a biomedical to a biopsychosocial model. In an effort to foster this transition, we designed a study aimed to determine surgeons’ attitudes and practice of noticing, screening, discussing psychological illness with patients, as well as making referrals to address psychosocial issues in ...

do financial incentives increase doctors’ willingness to publish research? – a pilot study of 21 junior doctors

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