How trainee hospital doctors lead work-based projects

Early In-Hospital Mortality following Trainee Doctors' First Day at Work

BACKGROUND There is a commonly held assumption that early August is an unsafe period to be admitted to hospital in England, as newly qualified doctors start work in NHS hospitals on the first Wednesday of August. We investigate whether in-hospital mortality is higher in the week following the first Wednesday in August than in the previous week. METHODOLOGY A retrospective study in England usi...

Working time regulations for trainee doctors.

In the linked analysis article, Purcell Jackson and Ta rpley describe their concern that surgical trainees in the United States might be forced to work within a maximum 80 hour week.1 Meanwhile, the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) demands that all trainee doctors in Europe work an average of only 48 hours a week,2 and the Royal College of Surgeons of England is appealing for all their tr...

How Can Doctors Help Their Patients to Return to Work?

F or most patients, work remains an important part of life. However, patients with chronic diseases often encounter diffi culties upon returning to work after an episode of illness [1]. Helping to reintegrate patients into their workplace should, therefore, be an important treatment goal for every doctor. However, in a recent review of back pain treatment, we found that patients were dissatisfi...

Annual Trainee Doctors’ Prize Day, Thursday 10th November 2016

Annual Trainee Doctors’ Prize Day, Thursday 10th November 2016. Postgraduate Centre, Belfast City Hospital Oral Presentations Cytokine concentrations change with age in healthy individuals without chronic disease. F Keshtkar, C Ford, M Rice Background: With increasing age, the processes of functional decline in the immune system that are collectively termed immunosenescence result in an imbalan...

Annual Trainee Doctors’ Prize Evening, Thursday 5th November 2015