Mentors for newly appointed consultants

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Mentorship for newly appointed consultants: what makes it work?

BACKGROUND Mentorship has been identified as a beneficial practice for doctors and may be particularly valuable for newly appointed consultants. It is associated with a number of potential clinical and non-clinical gains, such as enhanced job satisfaction and well-being. Despite strong support, many formalised schemes fail to launch or gain momentum. Research to date has largely focused on the ...

A survey of newly appointed consultants' attitudes towards research fraud.

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of, and attitudes towards, observed and personal research misconduct among newly appointed medical consultants. DESIGN Questionnaire study. SETTING Mersey region, United Kingdom. PARTICIPANTS Medical consultants appointed between Jan 1995 and Jan 2000 in seven different hospital trusts (from lists provided by each hospital's personnel department). M...

Recently Appointed Consultants