Components of stress for 22 paediatric consultants and 29 nursing sisters working in neonatal intensive care units were studied. Ten situations were rated for their intensity of stress and their frequency of occurrence. For intensity of stress, significantly more paediatric consultants rated the competing demands of personal life versus work as highly stressful, than did nursing sisters. For fr...

education for consultants In March 2002 we ran the first of hopefully many courses aimed at the continuing educational needs of A&E consultants. The motivation for setting up such a course came from an acute awareness of our own educational needs which were not being fulfilled by courses we had attended around the country purporting to keep us up-to-date. Sue Mason, Alan Fletcher, and I attempt...

ALLINSTITUTIONSMUST RESPOND to environmental pressures, and libraries are no exception. In the last few years libraries have experienced severe erosion in purchasing power at a time when budgets are becoming tighter, the demands for service are becoming louder and more articulate, and the world of publication is redesigning the way information is made available. In general, libraries must do mo...

OBJECTIVE To study the teaching of minor surgery to preregistration house officers in surgery and their confidence in their skills. DESIGN Questionnaire survey of consultants and vocational trainees. SETTING Trent, Oxford, and East Anglian Regional Health Authorities. SUBJECTS All consultant surgeons (n = 148) with preregistration house officers on their firm and all first year vocational...

OBJECTIVE Many investigations and treatments exist for lower limb lymphoedema. We undertook a survey on the management of this condition by vascular surgeons and the resources available for its treatment in the UK. DESIGN A questionnaire was designed to assess the management of lymphoedema. MATERIALS AND METHOD A postal questionnaire was sent to all members of the The Vascular Society of Gr...

AIMS To assess the pattern of use of antimetabolites in trabeculectomy surgery by all consultant ophthalmologists in the United Kingdom. METHODS A postal questionnaire of 12 questions regarding antimetabolite use in trabeculectomy surgery was sent to all 749 consultant ophthalmologists in the United Kingdom. The consultants were asked to estimate the number of trabeculectomies they performed ...