In this blog, Ross Fisher (aka @ffolliet) takes us into a little-taught area of medical professionalism. Presentations. In this introductory blog, we’ll be introduced to a new (well, new-to-me) way of thinking about the oft-repeated act of standing before an audience of our peers and beginning to speak … We teach clinical skills and yet presentation […]
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Guest Blog: Involving children and young people in health and social care research: the need for a new perspective
We’re all very aware of including young people in our clinical work – it’s why we’re in child health – but what about making it happen in research? This blog post by Louca-Mai Brady, a researcher working in the field of CYP’s participation in health services and research, and NIHR INVOLVE advisory group member, briefly outlines […]
Guest Blog: Beyond the stereotypes – getting to the heart of medical management
When you think of a manager, what image springs to mind? For me, earlier in my career, I may have pictured Montgomery Burns, the quintessential evil capitalist manager of Springfield Power Plant in ‘The Simpsons”, or David Brent , the hilariously incompetent regional manager of Wernham Hogg, in “The Office”.. Perhaps our opinions are influenced […]
Guest post: The Systematic Review Speaks The Truth …… Or Does It?
A good quality systematic review should identify and synthesise all the available evidence, for a particular question, through meta-analysis. Conclusions can then be made about the effect of the intervention on the outcome. As, in theory, all the available evidence is gathered and assessed, surely the conclusions from the meta-analysis must be the truth and […]
Guest post: Making research really relevant
Do you know someone with a brain or spinal cord tumour? Has this condition touched your life? Research is always going on into brain and spinal cord tumours – but is it investigating the things that matter most? The aim of the Neuro-Oncology Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) is to gather views from people most directly […]
Top five tips from the UK’s National Paediatric Academic Trainee Weekend
The UK’s National Paediatric Academic Trainee group organised a conference to talk about how to get on in academic paediatrics. Now, there are academics of very many flavours in paediatrics and child health, and it’s always great to see more folk turning to the (en)light(ened) path of never believing anything and ending every conversation “but more […]
A Message To Paediatricians
The Children and Young People’s Health Outcomes Forum, an “expert group” formed to advise the English governmental agencies on improving heath outcomes for folk from before their birth to 25 years old, held a summit in June and were addressed by a number of young people who had used health services in different ways. One of […]
(Not) A minion
There is a temptation as a junior doctor to refer to oneself as “just a minion”. This is particularly true of FY1s/residents, but it persists a fair way up the food chain. After all, we just go around obeying orders and doing as we’re told, right? WRONG. A junior doctor tends to be the first […]
What’s in a number? (Part 2)
A quick task. Grab a sheet of paper or open a blank screen on your computer. Write down: Your phone number Your partners or a family members phone number Your National Insurance Number The sort code from your primary bank account Your NHS Number How did you do? Were you able to remember them all? […]
Guest Blog: When it all backfires
Although vaccines are probably one of the most effective public health interventions to reduce mortality and morbidity, it’s apparent that vaccine ‘scares’, often fueled by mass-media have caused some parents to question their value and safety. Wile we paediatricians try hard to keep vaccination rates up, we don’t know how effective are our messages or […]