In the BMJ editorial office, we often come across interesting articles, blogs, and web pages. We thought we would share these with you. Some are medical, some techie, and some just general. […]
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Emily Spry: Five storeys up in Freetown
Most of my job here in Freetown requires skills not covered at Medical school or my GP training thus far. For a start, most of my role here is about management, coordination, and training. But, trying to get things done on behalf of a small charity in a poor country, there are many unusual demands, […]
What we’re reading 12 February 2010
In the BMJ editorial office, we often come across interesting articles, blogs, and web pages. We thought we would share these with you. Some are medical, some techie, and some just general. […]
What we’re reading 5 February 2010
In the BMJ editorial office, we often come across interesting articles, blogs, and web pages. We thought we would share these with you. Some are medical, some techie, and some just general. […]
Emily Spry: Managing or management?
Hospital management. In my various hospital jobs in the UK, I have had very little direct contact with the practitioners of this dark art. Missives to my compulsory trust email address were the main evidence that “the Managers” existed. Tales of targets and other woe from disgruntled A&E staff seeded doubts about their intentions. […]
What we’re reading: 29 January 2010
In the BMJ editorial office, we often come across interesting articles, blogs, and web pages. We thought we would share these with you. Some are medical, some techie, and some just general. […]
Harry Brown: Are medical paper texts dead?
I don’t know about you but when I was a medical student I was brought up firmly on the side of paper. I went to lecture theatres and took notes on paper and referred to traditional medical textbooks and journals, usually having to physically go to a library and there was no computer in sight. […]
Joe Collier: Cancer survival and icy weather
Over the Christmas period the UK had its snowiest, iciest winter in years. It brought with it the obvious medical problems: deaths from hypothermia, breaks and strains and other injuries from falls and accidents, and the disruption caused by hospital closures. It will also have caused countless patients to miss their appointments for starting chemotherapy […]
Emily Spry on thoughts of maintenance in Sierra Leone
“We don’t have thoughts of maintenance here in Sierra Leone. Few people have any idea of that. If you look at the cars driving around, you can see. I wonder how they are able to register them. Yes, you have to adjust your expectations in Sierra Leone, otherwise you can become depressed.” These wise words […]
Emily Spry: Free healthcare for Under 5s in Sierra Leone
It’s a new year at the Children’s Hospital and everyone is cheerful. The figures from the last months of 2009 suggest that inpatient mortality has decreased substantially, compared to the equivalent period in 2008. We are also more popular; the number of inpatient admissions has tripled over the past six months. The Children’s Hospital is […]