In the latest move over medical training applications, England remains isolated in its decision to offer applicants just one interview for a post. Wales and Scotland have decided they will each stick to their original plan and continue to offer more than one interview to candidates who are appropriately qualified. Reports that Northern Ireland would do […]
MMC head resigns
The national director of Modernising Medical Careers, Professor Alan Crockard, has resigned over the MTAS debacle. He sent a letter last night to the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Sir Liam Donaldson, saying he did not feel he could stay and watch what was happening to junior doctors, who seem to have been forgotten in the whole process. […]
Attend your interviews, applicants told
Applicants under MTAS who have already been offered interviews in round one have been asked to carry on and attend these — even if they have more than one interview lined up. […]
JAMA 21 Mar 2007
Reduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) could be a description of what we spend half our time doing in primary care, but it is also the name of a big 44-country register of people with known atherosclerosis or with 3 or more risk factors. […]
NEJM 22 Mar 2007
In England they used to be known as firemen, even when this invited confusion with the stokers of steam locomotives, but now they are usually called by the more heroic name of firefighter, after the American practice. […]
BMJ 24 Mar 2007
Warning: this meta-analysis is only for single LADs. […]
Lancet 24 Mar 2007
In this proof-of-concept study, cervical vertebral discs were removed from cadavers and transplanted into matched patients with degenerative disease of the cervical spine. […]
Ann Intern Med 20 Mar 2007
This Dutch hospital-based study derives a clinical prediction rule called CHIP for the use of computed tomography in patients with minor head injury, […]
Fungus of the Week: Pleurotus eryngii
This is a fungus of climates warmer than the British, and has long been collected in southern Europe, where it is found in association with the sea-hollies or Eryngium species – hence its name. I would love to report that I had found it while wandering around the coast of Portugal, but in fact I […]
Surgeons warn of MTAS interviews’ impact on NHS
The Royal College of Surgeons has warned that the plans to offer all applicants on round one of the MTAS application process an interview will have a detrimental knock-on effect on patient care. Bernard Ribeiro, president of the college, said its council was “increasingly concerned” that patient care may suffer if consultants are asked […]