From sleeping draped over newborn resuscitation trolleys to burrowing under desks, doctors are sharing their stories of sleeping on the job in solidarity with the…
When you retire, everybody is very nice about you. I still have the speeches and citations and stuff and look at them occasionally to reminisce…
It’s never too early – or too late – to create a career that’s your own. It’s always the right time to keep the door…
Dr Hilton Koppe.The practice of medicine has always posed significant challenges, alongside its many rewards. Sadly, doctor burnout is not a new phenomenon. And the…
Just after the media blow-up on what is, taken at face value, the biggest fraud scandal in the nation’s history, a behind-the-scenes bureaucrat named Brett…
Last month, we launched our new community platform. Like Facebook, it allows doctors to post their views, ask questions, discuss (de-identified) clinical cases and connect…
A US study of how patients address doctors has found that female doctors are twice as likely to be called by their first name in…
The toll of COVID-19 on healthcare workers has been brutal, with many wanting to call it quits. The WHO says burnout, coupled with an ageing…
I must respond to Dr Paul Nisselle’s article ‘How we became doctors in the old days — in 8 steps’, a Medical Observer opinion piece,…
Go back to the 1950s, and the progress through to established practice was very different — both personally and professionally — from the way it…
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