Careers
Study finds most paramedics are victims of abuse in the workplace
More than two-thirds of paramedics surveyed have experienced verbal, physical or sexual abuse on the job
TORONTO, Ont., Dec. 29, 2011 –More than two-thirds of paramedics surveyed have experienced verbal, physical or sexual abuse on the job, new research has found.
Verbal abuse by patients and their friends or relatives, Emergency Medical Service (EMS) co-workers or bystanders, was the most commonly reported, followed by intimidation and physical abuse, the study found.
Entries open for BMJ Group Awards 2012
Entries open today for the 2012 BMJ Group Improving Health Awards with a raft of exciting new categories designed to recognise excellence in medical practice.
Fiona Godlee, BMJ Editor in Chief said: “In 2012 the specific remit is to reward people who are improving healthcare. We want to give recognition to the unsung heroes in healthcare. Improving Health is the BMJ Group's commitment to the world of medicine and the Improving Health Awards is a very tangible way of demonstrating that commitment.”
Further pensions contributions hike is unjustified, BMA says
Commenting on today’s (Thursday 8 December, 2011) Department of Health announcement on NHS pension contributions, Dr Hamish Meldrum, Chairman of Council at the BMA, said:
“The NHS pension is already under a major attack, despite being overhauled only three years ago and delivering billions to the Treasury. The majority of staff would be even worse off under this change.
Newly qualified doctors feel poorly prepared to look after very sick patients
[The preparedness of UK graduates in acute care: a systematic literature review Online First 2011; doi 10.11/36/postgradmedj-2011-130232]
Newly qualified doctors feel poorly prepared to look after acutely ill patients, compared with other elements of required clinical practice, and their professional colleagues tend to agree with them, suggests a systematic analysis of published evidence in Postgraduate Medical Journal.
New formula can help set commissioning budgets for general practices
Research: Developing a person based formula for allocating commissioning funds to general practices in England: a modelling study
Editorial: Calculating target allocations for commissioning general practices in England
A new formula that can predict future health costs more accurately than previous models could help guide commissioning budgets for general practices under the government’s new Health Bill, finds a study published on bmj.com today.
The model (known as the ‘person based resource allocation’ or PBRA) was developed to help allocate resources for commissioning hospital care to all general practices in England, based on the health needs of each individual registered in each practice.
Are there too many women in medicine?
In the UK, women doctors are set to outnumber their male counterparts by 2017. The press has dubbed the rise “worrying” and “bad for medicine” but in an editorial published by Student BMJ today, Maham Khan asks is medicine becoming overfeminised and is having too many female doctors bad practice?
Jane Dacre, Medical School Director at University College London, believes feminisation is a fact, but disagrees that medicine is becoming overfeminised and suggests that the rise of women doctors is bridging the gender divide. “I don’t think we have yet reached an era of feminisation. What we are doing is reaching equality,” she says.
Delays in allocating jobs to newly qualified doctors must not become routine, says BMA
London - 30 Nov. 2011 - Medical student leaders today (Wednesday, 30th November) called on ministers to ensure that delays in allocating jobs to newly qualified UK educated doctors do not become routine following confirmation that for a second year running there are more applicants than places available for the Foundation Programme.
Most trainee doctors now working 48 hours a week
BMJ Careers: Rotas exempted from 48 hour limit now compliant
Most of the 300 doctors in training rotas exempted from the 48 hour limit on working time imposed by the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) are now compliant, according to a report by BMJ Careers today.
Medical students from low income families facing £13,000 more debt, warns BMA
Medical students from low income backgrounds are graduating over £13,000 more in debt than their better off peers, says a new report from the BMA published today (Wednesday, 2nd November 2011). The results from the survey also indicate that the number of students from the lowest income brackets in medical school has declined in the past 12 months.
