How to appoint a senior house officer.

How to appoint a senior house officer.

How to conduct an appraisal of a senior house officer.

In a typical six month job, appraisal of senior house officers (SHOs) should be undertaken every two months. If there are clear appraisal objectives it is a rewarding exercise, maximising job satisfaction for SHOs and enabling the department to get the best out of them. The goals of an appraisal are: (1) Review of performance to date. (2) Objective setting. The SHO should be encouraged to ident...

Senior house officer in sexual health.

The Garden Clinic, Slough Slough, along the M4 corridor, west of London, UK, is a very diverse area. It has high pockets of deprivation and a large mix of ethnic diversity including many Africans, Caribbeans, Asians and an increasing Eastern European population. This creates many complexities, in particular language and cultural issues. The Garden Clinic offers a holistic approach to sexual hea...

Using audit to improve senior house officer training Antony Johansen

Accepted 6 May 1997 Summary The British Geriatrics Society has described 16 training objectives for senior house officers (SHOs) in geriatric medicine. We have developed these into an audit standard, and in a controlled trial we consider the effectiveness of audit as a means of monitoring and improving SHO training. SHOs from three hospitals were sent a questionnaire asking about the adequacy o...

Using audit to improve senior house officer training.

The British Geriatrics Society has described 16 training objectives for senior house officers (SHOs) in geriatric medicine. We have developed these into an audit standard, and in a controlled trial we consider the effectiveness of audit as a means of monitoring and improving SHO training. SHOs from three hospitals were sent a questionnaire asking about the adequacy of formal and informal traini...