New doctors

Naturopathic doctors gaining new powers.

Doctors and managers: building a new relationship.

There is a long history of problems in the relationship between doctors and managers. The reasons for this stem from the values of each group and the effect that these have on their views on a number of key aspects of healthcare and its delivery. Managers have been seen as the malign embodiment of changes in society and the instrument of the wishes of governments, which are often viewed with su...

New York doctors and London medicines, 1677.

LESS than thirteen years after English government supplanted Dutch the townsfolk of New York were being cared for by at least three doctors, Philip Lane, Daniel De Hart" and Hans Kierstede.2 Two manuscript sources reveal what medicines were in vogue and one manuscript shows that they were imported from London. The documents are certainly among the earliest, if not actually the earliest, evidenc...

Bedside Teaching in Undergraduate Medical Education: Issues, Strategies, and New Models for Better Preparation of New Generation Doctors

Bedside teaching is a vital component of medical education. It is applicable to any situation where teaching is imparted in the presence of patients. In teaching in the patients’ presence, learners have the opportunities to use all of their senses and learn the humanistic aspect of medicine such as role modeling, which is vital but difficult to communicate in words. Unfortunately, bedside teach...

Introduction of a junior doctors' handbook: an essential guide for new doctors.

The transition period for new junior doctors is a daunting and challenging time, as vast amounts of information specific to each hospital, ward, and job must be learnt while maintaining patient care standards.[1] In NHS Tayside, Scotland, tips and guidance for each job are informally handed over from previous junior doctors to the next, resulting in an unreliable and unsustainable handover of i...