Scottish Trainees' Day

Northern Ireland Surgical Trainees: Prize Day November 2003

Abstacts from the Northern Ireland Surgical Trainees Prize Day, which was held on Friday 14 November 2003 and hosted by Altnagelvin Area Hospital at the City Hotel, Londonderry. Thirtynine abstracts were submitted of which eleven were accepted for presentation on the day. There were six in the SHO section and five in the Specialist Registrar section. Winner of the SHO section was Dr Peter Mallo...

Scottish survey of chronically ill day patients: 3-year follow-up.

Chronically ill day patients were followed up 3 years after identification in the catchment areas of 13 psychiatric hospitals serving 54% of the Scottish population. Five per cent had died, 6% were in-patients, 56% remained day patients and 14% were supported by community psychiatric nurses or attended an out-patient clinic; contact had been lost with 19%. Over 3 years, 32% had had at least one...

The Scottish Book Mathematics from the Scottish Cafe

Immunizations for Military Trainees

Selection of neurosurgical trainees.

BACKGROUND Medical students in Canada must make career choices by their final year of medical school. Selection of students for a career in neurosurgery has traditionally been based on marks, reference letters and personal interviews. Studies have shown that marks alone are not accurate predictors of success in medical practice; personal skills and attributes which can best be assessed by lette...