Adequacy of senior registrar training in accident and emergency medicine over the last 5 years.

An evaluation of a logbook for trainees in accident & emergency medicine in the United Kingdom: senior consultant opinion.

A previous paper from the Merseyside Group of Senior Registrars in Accident & Emergency Medicine examined the desirability of a logbook for Higher Specialist Training (HST) in accident & emergency medicine in the United Kingdom and its principal ingredients (Luke et al., 1991). A survey of 100 senior registrars and recently appointed consultants in the specialty identified the main issues of im...

Specialist registrar training: ideas for a five year programme.

Proposals for specialist registrar training in accident and emergency medicine in Mid-Trent Region are outlined. These may provide a framework for other schemes as well as stimulating further ideas.

Accuracy of detection of radiographic abnormalities by junior doctors.

This study assessed the ability of junior doctors in accident and emergency to detect radiographic abnormalities. Their assessments of 505 radiographs taken at nights and weekends over a period of 8 months and showing abnormalities were examined. Each assessment by a senior house officer (SHO) was compared with the subsequent diagnosis of a radiologist of senior registrar or consultant status. ...

A Heart-Wrenching Case of Loperamide Toxicity

Determining the common medical presenting problems to an accident and emergency department.

All accident and emergency (A&E) attendances over a one year period were prospectively studied in order to determine common medical presenting problems. Data were collected on children (0-15 years) attending a paediatric A&E department in Nottingham between February 1997 and February 1998. A total of 38 982 children were seen. The diagnoses of 26 756 (69%) were classified as trauma or surgical,...