How to conduct an appraisal of a senior house officer.

Counselling needs and experience of junior hospital doctors.

A sample of 106 senior house officers who had graduated from Nottingham University in 1987 was surveyed about their experience of and need for careers guidance, performance appraisal, and stress counselling. Of the 80 who replied, a quarter had received no careers guidance and a quarter no feedback about their work performance. Many reported having had difficulties in their post, but few had re...

First senior house officer job: goal or hurdle?

To many newly qualified doctors the prospect of applying for their first senior house officer job is daunting and comes at a time when they are concentrating on coping with their pre-registration house jobs. The huge numbers of applicants for each job must be equally daunting to their seniors, who may be faced with 100 or more applications for one or two jobs. We have conducted a survey of grad...

How to appoint a senior house officer.

Communication skills training for emergency department senior house officers--a qualitative study.

OBJECTIVE To identify common weaknesses in senior house officer-patient consultation skills, and evaluate direct observation with feedback and negotiation of educational contracts, as a teaching tool in an emergency department setting. METHOD Common weaknesses were identified through review of feedback charts by three trained observers. Alteration in clinical and learning behaviour, as well a...

Senior house officer posts in community paediatrics--an introduction to child health.