The Turner-Warwick lecturer scheme provides a sense of pride, builds confidence and gives encouragement to trainees across the UK. The scheme not only underlines the value trainees bring to healthcare, but also fosters skills like public speaking and how to package information for diverse medical audiences.
The recent report of the Working Party on Sexual Misconduct in Surgery made sobering reading for us all. The sad fact is that toxic behaviours have been tolerated for far too long in medicine. This is not a problem confined to surgery; as physicians, we must also shine a light on misogyny.
The NHS is on life support. The GMC’s National Training Survey found that two thirds of trainees are at high or moderate risk of burnout and the recent RCP census confirmed the large number of doctors grappling with overwhelming service demand and staffing shortages.
Yn rhifyn y mis yma o’r blog, mae Dr Hilary Williams, is-lywydd Cymru RCP, yn ysgrifennu am set sgiliau uwch ffisegwr a chrefft gwneud penderfyniadau clinigol.
In this month’s blog, Dr Hilary Williams, RCP vice president for Wales, writes about the skill set of the senior physician and the art of clinical decision-making.
The RCP was saddened to learn that Professor Linda Luxon, first female treasurer of the Royal College of Physicians, died on Saturday 2 September 2023.
