All Education/training articles – Page 76
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BMA junior doctors committee elects chairman
Andrew Thornley, a specialist registrar in cardiology at the James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough, has been elected the new chairman of the BMA junior doctors committee.
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Transformational leadership in a transformed NHS
To make patient care truly effective, all doctors need to develop the skills of transformational leadership, as Graham Neale explains
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NHS trusts to plan local workforce
NHS London has pledged to put trust managers in charge of workforce planning after a power struggle sparked by the next stage review.
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Health students consider quitting over debts
Over half of all students training to become members of professions including nursing, midwifery and occupational therapy are considering quitting their studies due to debt, according to a survey by Unison.Ninety per cent of respondents believed health students should be paid a salary. Mature students with children and students from ...
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Championing NHS work experience
An innovative and award-winning work experience programme in Kensington and Chelsea is delivering benefits to the NHS, local authority and local community
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NHS in virtual reality: second sight
The virtual world of Second Life has a health service, so you can now tour a cyber polyclinic. Daloni Carlisle explains
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Comment
Steve Field on the case for a GP-led health service
Lord Darzi's review of the NHS advocates a healthcare system led by clinicians and centred on patients - and rightly so.
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Working group on women in medicine holds first meeting
The first meeting of the national working group on women in medicine took place this week.
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Lean thinking: get your house in order
Steve Humphries, David Newby and Christine Vize ask whether techniques from manufacturing can improve healthcare provision
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On course for clinical leadership
The chief medical officer's four clinical advisers explain their role and how it is helping to embed medical leadership in the NHS
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Chris Dye on learning - online and down the pub
About six years ago, the Appointments Commission asked chairs and non-executive directors if they would like more communication online. The answer was a resounding 'no'.
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Academia and the NHS - bridging the gap
Mabel Simms and Steven Shackleford explain how healthcare providers are building stronger relationships with the universities that train their workforce
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NHS work experience: a crucial stepping stone
In the second in our series of work experience diaries, we follow Lyndon, who spent a week at Southampton General Hospital two years ago
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Pressure group warns on nurse shortage
Pressure group Health Emergency warned today that London is facing a looming shortage of qualified nursing staff in key areas, after in emerged that £39m was diverted from the NHS London training budget in 2007-08 to meet a government demand to declare a financial surplus at the end of the ...
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David Levy on the changing face of clinical leadership
Clinical leadership is changing in response to Lord Darzi's review of the NHS, but the changes have not been uniform across the health community.
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Ambassadors programme boosts health sector training
In September 2007, University Hospitals Bristol foundation trust launched the ambassadors network to support the delivery of the trust's schools liaison programme.
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Jon Restell on keeping managers in the NHS
Sixty per cent of the people who will make up the NHS workforce in 10 years are already employed in the service. This is the latest fancy dan statistic to drop into any workforce discussion.
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Darzi workforce plans offer a real chance for staff
Ambitious promises to the NHS workforce have been enshrined in the NHS constitution. Will weasel words help employers dodge the commitments or can bargaining and hard work make them stick?
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Steve Feast on breaking through to leadership roles
Considering how many talented clinicians there are in the NHS leadership ranks, relatively few actually make the transition from local clinical leadership roles to senior system-wide or executive positions.
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Embedding leadership in medical training
Medical training must increase its emphasis on leadership skills if the aims of Lord Darzi's review of the health service are to be realised