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Why teamwork is essential in medicine

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Why teamwork is essential in medicine

October 1, 2014 by

As a locum doctor, you will parachute in to many teams as part of your career. One key professional skill you must display is the flexible ability to contribute and fit in to different teamwork structures within varying environments. Undoubtedly, teamwork has proved vital in healthcare delivery, as it can have a real immediate and positive … [Read more…]

Posted in: Advice Tagged: advice, doctor, healthcare, hospital, locum, medicine, nurse, teamwork

Why you should locum in retirement

August 6, 2014 by

After spending so many years at university, and then tackling a multitude of departments at various hospital placements over the busy and fulfilling years of your medical career, it can be hard to hang up your stethoscope when you begin to near retirement age. Just because you have stopped counting the candles on your birthday … [Read more…]

Posted in: Advice Tagged: doctor, flexibility, locum, medicine, Total Assist Group, travel

UK leading genetic research

August 1, 2014 by

DNA project aims to put UK on the map as research experts A new project that strives to revolutionise medicine by studying DNA is now underway in centres across England. By analysing genomes – the building blocks of DNA – scientists hope to help create targeted therapies for every area of medicine, covering everything from … [Read more…]

Posted in: NHS and Industry News Tagged: cancer, disease, medicine, research, scientists

How to boost your work / life balance with locum work

July 28, 2014 by

As a doctor, finding balance between your home and social life with your professional dealings can be tricky to navigate, especially when you consider on call shifts, working through the night or travelling to different spots of the UK. Working as a locum doctor can massively help just by giving you increased flexibility, allowing you … [Read more…]

Posted in: Advice Tagged: burnout, doctor, home, locum, medicine, social, work

Would you trust an untested treatment?

June 5, 2014 by

Medical innovation bill gives doctors freedom to use experimental treatments Critically ill patients who have no more treatment options available to them could receive untested medical treatments under a new law. The medical innovation bill will allow doctors to trial more experimental and new treatments on seriously ill patients, where every other form of treatment has … [Read more…]

Posted in: NHS and Industry News Tagged: cancer, doctors, medicine, patients, treatment

Choosing your specialty: Medicine

June 3, 2014 by

Medicine is by far the most wide ranging specialty that there is, as this area covers the incredible array of conditions for which people are admitted into hospital. These could focus on particular organs, such as the heart, or concentrate more on disease processes, for example, cancer. By specialising within medicine, you have to undergo … [Read more…]

Posted in: Advice Tagged: career, doctor, job, medicine, role

Choosing you specialty: Ophthalmology

June 3, 2014 by

If you fancy taking on a specialty that is a mix of both medical and surgical aspects, then ophthalmology could be the area for you, as you will be caring for patients who have acute eye conditions, as well as managing patients who are suffering from long term eye disease. Many ophthalmologists will also have … [Read more…]

Posted in: Advice Tagged: career, choice, doctor, medicine, operation, specialty, surgery

Choosing your specialty: Psychiatry

June 3, 2014 by

Psychiatry is a specialty that focuses around treating patients with mental illnesses, as well as dealing with the interaction between physical and mental health problems. A Psychiatrist is still a medically qualified doctor, and will require six years of specialist training before you can qualify. You may be called upon to treat patients with the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Advice Tagged: career, choice, doctor, medicine, mental health, specialty

Choosing your specialty: Paediatrics

June 3, 2014 by

Paediatrics is a popular area of medicine that manages conditions affecting infants, children and young people. It is a large and varying field that encompasses everything from high-technology specialties such as neonatology, to community-based services like the management of disabled children. It also aims to minimise the adverse effects of disease, while allowing children to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Advice Tagged: career, children, choice, doctor, medicine, specialty

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