The effect of physician gender on length of patient consultations: observational findings from the UK hospital setting and synthesis with existing studies
Conclusions
Findings from this analysis of clinic consultations in the UK National Health Service do not support previous studies, which were undertaken predominantly in North America and primary care settings. Overall, meta-analysis suggests doctors’ gender may influence consultation length. Gender differences in communication should be considered in training clinicians and in overall clinical practice. (Source: JRSM)
Source: JRSM - April 21, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Jefferson, L., Bloor, K., Hewitt, C. Tags: Research Source Type: research
Should surgical outcomes be published?
Despite publishing surgical outcomes being a positive step forwards in the progression of England’s healthcare system, it has no doubt been faced with criticism and reservations. This review article aims to discuss the pros and cons of publishing individual surgical outcomes, as well as the challenges faced. Publishing outcomes requires data from a number of sources such as national clinical audits, hospital episode statistics, patient-reported outcomes, registers and information from revalidation. As yet, eight surgical specialties have begun publishing their data, including cardiac (coronary artery bypass graft, va...
Source: JRSM - April 21, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Chou, E., Abboudi, H., Shamim Khan, M., Dasgupta, P., Ahmed, K. Tags: Review Source Type: research
From how to who: accuracy and authenticity in the portrayal of the medic in TV drama
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Source: JRSM - April 21, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: McGann, S. Tags: Essay Source Type: research
Independent safety investigation
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Source: JRSM - April 21, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Buttolph, M. Tags: Letters Source Type: research
If we want things to change, we need to eliminate commercial conflicts of interest
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Source: JRSM - April 21, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Wilson, M. Tags: Letters Source Type: research
Should clinical experience be a precondition for a job in NHS management?
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Source: JRSM - April 21, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Kamau, C. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Call the Midwife, it's a social issue
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Source: JRSM - April 21, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Abbasi, K. Tags: From the Editor Source Type: research
For more events and to book online, please visit www.rsm.ac.uk/diary
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Source: JRSM - March 19, 2015 Category: UK Health Tags: Events Source Type: research
Death Notices
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Source: JRSM - March 19, 2015 Category: UK Health Tags: Death Notices Source Type: research
From JRSM Open
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Source: JRSM - March 19, 2015 Category: UK Health Tags: From & lt;I gt;JRSM Open lt;/I Source Type: research
A radical new structure for general practice in the UK
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Source: JRSM - March 19, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Rashid, A. Tags: Podium Source Type: research
Advantages of concurrent preparation and reporting of systematic reviews of quantitative and qualitative evidence
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Source: JRSM - March 19, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Oliver, S. Tags: From the James Lind Library Source Type: research
Under-reporting of conflicts of interest among trialists: a cross-sectional study
Conclusions
Almost half of all authors had undisclosed COIs in clinical trials reported in journals adhering to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors’ manuscript guidelines. Self-declared COIs cannot be trusted, but public registries may assist editors in ensuring that more COIs are being reported. (Source: JRSM)
Source: JRSM - March 19, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Rasmussen, K., Schroll, J., Gotzsche, P. C., Lundh, A. Tags: Research Source Type: research
Lessons learned from the casualties of war: battlefield medicine and its implication for global trauma care
According to the Global Burden of Disease, trauma is now responsible for five million deaths each year. High-income countries have made great strides in reducing trauma-related mortality figures but low–middle-income countries have been left behind with high trauma-related fatality rates, primarily in the younger population. Much of the progress high-income countries have made in managing trauma rests on advances developed in their armed forces. This analysis looks at the recent advances in high-income military trauma systems and the potential transferability of those developments to the civilian health systems parti...
Source: JRSM - March 19, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Chatfield-Ball, C., Boyle, P., Autier, P., van Wees, S. H., Sullivan, R. Tags: Review Source Type: research
Virtue ethics - an old answer to a new dilemma? Part 2. The case for inclusive virtue ethics
While Principlism is a widely accepted consensus statement for ethics, the moral theory that underpins it faces serious challenges. This two-part paper proposes a version of virtue theory as a more grounded system of moral analysis. Part 2 examines the role of basic moral theory as the foundation to ethics and suggests how virtue theory can be used as a central framework for ethics while being inclusive of insights from deontology and consequentialism. (Source: JRSM)
Source: JRSM - March 19, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Misselbrook, D. Tags: Series Source Type: research
