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Being the ‘med reg’: an exploration of junior doctors’ perceptions of the medical registrar role (2017)
Journal Article
Fisher, J. M., Garside, M. J., Brock, P., Gibson, V., Hunt, K., Wyrko, Z., & Gordon, A. L. (2017). Being the ‘med reg’: an exploration of junior doctors’ perceptions of the medical registrar role. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 47(1), https://doi.org/10.4997/JRCPe.2017.116

The role of the medical registrar is a challenging one and is acknowledged as being a disincentive to a career in medicine for some junior doctors. We set out to build a broader understanding of the role through exploration of Foundation Doctors’ and... Read More about Being the ‘med reg’: an exploration of junior doctors’ perceptions of the medical registrar role.

Why geriatric medicine? A survey of UK specialist trainees in geriatric medicine (2017)
Journal Article
Fisher, J. M., Garside, M. J., Brock, P., Gibson, V., Hunt, K. K., Briggs, S., & Gordon, A. L. (2017). Why geriatric medicine? A survey of UK specialist trainees in geriatric medicine. Age and Ageing, 46(4), 672-677. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afx009

Background: There is global concern that there are insufficient numbers of geriatricians to meet the needs of the ageing population. A 2005 survey described factors that influenced why UK geriatricians had chosen to specialise in the field - in the d... Read More about Why geriatric medicine? A survey of UK specialist trainees in geriatric medicine.