openheart.bmj9h
Stroke and bleeding risks in Asian and non-Asian patients with atrial fibrillation: further insights into the ‘East Asian Paradox’
The ‘East Asian Paradox’ refers to a unique risk-benefit trade-off observed in Asian patients for thrombosis versus bleeding, ...
BMJ17h
Partha Kar: NHS leaders must be honest about failures to confront racism in the workforce
It’s remarkable how the narrative on tackling racism in the medical workforce has changed in recent years. In 2019-20 there seemed to be a genuine appetite to tackle the scourge of racism in the NHS ...
BMJ17h
Training refugee and asylum seeking healthcare professionals: an ethical approach to UK workforce challenges
Aisha Awan and colleagues argue for nationally funded training programmes for the integration of displaced refugee and asylum seeking healthcare professionals Wars in Gaza, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, ...
BMJ17h
RCP calls for review of postgraduate training, as resident doctors fear for future
The Royal College of Physicians has urged the NHS in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland to commission a four nation review of postgraduate medical training, in light of concerns raised by ...
BMJ17h
John Launer: Reinventing role play
A while ago I was on my way with colleagues to run a residential session for GP trainees when we got caught up in appalling traffic. The topic for the event was “living with uncertainty,” so there was ...
BMJ20h
Martin Henry Jourdan: consultant surgeon who in his youth cared for patients amid civil war in a tented hospital in Yemen’s desert
As a student at Guy’s Hospital Medical School in the 1960s, Martin Jourdan volunteered with the Red Cross in Yemen, a country in the middle of civil war. He served as a junior house doctor in a tented ...
BMJ17h
Helen Salisbury: The role of artificial intelligence in general practice
How much will our working lives as GPs be changed by artificial intelligence (AI)—and should we be worried about losing our jobs? Patients will continue to need empathy, physical examination, and ...
BMJ17h
Neglected tropical diseases in China
Global estimations differ from local realities Neglected tropical diseases are a diverse group of diseases that have proliferated in tropical and subtropical regions, especially in marginalised ...
jme.bmj2d
The ethics of using virtual assistants to help people in vulnerable positions access care
People in vulnerable positions who need support in their daily lives often face challenges in receiving timely access to care ...
openheart.bmj1d
Peripandemic outcomes of infants treated for sentinel congenital heart diseases in England and Wales
Background Infants with congenital heart disease (CHD) are clinically vulnerable to cardiac deteriorations and intercurrent ...
BMJ5d
Safety and effectiveness of anticoagulation therapy in older people with atrial fibrillation during exposed and unexposed treatment periods
Background Anticoagulation therapy reduces stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), but it is often underused ...
bmjopensem.bmj1d
Efficacy of a 4-week yoga module on the sympatho-vagal balance among healthcare workers in a tertiary care hospital: a randomised controlled trial
Healthcare workers (HCWs) actively involved in patient care at tertiary care hospitals face significant stress and workload, ...