Postgraduate medical journal
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The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life of retired Turkish physicians. The focus was on their working conditions, their health status, and the impact of their disabilities on activities of daily life. ⋯ It is believed that planning for retirement in all its aspects should be a legitimate concern of all physicians. Recommendations for future retirees or the construction of guidelines for making this time of life enriching and a period of intellectual growth are awaited.
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Most consultants are involved in the training and assessment of several grades of doctors in training especially senior house officers (SHOs) and specialist registrars. In the medical and other specialties there is an increasing trend towards assessing junior doctors' competency using the record of in-training assessment process for specialist registrars and using the Royal College of Physicians folder to record competences of medical SHOs. It is necessary to consider why there is a need to assess competency, how it may be done practically, and the advantages and disadvantages of this system of assessment. There are considerable hurdles to the implementation of this system in the medical specialties within today's NHS and the organisation may need to undergo fairly radical change to facilitate this system.
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Comparative Study
Poor outcome in primary intracerebral haemorrhage: results of a matched comparison.
Primary intracerebral haemorrhage (PICH) is associated with a poorer outcome than cerebral infarction. This study aimed to determine whether this is explained by the clinical severity of stroke. ⋯ Compared with ischaemic stroke, PICH is associated with higher mortality and increased disability in survivors. The severity of clinical stroke is a major contributor to these poor outcomes; baseline characteristics, however, do not fully explain outcome differences.