Mind the Bleep

Most doctors don't understand how their pay is calculated. This puts them at risk of being overtaxed, underpaid or not claiming back tax on GMC, BMA, …

In this article, we will focus on more practical concerns when managing a patient with pneumonia for junior doctors. Covid-19 is not discussed here.  …

In whichever specialty you work, you will encounter large numbers of patients with chronic kidney disease and this will impact many components of their ca…

Fragility fractures in the elderly As a junior doctor on call, in geriatrics or in orthopaedics - you will frequently look after frail and elderly patie…

Being an FY1 is what this entire website is dedicated to, however, this is a collation of the most salient points. Links are included for dedicated articl…

Key information to provide when referring to every specialty.

When I supervise and teach FY1s, prescribing is in the top three things they are most concerned about. Usually, they're worried that they won't kn…

You've found a patient is  hyperglycaemic  & either they are ketotic or have significant hyperglycaemia (>30mmol/L) and so you suspect DKA or H…

In this article, we will present several common scenarios involving Parkinson’s disease (PD) that F1 doctors might face on the ward or on call. We will no…

Patients may live or be discharged to a wide variety of social care settings and understanding these is important for any foundation doctor. This can hel…