'Experience days': promoting interprofessional collaboration and understanding for postgraduate doctors in training.

An 'experience day' is a novel concept in medical education, targeted at postgraduate doctors in training. In this article, the term postgraduate doctors in training includes all junior doctors, ranging from foundation year level to junior specialist doctors to higher specialist registrars. Experience days offer postgraduate doctors in training the opportunity to shadow other healthcare professionals in their working environment, to enhance their perspective of their role as a clinician and their understanding of the complex interplay of services.

Tips from the shop floor: postgraduate doctors working in trauma and orthopaedics.

Trauma and orthopaedics is a useful rotation for junior doctors to undertake. Experience in the specialty allows doctors to feel more confident in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the entire musculoskeletal system. Many junior doctors cover on-calls in trauma and orthopaedics departments, often with no prior specialist experience.

Tips for the shop floor for trainees working in paediatric hospital medicine.

Paediatrics is one of the most useful rotations for junior doctors to undertake, allowing them to learn and develop the skills necessary to provide child-centred care. As with any speciality, it can be daunting to cover on-calls with no previous experience, so guidance for those starting paediatric placements can be valuable. This article provides up-to-date information and preparation strategies for all junior doctors, whether they are considering undertaking a paediatric rotation as a trainee or in a trust post, or are already in training, such as on general practitioner vocational schemes.

Identifying barriers to diagnosing dementia following incentivisation and policy pressures: General practitioners' perspectives.

Overcoming barriers to earlier diagnosis of dementia in primary care is a core ambition of several government initiatives in the UK, with incentives put in place to promote earlier recognition by general practitioners and referral to specialists. This study was designed to explore general practitioners' opinions concerning barriers to diagnosing dementia, following implementation of strategies aimed at reducing them. The study involved in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 13 general practitioners from seven practices in North London or the West Midlands.