Organizational culture: a guide for the foundation year doctor.

On your travels as a foundation doctor, you will experience different organizations and the way they work. You will notice certain features - for instance, one place may have a particularly congenial atmosphere - but some of these traits are almost imperceptible. You will learn what is and is not the 'done thing', which may be the opposite of what you have encountered elsewhere.

Managing personal communication: a guide for the foundation year doctor.

Everyone conducts private communication during work time at some point. This may be purely personal, such as with: your partner about when you will be home, a car salesman about delivery of a car for own use, your landlord about your home, your nanny about your child. Alternatively, it maybe work-related.

Managing upwards: a guide for the foundation year doctor.

The concept of managing your boss sounds peculiar, as people usually only think of managing staff under them. Nevertheless, adept management 'upwards' can reap dividends. It is not manipulative or sly - it is about good working relations.