Evaluating the Usage of Musculoskeletal Spinal Drop-In Services in East Lancashire: A Retrospective Audit of Performance Standards.

Lower back pain (LBP) is a prevalent musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) that places a significant burden on patients as well as healthcare and economic systems. Musculoskeletal (MSK) spinal drop-in clinics in the North West of the United Kingdom (UK) have been introduced to provide more targeted therapies for those suffering from LBP. A retrospective audit was conducted from January to February 2017 to evaluate the utilization of the spinal clinic in relation to individual patient Keele STarT Back prognostication scores and to compare these with national guidelines.

Exploring the Roles and Responsibilities of an Educational Supervisor in Medical Training Within the United Kingdom.

Medical trainees or junior doctors within the United Kingdom, regardless of their level of training or specialty, are assigned an educational supervisor (ES). The General Medical Council within the United Kingdom defines an ES as "a trainer who is selected and appropriately trained to be responsible for the overall supervision and management of a specified trainee's educational progress during a clinical placement or series of placements." This article critically evaluates the current literature to explore the roles of the ES in supporting and monitoring a trainee's progress while discussing challenges associated with the role.

Formative Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) as an Assessment Tool in UK Undergraduate Medical Education: A Review of Its Utility.

The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is a globally established clinical examination; it is often considered the gold standard in evaluating clinical competence within medicine and other healthcare professionals' educations alike. The OSCE consists of a circuit of multiple stations testing a multitude of clinical competencies expected of undergraduate students at certain levels throughout training. Despite its widespread use, the evidence regarding formative renditions of the examination in medical training is highly variable; thus, its suitability as an assessment has been challenged for various reasons.

Is the future magnetic? Magseed localisation for non palpable breast cancer. A multi-centre non randomised control study.

Introduction: Magseed is an alternative method of localising non-palpable breast lesions that has addressed many of the limitations of wire guided localisation (WGL). It consists of a paramagnetic seed that can be visualised on mammography and ultrasound. Intraoperative localisation of the seed is achieved with the use of the Sentimag probe.