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Seriously improving your ability as a doctor
Now that we have your attention, don't switch off. Giselle Jones says that reading papers is like exercising; you know you should but you cannot get motivated. The new style Papers section will help you, and this is how [Full text] [PDF]
It is time to end taking oaths?
Andrew Moscrop argues that medical students should be aware of ethics rather than swearing oaths [Full text] [PDF]
Filler: On writing prescriptions
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Basic plastic surgery techniques and principles: Choosing the right suture material
This is the first article in a new series on basic surgery, including suturing, and wound management from a plastic surgery point of view. Ben Taylor and Ardeshir Bayat explain how to choose the right suture [Full text] [PDF]
Biomedical ethics: The basic principles
In the first part of our new series, Pierre Mallia explains the basic principles of ethics [Full text] [PDF]
Picture quiz: Meningioma
Computed tomography scan of the brain of a patient with a meningioma [Full text] [PDF]
Picture quiz: Cerebral abscess
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Trauma part 2: Non-ballistic trauma
In the second article in our series on trauma, Omar Mukhtar and Kirsten Jones explain how to assess and manage mechanical injuries to the skin caused by objects other than bullets [Full text] [PDF]
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The United States Medical Licensing Exam
If you thought a medical degree was enough to take you around the world, you would be wrong. Shankar Sikri explains the exams you need to pass to work in the United States [Full text] [PDF]
Why don't you edit the studentBMJ?
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The British and Austrailian view of wellbeing
Many doctors working in the United Kingdom view Australia as the land of milk and honey, where the sun always shines. However, the rain sometimes falls on Australian doctors too. Peter Cross and Jeff Browscombe investigate the British and Australian perspectives on wellbeing [Full text] [PDF]
Profile: Moldavia to Portugal
Dr Alexandru Godina left his native Moldavia and ended up working as a stonemason in Portugal. Tiago Villanueva finds out why [Full text] [PDF]
Profile: Been there, done that...
Jonathan Kaplan has done most of the extraordinary things you can possibly do in medicine, including working in war zones. Sarah Spencer catches up with him [Full text] [PDF]
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Paper plus
In the first of our new style papers section, Jocalyn Clark takes you through this month's paper. She explains the hows and whys and tells you what it all means [Full text] [PDF]
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Johannesburg: a city of two tales
Shazad Aslam went to Soweto for his elective. Precautions against HIV are rigid for healthcare workers, and almost half the population is infected. He explains how he felt working in this dangerous neighbourhood
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Planning your elective: Johannesburg
Mark Wilson gives essential hints for coping in a country that is not easy for travellers [Full text] [PDF]
Bed hopping
Ever woken up in bed with a stranger? Andrea Lewis went to a European conference and explains how she woke up with three different people. And it's not what you think [Full text] [PDF]
Global Snapshots: Australia - sun, spiders, and snakes
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Global Snapshots: Brazil - a rich country full of poor people
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Global Snapshots: Botswana - best positioned to fight worst AIDS epidemic
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Global Snapshots: Russia - socialism to capitalism causes problems in health care
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Global Snapshots: Cuba - a triumph of public health
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Global Snapshots: Bangladesh - dramatic improvements
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Neurolinguistic programming: verbal communication
What is it, and what has it got to do with verbal communication? Joanne Walter and Ardeshir Bayat shed some light on the matter in their first article in our series on "how to use the language of the mind"
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