Cognitive load is useful tool for thinking about work. But don't think it is useful to set limits. The experience of load is subjective and depends on a whole variety of things. And, like a muscle, increasing load is required for training.

Great thread from an Australian GP. On why regulation and accountability matter.

I went to rural school for O level equivalent. Big on life skills. I had NO option but to do Typing as a subject. 120 words per min at 90% accuracy was the standard. Every Fri pm was awful. 2hrs on a sturdy Remington. But I am appreciative now!

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22 years ago Dr. Drummond wrote "No room at the inn" and that narrative of no place for the admitted to hospital patient languishing in the ER remains sadly true. It is a collective national failure not immune to any political party or province. alan drummond

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NZ hospital removes patient TOAST. Too expensive. Or bad for patients. Wild either way! 🙄 nzherald.co.nz/nz/health-mini…

Woman of the Day seamstress Ellie Foraker born OTD 1930 in Delaware. No woman has ever set foot on the moon but no man would have done either without the skill and determination of the women who were instrumental to the success of the Apollo missions. Ellie was one. Consider the

Junior doctors in South Korea have now been on strike for 6 months. Fascinating stuff.

Stripped back services are NOT the solution. If you don't have enough of X type of staff, replacing them with Y won't work either. Address the fundamental problems of attracting and RETAINING staff. Stop wasting money on stuff that does NOT work. ausdoc.com.au/news/states-2-…

Good stern stuff here on magical thinking and AI woo. hsj.co.uk/daily-insight/…

The Cat is very clear that it is now AUTUMN!

All these posts, all this outrage. What is being laid down on these pages are the digital bones for the National enquiry in 15 years time. And it will be much too late. IMHO the only way GMC will act is if compelled. That means Judicial compulsion. I think we all

New analysis in The BMJ finds 15% fall in qualified FTE GPs across England Luisa Pettigrew comments on general practice data over past decade suggesting shift towards larger multidisciplinary practices with fewer GPs, amid growing patient lists.🩺 👉bit.ly/4e9FI0n

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This was my father's favourite cheese. I used to buy it for his birthday. It was expensive and only stocked in a few shops. Quite saddened by this.