Doctors quitting over stress and cost of finding suitable childcare. Securing childcare for the irregular and long working hours demanded by a medical career is a financial and emotional burden to doctors, reveals a survey by The BMJ Article 🔗 bit.ly/48gNP8i

Calls for reform of rotational training have been growing. Jo Best looks at the case for change in this feature bmj.com/content/384/bm… Here are eight suggestions that it found for how rotational training could be improved.... 🧵

Are rotations essential to broaden trainee experience—or is the personal burden on doctors of moving to a new placement every few months too high?

"Predatory journals and publishers are entities that prioritise self-interest at the expense of scholarship." The best way to avoid predatory journals is to spot the warning signs, Eva Amsen bmj.com/content/384/bm…

"The upheaval of rotational training is tolerable, perhaps even beneficial, in earlier stages of training. However, the prospect of continuing this level of disruption for up to another decade is demoralising," say FY docs Ellie Jackson &Harshit Kondapally bmj.com/content/384/bm…

A good health visitor service is not just good for #childhealth - it also helps mothers, says retired #GP Ann Bowman #PND #DomesticViolence: "This is much more likely to happen if health visitors and mothers know each other well" bmj.com/content/384/bm…

Centralising training contracts to reduce rotation paperwork would improve doctor wellbeing much more than most of the wellbeing solutions proffered, says Infectious Diseases/Microbiology ST6 Ann Sturdy in a #RapidResponse to this The BMJ article: bmj.com/content/384/bm…

"I am a better trainee as well as a happier person.” With more doctors choosing to work less than full time to boost their wellbeing and work-life balance, we look at the benefits and the downsides 🔗 bit.ly/3v9kE9C

"It has absolutely revolutionised my life," says GP registrar Sam Naushahi of his decision to go down to 80% of a full time post. Erin Dean looks at the pros and cons of LTFT working bit.ly/3v9kE9C

These comments were made in response to a wider The BMJ article, covering analysis by Office of Health Economics that confirms doctors’ real terms purchasing power has declined substantially over 15 years: bmj.com/content/384/bm… Adele Waters Penny Sucharitkul

“When I am with patients, I am fresher, and I feel I am a better doctor,” says one GP who is part of the growing trend of doctors going less-than-full-time #LTFT. Erin Dean explores the pros and cons for The BMJ bmj.com/content/384/bm…

General practitioners are spending more time than at any point in living memory on supporting people whose main problems are driven by poverty—ranging from malnutrition to mental health conditions: bmj.com/content/384/bm… The BMJ Joseph Rowntree Foundation RCGP

The BMJ gives a ready answer to the question: what are Marmot Places? bmj.com/content/384/bm…

#AI has great promise in #generalpractice as a digital triage tool, says Nuffield Trust's Rebecca Rosen - but tech is not yet sophisticated enough for “the nuanced, complicated world of general practice" #diagnosis bmj.com/content/384/bm… Juliet Bouverie OBE Daniel Elkeles Gareth Iacobucci

Have you signed up to The BMJ Today? - a daily newsletter featuring the best of The BMJ that day, curated by our #journalism team (inc. Mun-Keat Looi Abi Rimmer Gareth Iacobucci Elisabeth Mahase Zosia Kmietowicz Rebecca Coombes Tom Moberly) Sign up here: emails.bmj.com/k/Bmj/jausu/th…

Which doctors are standing to be MPs this year? There are 29 that I'm aware of. Do you know of any others? If so, DM me or reply to this I'm writing a piece for The BMJ on why doctors stand, their experiences canvassing and in parliament, and what they hope to achieve