By Joe Pritchard in A doctor's life on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 @ 15:23

With the majority of our blog posts focusing on medicine, I have decided to write a little something about the roles of computers and the internet in education and how I see these roles developing and expanding in the future. This is a topic that is incredibly important to us as a company and... read more

By Philip Curzon in A doctor's life on Friday, May 1, 2009 @ 10:44

Just back from a weekend watching bullfighting in Spain I was interested to visit the infirmary within the Plaza de Toros de Maestranza. It is here that injured bullfighters are taken for immediate triage. Only one bullfighter has died in Spain’s cathedral of bullfighting since opening its... read more

By Richard Hudson in A doctor's life on Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 16:17

In Macclesfield, instead of a GP practice we now have a self termed ‘Super’ Surgery where they’ve taken all the surgeries from across the town and stuck them in one over budgeted, vastly beyond schedule white elephant. I thought I’d compare the old with the new…. My first memory of my old GP... read more

By Hannah Brown in A doctor's life on Friday, April 10, 2009 @ 19:50

The PasTest blog is going skiing.  After a busy week with last week's MRCP 2 exam, the medical student mock exam going live, I need a restorative break before MRCS, MRCP and MRCPCH in April/May. Good luck to anyone who's revising for them - I feel your pain.  I have an MBA... read more

By Hannah Brown in A doctor's life on Friday, April 10, 2009 @ 19:46

I’m scared of doctors. No really, I am.  Not like I’m scared of clowns, or birds, but terrified nonetheless.  The weirdest part is that I work with doctors, some of my best friends are doctors, but still, every time I enter hospital doors my blood pressure shoots up, and I start to... read more

By Lisa Quinn in A doctor's life on Thursday, April 9, 2009 @ 10:18

As one of the many people involved in the co-ordination of the PasTest range of clinical courses, whether it is MRCS OSCE, MRCP 2 PACES or MRCPCH 2 clinical, I am continuously spending time adding and updating patient information on our database, and often find myself wondering exactly... read more