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Are today’s junior doctors confident in managing patients with minor injury?
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- Published on: 29 April 2016
- Published on: 29 April 2016Confidence comes with experienceShow More
Dear Editor
It is with interest that I note the findings of the study conducted by Croft et al. At the authors' institution, junior doctors were 'considerably less confident in managing minor injuries compared with other conditions'.Whilst it is rightly pointed out that 'there is no substitute for hands-on experience', the authors have not discussed the previous employment history of the juniors questioned....
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