Hospital medicine (London, England : 1998)
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The Cochrane analysis of the use of albumin in critical illness has highlighted the need for more well-conducted studies on colloid use in burns. The lack of objectivity in the press regarding this material has compromised our ability to deliver those studies. The analysis provides no evidence that albumin is unsafe for the initial resuscitation of uncomplicated burns, and the fall in its use is more likely to be cost-related.
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Most flexible trainees believe that their full-time colleagues perceive flexible training as flawed in some way. However, most consultants and full-time trainees actually view flexible trainees and their posts in a positive light.
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Job sharing has been introduced on a major scale in one deanery to help accommodate increasing demand for flexible (part-time) training. We arranged 37 job shares for 74 trainees between 1996 and 1999. Job shares lasted from 6 months to 2 years. Trainees in job shares were as satisfied with their training as those in supernumerary posts or in full-time training.