Give Up Pay & Fix Medical Culture? Creative Solutions Dr Kadota Story.

How can we solve the wicked problem of trainee doctor exploitation and bullying within the medical culture, in the wake of the latest episode of this ongoing saga, the story of Dr Yumiko Kadota? A group of doctors involved with the Creative Careers in Medicine group propose that we solve the problems with the medical culture by: -closing the accreditation gaps to ensure that all trainee doctors are subject to external accreditation -treating trainee doctors more like pilots -having clear rules and a chain of responsibility for wellbeing issues such as fatigue -using social networks to share good and bad information about trainee posts to shine a light on poor hospital practices -rewarding good teachers and supervisors with more trainees and taking trainees away from the poor ones -consultants giving up some of their pay in a genuine effort to demonstrate respect for trainee doctors and fix some of the systemic problems with work conditions
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