Doctors leave training because they feel unsupported & underappreciated, personal costs are unacceptable & career prospects are unattractive😭 Our new review, published this week, explores attrition from training. Lots to think about and improve 🤔 🔗 https://t.co/QcDAbYxxcM

94.3% of resident doctors in Northern Ireland voted YES to accept government pay offer. BMA members, check your inboxes for an email update on what happens next.

Doctors in Northern Ireland are falling behind those in the rest of the UK - DDRB uplifts need to be paid to all doctors in NI at the same time and at the same level as the other nations!

We have written to the Health minister today to urge him to clarify when the 2024-2025 DDRB uplift of 6% will be paid to doctors in Northern Ireland.

A #BJAEd review article on lumbar neuraxial anaesthesia & analgesia in patients with challenging anatomy by Dr Poots & Prof Chin. Read this to understand more about the paraspinous approach, application of ultrasound in the setting and more. Article at https://t.co/JjOI78U4gp

🚨We have a new title: BMA Residents 🚨 A long time coming, and after much hard work, junior doctors will now be called Resident Doctors. This new title better reflects their huge range of skills and responsibilities. Read more about the change here 👇 https://t.co/RoOQHddH1Z

Congratulations to Dr Phillip Doyle on his bronze medal at the 2024 Olympics! #Paris2024 📷Stephen McCarthy via Getty Images

FREE TO VIEW! Check out the new #miniflipbook version of the BJA! Articles on #arterialpressure #cardiac-index #beta-blockers #pre-hab #paediatrics #chronicpain #airway #epidurals #spinalanaesthesia #education https://t.co/NEcT3mYRfZ

Absolutely delighted!!!! 🟠⚪️ C’mon Armagh 🎉

Ádh mór to @Armagh_GAA 🟧⬜️ in the All Ireland Senior Football Championship Final v Galway in Croke Park tomorrow 🏐🏆 Safe travels to all Ulster Gaels journeying to Dublin. #UlaidhAbú #UlaidhAbú

FREE TO VIEW. The educational impact of technology-enhanced learning in regional anaesthesia: New scoping review by Savage et al #regional #education https://t.co/xkpwcTcxQt

I tweet quite a bit - but this one is different and perhaps the most important I’ve ever written I hope it gets shared as much as possible, so new parents don't make the same mistake I nearly made (even as a dad of five, having worked in A&E for 23 years and someone who teaches

"No one would board a plane flown by a pilot with 20% training so why push unqualified MAPs onto NHS patients?" Samuel Parker from BMA North East Regional Council speaks to #ARM2024 about the BMA's scope of practice for MAPs and the need to put patient safety first.

There is nothing 'junior' about junior doctors. This afternoon #ARM2024 recognises this and has voted through proposals to rename to “RESIDENT DOCTORS” from September 2024. More details to follow... #RDC coming soon!

#SESAM2024 over & out! A day full of learning on everything from embodied learning to thematic analysis. Enjoyed facilitating workshop on interprofessional sim w/ @QUBMedEd @QUBSONM Davina Carr, @DrGerryG & Billiejoan Rice. Going away with new connections, ideas & energy! 💡⚡️

Fantastic and very interesting few days at #SESAM2024 Glad to have had the opportunity to attend and meet so many lovely people! @SESAMSimulation

Happy to see our paper published in @JournalofClinAn - we asked if virtual reality is superior to the gold standard (but resource heavy) method of deliberate practice for #UGRA. Is benefit from ⬇️ faculty? @DrMelMckendrick @gamcleod2 @amit_pawa @EMARIANOMD @DrBenMoran

Congratulations to @mairead_savage presenting her hard work in Prague at #SESAM2024 @SESAMSimulation @BelfastTrust @QUBelfast @NIRASociety @RegionalAnaesUK @_NIMDTA

Absolutely delighted to present our work as part of the ‘technological innovations and emerging healthcare challenges’ session at #SESAM2024 Thanks again to @LloydTurbitt and Dr Andrew Spence for all their work on this scoping review! @SESAMSimulation @QUBMedEd @QUBelfast

Uppa consultants. Enough is enough. Pay Restoration NOW!!