Guest posts

Waterford GP Dr Sean McBrinn reviews a new app — MDT — which lists information on upcoming clinical meetings for Irish doctors, where users can interact with organisers and even apply for CPD credits.

After Ireland knocked the wheels off the Chariot in a 19-9 defeat of England, and ahead of a potential showdown in the Millennium Stadium, former amateur player Dr Charles Dupont contemplates how professionalism has changed rugby.

Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCD Prof Brendan Kelly believes that new capacity legislation, stressing that the best interests of a person should help shape decisions concerning them, is essential to solving recently highlighted problems in the disability sector.

Dr Dermot J Ward examines the functions of a full-time hospital consultant and the trouble with so-called ‘part-timers’ in the profession.

Writing in IMT ahead of the IHCA Annual Conference, the Association’s Secretary General Martin Varley believes that patient safety is at risk if current underfunding continues.

Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Brian O’Shea reviews a new translation of Prof Dick Swaab’s book on the brain, but is left a bit flat by the Dutch professor’s controversial stances and lack of scientific vigour.

The staggering rate of GPs surveyed who had experienced work-related stress over the previous 12 months was hardly surprising, writes Dr Rob Hendry, Medical Director at the Medical Protection Society.

Prof Brendan Kelly explores the topic of participation in research for individuals with reduced mental capacity, and the need for the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013 to address the issue.

Currently on a sabbatical in Australia and working in a large bulk-billing corporate clinic in Victoria, Wexford GP Dr William Ralph tells us how general practice is a different animal altogether Down Under

Not one to pull any punches with healthcare delivery deficiencies, Dr Illona Duffy takes a moment to highlight some of the very best parts of our under-pressure service.