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Responding to trainee doctors in difficulty.

G Ikkos
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Appropriate workload, good clinical and educational supervision and rigorous appraisal routines will prevent a number of trainees developing difficulties. When difficulties do occur the presence of such arrangements will facilitate appropriate emotional and practical handling of these problems.

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Defense MechanismsEducation, Medical, GraduateEmployee DisciplineEmployee Performance AppraisalHumansMedical Staff, HospitalPhysician ImpairmentState MedicineUnited KingdomJournal Article

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G Ikkos. 2000. Responding to trainee doctors in difficulty.. https://doi.org/10.12968/hosp.2000.61.5.1335

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