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- The Scottish Dental Show - 4 May 2012
24-25 May 2012, Hampden Park, Glasgow
- Posting pitfalls – Facebook advice for medical students - 11 January 2012
Facebook is great for keeping in touch with friends. It's also a great way for the MDU to keep in touch with members. But we wouldn't be worthy of the name of 'medical defence organisation' if we didn't tell you about the riskier side of social networking.
- MDU Revision Course prize draw winners announced! - 10 January 2012
Thanks to all those who entered and congratulations to the winners
- No automatic lifting of APS restrictions - 6 October 2011
In recent months, a number of doctors have been referred to the GMC for inadvertently breaching Approved Practice Setting (APS) restrictions.
- MDU rings of confidence for members at London Olympics - 15 September 2011
In the next few weeks, up to 5000 sports-loving medical volunteers will discover if they have been selected as Games Makers for the 2012 London Olympics.
- Junior doctors and serious untoward incident reporting - 15 September 2011
These are exciting – and probably exhausting – times for Foundation Year (FY) doctors as they settle into their posts and get used to the routine of hospital life.
- Conscientious objection - 17 August 2011
As a doctor, you must not let your personal beliefs prejudice your treatment of patients. In the MDU’s experience, healthcare professionals do sometimes have a conscientious objection to a procedure or treatment but the care of patients must be your first concern*.
- 2010 Annual Report and Accounts - 16 August 2011
Report and Accounts, including cautionary tales, for the year ending 31 December 2010.
- Religion on prescription? - 12 July 2011
The recent case of a GP who refused a formal warning from the GMC following a complaint that he had discussed religion with a patient* has triggered debate about whether it is acceptable for doctors to discuss issues of faith with patients or express their own personal beliefs, and if so in what circumstances.
- Terrorism and confidentiality - 24 June 2011
The Government has just revised the UK’s anti-radicalisation Prevent Strategy* which seeks to ‘prevent people being drawn into terrorism’ and ‘work with sectors and institutions where there are risks of radicalisation’.
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