ClinMeditorial May 2021

The ClinMeditorial features the ClinMeditations of our editor, Professor Anton Emmanuel, on the latest issue of Clinical Medicine, the journal of the Royal College of Physicians.

 Links to specific articles he discusses are below, or read the whole issue here. 

Immunobullous disease

Advances in atopic dermatitis

Psoriasis: a brief overview

Nails in systemic disease

Cutaneous manifestations of infections: an update for general physicians

Health and work: what physicians need to know

An update on hyper-acute management of ischaemic stroke

Treatment of spontaneous intracranial hypotension: experiences in a UK regional neurosciences Centre

Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) and Diabetes UK joint position statement and recommendations for non-diabetes specialists on the use of sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors in people with type 2 diabetes (January 2021)

Acute neurological consequences of novel psychoactive substance use: a retrospective review in a large UK hospital

‘I brought that up in my appraisal ... and my consultant said no.’ Structure and agency in specialty and associate specialist (SAS) doctors' experiences of appraisal

Perceptions of the impact of annual review of competence progression (ARCP): a mixed methods case study

FiY1: A reflective account of the foundation interim year 1 post