The junior doctor in distress: the role of a medical education  officer at the systems level

Martin, Anne A

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04658.x

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The training of junior doctors requires a delicate balance between "on the job" experience and quality training. . . . The preregistration year is a time in which training, skills and working role are consolidated under supervision, and it has been suggested that it may be the most stressful period in medical practice.1

Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, SA.

Correspondence: Anne.Martin@flinders.edu.au

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