'Empty nester' parent birds use recruitment calls to extend offspring care
By studying a habituated population of pied babblers (Turdoides bicolor) in the Kalahari Desert, researchers have discovered a surprising new way in which parent birds can extend the period of their care of offspring. The findings are reported by Andrew Radford of the University of Cambridge and Amanda Ridley of the University of Cape Town and appear in the September 5th issue of Current Biology,...Online recruitment criticised by doctors
A new online application system for junior doctor posts is not in the interest of talented doctors and it is harming the job prospects of many top students. This was the opinion expressed by more than 80 senior doctors.// The system being followed is the “Modernising Medical Careers system” which scraps interviews in favour of points scoring from application forms answers....Doctors to Be Exempted from Written Tests for Recruitment
Bihar: The Jharkhand government has decided to appoint ayurveda, homeopathy and unani doctors without written examinations and only on the basis// of an interview. Clearing the way for the appointment of nearly 300 doctors, the cabinet Wednesday evening decided that the government would advertise for the posts and directly call the applicants for interviews. The interview...Medical Fraternity Criticizes Doctor’s Recruitment Proces
The selection process of junior doctors in London has received huge flak from the medical society. To mark their protest, there would be a big rally// which will begin from the Royal College of Physicians, St Andrew’s Place, and will end at Royal College of Surgeons in Lincolns Inn Fields tomorrow. David Cameron will be addressing the rally of junior doctors and their families condemnin...Health Secretary Apologizes For Failed Online Recruitment System
Patricia Hewitt, UK’s Health Secretary has tendered an apology to thousands of junior doctors left stranded without jobs. // She was quoted: “That is exactly why junior doctors have been caused this absolutely needles...BMA Calls for Action to Halt Slide in Medical Academic Recruitment
Urgent action is needed to reverse the continuing decline in the number of academics working in UK medical schools, the BMA said Friday, 18 May 2007 . Recent figures from The Medical Schools Council (formerly the Council of Heads of Medical Schools) show that the clinical academic workforce fell yet again last year to 2937, just 83% of 2000 levels. Although the rate of decline betwe...