Published 16 April 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b1548
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:b1548

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Education with an angle

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One of the things that readers tell us consistently is that they want more education in the BMJ. I hope you’ll be pleased this week: the education sections are particularly strong.

Our cover highlights the clinical review on the early management of burns and scalds, from minor burns managed in primary care to those that need referral to specialist units (doi:10.1136/bmj.b1037). "Education with an angle" might be a subtitle for the Practice section, since all the articles have a particular perspective. Thus, the article on obstructive sleep apnoea appears in our "Easily missed" series of conditions that may be commoner than doctors think or missed on first presentation. The good news is that treatment with continuous positive airway pressure is effective for those with moderate and severe symptoms—and it allows patients to keep their driving licences (doi:10.1136/bmj.b1165). On the "Change Page" Steven Doherty argues not . . . [Full text of this article]

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