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Student Editor's choice

Driving change . . .

BMJ 2014; 348 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.g3505 (Published 22 June 2014) Cite this as: BMJ 2014;348:g3505
  1. Matthew Billingsley, editor, Student BMJ

This month we look at how doctors have improved safety in certain sports. Trystan MacDonald and Steffan Griffin profile three doctors who have influenced safety in football, horse racing, and rugby (doi:10.1136/sbmj.g3556). Edmund Farrar looks at how Sid Watkins, a neurosurgeon, started off as a volunteer in motorsport before transforming Formula One racing into a much safer sport. A trackside fatality has not been reported since the death in 1994 of Brazilian driver …

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