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How to fix doctors’ rotas
How to fix doctors’ rotas: vacation policies and mutual respect
BMJ 2019; 366 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l5049 (Published 09 August 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;366:l5049- Eugene Yeung, physician
- Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Lancaster LA1 4RP, UK
- eugeney{at}doctors.org.uk
The main question is not “How to fix doctors’ rotas,” but what needs to be fixed?1
I understand the difficulty for both the rota coordinators and doctors dealing with insufficient resources and work scheduling. I learnt about mutual respect from the Canadian healthcare system. In the medical residency programmes in Ontario, Canada, policies state that vacation requests must …
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