Judith Johnson PhD

Ten tips for aspiring Clinical Psychologists

Ten tips for aspiring Clinical Psychologists
The competition to become a Clinical Psychologist is fierce. In the UK, the constituent parts of the training are a three-year undergraduate degree which is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), and a three-year… View Post

Seven ways to spot academic spam

Seven ways to spot academic spam
This week I read an editorial by Becker and colleagues (2019) which warned against the dangers of “online solicited content journals”. These predatory journals use academic spam emails to elicit contributions from researchers and are… View Post

Reflective practice groups for liaison psychiatry nurses: are they helpful? Our study

Reflective practice groups for liaison psychiatry nurses: are they helpful? Our study

Are reflective practice groups useful for liaison psychiatry nurses? We asked some nurses who had participated in them to find out.

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Six ways that breaking bad and difficult news in ultrasound is different to other settings

Six ways that breaking bad and difficult news in ultrasound is different to other settings
Not all pregnancies follow the textbook. Around 1 in 6 are lost to miscarriage or stillbirth and in 1 in 20 there is an unexpected finding on an ultrasound scan which could suggest the baby… View Post

Tackling burnout in UK trainee doctors is vital for a sustainable, safe, high quality NHS: Our letter to the BMJ

Tackling burnout in UK trainee doctors is vital for a sustainable, safe, high quality NHS: Our letter to the BMJ
In 2018, for the first time, the General Medical Council (GMC) included items on burnout in its National Training Survey. The survey was completed by 51,956 trainee doctors and 19,193 trainers, making it the largest… View Post