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Personal time management: a suggested approach for trainees in psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Christine Johnson*
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Lecturer in Mental Health, University of Bristol, 41 St Michaels Hill, Clifton, Bristol BS2 8DZ
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The concept of personal time management does not, perhaps, generate immediate enthusiasm among junior doctors: the terminology seems somewhat alien and the idea more relevant to the world of business than that of clinical practice. There is a lack of coverage of this issue in the citations concerning the applications of time management to the medical profession. Although allied professions have made an attempt to address the matter (Shubin, 1988), they have tended to concentrate more on personality types (McAlvanah, 1989) and obstacles to effectiveness (Sheridan, 1988), rather than providing practical guidelines.

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