TY - JOUR T1 - Vital signs JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 491 LP - 491 DO - 10.3399/bjgp13X671786 VL - 63 IS - 614 AU - Rachel Brettell Y1 - 2013/09/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/63/614/491.abstract N2 - Nobody really likes change. And yet, every few months as junior doctors, we do just that. We change jobs, teams, hospitals, and perhaps even cities. From the intricacies of the new specialty to the nuances of the team politics, there’s a lot to get your head around. You always imagine it will get easier with experience, but somehow it never does. This time, as a GP trainee returning to hospital medicine after 6 months in primary care, I was particularly nervous. As well as the usual trepidation, I had a new set of worries: would I have deskilled practically? Could I still run a crash call? Would ‘medically fit for discharge, awaiting placement’ drive me crazy? And, possibly most concerning, how … ER -