Understanding why resident doctors leave the NHS and what can be done to retain them: protocol for a realist synthesis.

Klepacz N, Melvin A, Briscoe S, Carrieri D, Lock FK, Patel P, Teoh K, Wong G, Mattick K

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107410
Published: 2025 Aug 6
Container: BMJ open
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107410,
  title = {Understanding why resident doctors leave the NHS and what can be done to retain them: protocol for a realist synthesis.},
  author = {Klepacz N and Melvin A and Briscoe S and Carrieri D and Lock FK and Patel P and Teoh K and Wong G and Mattick K},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {BMJ open},
  doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107410},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107410}
}

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AU  - Wong G
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N, K., A, M., S, B., D, C., FK, L., P, P., K, T., G, W., & K, M. (2025). Understanding why resident doctors leave the NHS and what can be done to retain them: protocol for a realist synthesis.. BMJ open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107410

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