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Core surgical trainee in the North East. Occupied by fitness, food and art.
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
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Today I got my top ranked job for core surgical training in the North East with an ENT theme. There are so many people that I’m truly grateful for from family to friends to mentors. You’ll all have such a special place in my heart. Part of this accomplishment truly belongs to you
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This year my compulsory costs of being a doctor:
£48 - medical defence union
£166 - licence to practice
£260 - online portfolio
£578 - examination
£650 and £750 - course fees
I believe these strikes are to save our profession because, in my opinion, this is unsustainable.
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Surgical Courses for Core Surgical Training: 🧵
The self-assessment scoring guidance for candidates 2022 requires candidate to complete 4 surgical courses to access max points which can be expensive. I have compiled a list of accessible courses when I was searching for myself.
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Recorded all my bleeps on Friday - I was disappointed as I felt it was a quiet shift and not representative of an on call.
Turns out I still received over 60 bleeps throughout a 12.5 h shift - that’s a bleep approximately every 12 minutes… on a “quiet” shift.
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Finished Fountaion Year training on an incredible high in ENT surgery. Grateful to everyone who has inspired, taught and encouraged me throughout.
Tomorrow I start Core Surgical training! I’m so excited to train within surgery and start tailoring my training further.
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Don’t need to score top in the UCAT abstract reasoning to identify this pattern
Can we really be calling these pressures “unprecedented”? Training programmes are now service provision in disguise
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I asked >100 Foundation Year (FY) doctors about their experience of surgery during the Foundation Programme (FP). The FP is a training programme intended to bridge the gap between university and specialty training.
But are we "training" our FY doctors?
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I’ve requested AL 12 weeks in advance for a standard day and it has been rejected as it drops the ward below minimum.
Does anyone else’s trust have the policy that the doctor is required to arrange cross cover for Annual Leave?
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Finished foundation year 1 on an incredible high by being first assist in a BKA. On reflection, I’m proud of the skills and knowledge acquired this year.
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Finished my colorectal rotation feeling grateful for being apart of a great team with multiple surgical opportunities. The final operation count totalled 64! Time to trade in scrubs for actual clothes as I move onto GP - the 1L coffee mug will remain a constant accessory no doubt
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Had a great day presenting our work at the
@RCSEd
on foundation trainee experience in surgery; with evaluation of our
@NorthEastFtss
surgical teaching resources!
@coreychan95
@jamescaswell98
@callum_a2
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During my career, I've always drawn when I have felt inspired. I’ve used art as an artistic outlet, as an educational aid, as a celebratory gift and as memorial art. I cannot wait to share my prints!
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Reached new levels of being technologically challenged today.
Excited to introduce - the world’s smallest sick note:
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Truly inspirational taster week with
@plasticomar
and the plastic surgery department in RVI. Grateful to have had the opportunity to assist with diverse, differing and interesting cases. Also the chance to attend clinics. Definitely provided a new perspective regarding career
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Common improvements included: dedicated theatre time, dedicated clinic time, more senior support, higher levels of staffing, research opportunities, protected teaching times and surgical skills teaching.
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Just in case people are still wondering why junior doctors are striking, as a newly qualified doctor I got paid:
- £13.81 / h during my first year
- £16.31 / h during my second year
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•Preparing for a career in surgery (P4CS)
•Free for members
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•Organised: ASiT
•Time / location: October 2022, online
@ASiTofficial
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@andrewhallortho
Im under no illusion my GMC fees will not be catapulted from £166 to £433 (effective from April 2023) after 5 years of practice
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My frustration lies in that:
A) the hospital is rostered on minimum staffing three months in advance in the absence of trainee leave.
B) the cross cover is available however, I’m not being facilitated to organise it.
C) the requests to see the policy have been ignored.
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Great course today by the
@RCSEd
. Highlights included diathermy and laparoscopy skills. Stacking sugar cubes with fenestrated graspers should be an Olympic sport.
#theleaningtowerofglucose
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Celebrated passing ARCP FY1 by sending out Excellent Reports to everyone who has supported me clinically this year. In such a stretched system, letting people know they are appreciated goes a long way.
I’d encourage you to do the same!
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•National catheter education programme
•Free
•
•Organised: Health Education England
•Time / location: Flexible, online
@NHS_HealthEdEng
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Finances should not be a barrier to training.
Thought I would share. Feel free to add!
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Proud to stand united with junior doctor colleagues today in Newcastle - demanding pay restoration. Grateful for consultants, SAS doctors, GPs and the wider multi-professional team supporting us in taking industrial action.
@BMA_JuniorDocs
#PayRestoration
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•Foundation skills in surgery course
•Free for members
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•Organised: ASiT
•Time / location: August 2021, Leeds
@ASiTofficial
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@timricketts_
This was the kind of data I was expecting to collect! The other week on call I was literally incapacitated by bleeps. To the extent the consultant on call took my bleep off me to start firefighting
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•Systematic Training in Acute Illness Recognition and Treatment START
•£139.50
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•Organised: RCS
•Time / location: TBC, London
@RCSnews
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@DocCSarah
“Couldn’t be bothered to come” or unable to come due to clinical pressures impacting on patient safety?
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•So you want to be a vascular surgeon?
•Free
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•Organised: Rouleaux Club
•Time / location: Flexible, online
@RouleauxClub
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The aim of the survey was to collect data on experience of surgery in the foundation programme - looking at positives / negatives and suggest improvements to training.
Please share and fill out the survey. I will share more results in time! Thank you in advance.
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@scullingmonkey
The overwhelming majority of foundation year doctors commented on the teamwork and community of the juniors.
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•Surgical Skills for Students and Health Professionals
•£99
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•Organised: RCS
•Time / location: August/September 2022, London
@RCSnews
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Great talk this evening by
@surashsurash
as part of the
@NorthEastFtss
specialty surgical series. Genuinely inspiring and insightful talk 🧠
#MindBlown
#PinkDrink
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@criticalgassing
My contract says “You shall normally provide a minimum six weeks’ notice of AL to be approved in accordance with local policies and procedures.”
They are arguing that it is local policy that if below minimum, it is the doctor’s responsibility to arrange cross cover for AL
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Grateful to everyone who has inspired, taught and encouraged me this year. In a system not adapted for “training”, I greatly appreciate individual’s time, energy and enthusiasm invested into advancing my practice
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Inspiring talk this evening by
@boothk134
as part of the
@NorthEastFtss
specialty surgical series. Full of information aorta know if considering a career on Cardiothoracic surgery🫀
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Glad to know the assessment we are using to short-list our doctors for higher training has undergone some rigorous quality assurance. Only identified a handful of spelling errors including that well known drug, “Paracotomol”
#msra
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Not important enough to pay properly
Too important to strike
We expect Grant Shapps to give more detail on the legislation next week, possibly Tuesday.
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Also to note, societies can run surgical courses and apply for accreditation (CPD points).
As part of
@NorthEastFtss
, we ran a surgical skills course accredited by the RCSEd (6 CPD) points. This was kindly funded by a sponsor. Therefore free for deligates!
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•Future Surgeons: Key Skills
•£110
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•Organised: RCSEd
•Time / location: September 2022, Edinburgh
@RCSEd
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Summary of the last 6 years: A lot of hassle for no tassel
Finally celebrated becoming Dr Halliday MBChB, BSc (Hons). Congratulations class of 2021, we did it!
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A questionable ENT referral:
“A patient has broken the cartilage in their earlobe”
“Sorry to interject, but there’s no cartilage in an earlobe”
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For foundation year 1 doctors currently being paid £13.81 / h; a mandatory GMC fee of £161 to apply for full registration is extremely costly.
That roughly equates to me working 2 standard days for free.
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The Foundation Programme is a work-based training programme intended to bridge the gap between medical school and training. In surgery, is there a balance of training and service provision?
Please fill out a short survey about your experience of surgery:
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This weekend on call, I was referred to as a “girl” in front of patients by one of the male surgical consultants. I’m a trained individual and should be addressed as either my name or profession. Not reduced to my age and sex.
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In January 2018: 54% of foundation trainees in surgery were women; 41% of core surgical training were women; 30% of higher specialty surgical training were women, and 12% of consultant surgeons were women. We are not doing enough to equalise gender inequalities in the NHS.
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Great paediatric surgery talk yesterday evening by Mr Gopal as part of the
@NorthEastFtss
specialty surgical series. Mind blowing that this specialty has the knowledge and skills to operate on physiological and pathological differences from newborns to near-adults.
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Why could I not have just had a normal quater-life crisis and got a dog.
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@scullingmonkey
@Jenny_Pewsey
Generally all teaching is useful - from bedside to classroom.
I received teaching last week on ward round and felt elated that I was taught and invested in. Upon reflection, I was deeply saddened that this was personally noted as it went against the status quo.
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Delivered my first testicle today. Took every fibre of my being not to exclaim “it’s a boy”
#testiculartortion
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@coreychan95
@RCSEd
@mikesilva102
@rigdengreen
@otolaryngolofox
@NorthEastFtss
@FTSS_UK
@FtssWm
@Cambridge_FTSS
@ftssem
@MerseysideFTSS
@OxfordFTSS
Great conference - high quality of projects presented by FTs from across the UK. Also, you’ve been an inspiring chair of North East FTSS 👏🏻
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@criticalgassing
Medical rostering have also confirmed cross cover is possible on that day but state that they are not allowed to provide information regarding who is able to provide that cross cover
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Completed the 'Train the Healthcare Trainer' course by
@NHS_HealthEdEng
. Well-organised and insightful course for anyone interested in teaching in healthcare!
#FLTrainHealthcare
#FLHealthTrainer
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If people spoke to each other in any other organisation how people speak to each other in the NHS - they would be sacked.
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During a cardiac arrest
Nobody:
Disgruntled patient in adjacent bed: all these people and not one of you has brought me a coffee
#caffinatethenresuscitate
#espressoSTAT
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To whoever posted this in my theatre room locker; you made my day! 👏🏻
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@surashsurash
@NorthEastFtss
Great feedback formally on our feedback form and informally across our social media platforms 👏🏻 online yes, inspirational definitely yes! Thank you again
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Unplanned surgical opportunities as a junior means one thing: trying to style out the spare abandoned side size 14 crocs in the changing room. Don’t think I’m bringing clown shoes into fashion any time soon.
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@_Doctor_Dom
To see if the FP is fulfilling both training and service provision. I’m hoping to use it to evidence the need for, and tailor, external teaching resources!
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@ymichla
Similarly as a junior, great learning opportunities are greatly appreciated! Greatixes are a great “formal thank you”
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@Micky_Kip
Thank you so much. Very thankful for all your teaching throughout the rotation - it is appreciated. Will never forget my first trainer assisted operation!
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