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T&O ๐ ๏ธ MRCS โ South West โ I โค๏ธ coffee, reading, traveling and my fur babies ๐ป Dipping my toes in #MedEd - PGCert ME โ
South West, England
Joined May 2016
I think I'll make a thread out of it with links to the episodes of podcasts I really enjoyed #traumasurgery #medstudenttwitter #medtwitter #MedEd First off, two great interviews with trauma specialists @JJcolemanMD and @docmartin22
https://t.co/c0mbcpcWqh
https://t.co/dDtn87YoGp
open.spotify.com
The Undifferentiated Medical Student ยท Episode
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With no guarantee of a job at the end of it, it's time to rank the T&O St3 preferences. I have my top-3 list sorted, but know nothing about the rest of the UK and am open to moving. Please hit me with recommendations via comments/DMs. @bota_uk @eoeortho @WomenSurgeonsUK
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Doctors leave training because they feel unsupported & underappreciated, personal costs are unacceptable & career prospects are unattractive๐ญ Our new review, published this week, explores attrition from training. Lots to think about and improve ๐ค ๐ https://t.co/QcDAbYxxcM
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The problems in the NHS are because of chronic underfunding & bad planning. Not because of immigrant doctors. Poor training recruitment strategies does not justify xenophobia.
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This is what (?temporary) freedom looks like! ST3 interview done, nothing else left but waiting and hoping for the best. On my way out for a delicious meal in the neighbourhood.
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I knew what I was signing up for moving here but damn it's tiring.
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73 more hours till the interview. I'm so ready to be done... ๐ด I do occasionally get a twinge of jealousy of my colleagues back home who sit one exam and have instant job security with no interviews, no moving around and no exams until FRCS equivalent ๐
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๐ฅHave been incensed about something all dayโฆ. Women are the majority of medical students in the UK, yet there are still pockets of the medical profession where dinosaurs are alive, well & roam the earth. Turns out my own clinical specialty (ICM) is sadly one such placeโฆ. 1/8
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We donโt need to privatise the NHS in order to cut the waiting lists. By getting some patients to pay for their operations, you create a two tier healthcare system. One solution to cut the waiting lists: hire more medical staff and actually give them the resources needed!
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The fact that a union with 40% of members being IMGs is allowing for the aggressive push for a policy discriminating against its own members with a half-assed promise that the final policy may provide some protection to some is both outrageous and ridiculous.
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And the creative use of data by the BMA RDC to push their agenda continues ๐ Useful commentary by Dr AY.
1.The data below fails to demonstrate what grade the applicants were applying to. The ongoing issues mostly pertains to ST1/CT1 posts but lumping data together with ST3/ST4 posts is potentially misleading unless the point they are making is that IMGs who have gone through core
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Itโs been amazing seeing all the positive, empowering & uplifting #IWD2025 posts But if youโre not living your values every day, but rather doing it for the performance & plauditsโฆ โฆyou may get in the sea Publish your gender pay gap data, your DEI data. Sponsor, respect and
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While itโs fantastic to see that women now make up 50% of the medical register, there is still more we need to do in surgery.
More women doctors than men in the UK for the first time ever
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T&O ST3 interviews finally out! 1 month to go, any interview tips welcomed ๐
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Good reminder that Twitter/X will always promote negativity of the frustrated few, worth looking at the bigger picture and numbers before forming an opinion/echoing those views. 84% is really impressive.
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Patients canโt get GP appointments. At the same time - GPs canโt get jobs. All NHS leaders who have enabled this shit show should hang their heads in shame & leave.
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How can things be so dysfunctional at @RCPhysicians that they can't even run their exams properly? 18 months ago, 22% of MRCP candidates were given the wrong result. @MRCPUK has only just told them. Scandalous. Change can't come soon enough. #TimeForChange
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Just seen this - unacceptable @MRCPUK that this error occurring in 2023 has (a) happened at all and (b) was only flagged up in 2025. No wonder our trainees are in so much despair. This is a another kick in the teeth. I hope the federation fix this shambles ASAP.
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You know you're doing a good job when an anonymous account results to personal attacks. The fact that someone without 'skin in the game' still cares enough to openly support IMG colleagues is admirable. Quite a take for someone actively lobbying to set IMGs cause back years ๐
IMGs should be aware, their self appointed leader is setting their cause back years. See PAs, Nash and UMAPs for how that turned out. Personally Iโd be very hesitant to put my hopes of pursuing a clinical career in the hands of someoneโs whoโs already mentally checked out.
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The other day I was called on my mobile by a random manager chasing a job I was aware of already. Had to tell them and the rota coordinator who felt it was ok to give my number to people without consent that this is most definitely NOT ok, should be common sense ๐
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1. Non urgent jobs should be raised once. Being bleepee 4x in a spam of 10min for a non urgent job is misuse of bleeps. 2. As much as I like the convenience of work WhatsApp groups, the fact that people take it as a permission to use people's private mobiles is infuriating.
I am genuinely shook that today in the space of less than forty minutes I was contacted three times by the same non-clinical staff member by email, mobile and then ward phone to do a non-urgent taskโฆ whilst looking after multiple acutely unwell patients
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This place is something else. On my way home (12min walk if that) I walked past a dj party in an art gallery, in a bakery and at barber's ๐
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