The (fairly) recently qualified GP
@_just_a_GP
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Formerly The GP Registrar, but our training scheme is Too Short™. Thought about doing a Real Specialty™ but realised I didn't want to
The corridor of uncertainty
Joined January 2021
My latest QIA project - a Field Guide to who might be on the phone when you call a specialty.
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This + the PCN DES for PSA screening is a bonkers approach to a screening programme. Either it's worth funding a REAL screening programme, or it's not (my understanding is that the evidence for asymptomatic PSA is mixed). Asking primary care to test >15 million men?.
One in eight men will get prostate cancer. Men at higher risk are: . ◼️ aged over 50 .◼️ those with a family history of the disease .◼️ black men over 45 . If that’s you, speak to your GP. Check your risk in 30 seconds:
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Is chronic Lyme a real thing? .Probably. Does a private clinic offering to "rectify your Krebs cycle" make any sense at all?.Financially speaking, absolutely.
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Breaking a substantial twitter silence for an important reason. If someone can find me the person who selected the music for the video on "how to treat a nosebleed" it would be much appreciated.
nhs.uk
Read about the causes of nosebleeds, how to treat them at home and when you should get medical advice.
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The final few months of GP training are a wild west of desperate job offers. Places I've been overtly sounded out include:.-At the park with my kids chatting to another parent.-By a patient (GP) during our consultation.-On twitter.-Unsolicited phone calls. #GPrecruitmentcrisis.
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In ST1 paediatrics I was being shown around during induction (casually dressed). I was the first to walk in. Nurse brandishing phlebotomy kit: "Just roll up your sleeve and sit down in here and we'll get on with it, you don't need numbing cream". Reader, she thought I was 14.
First day yesterday. Introduced myself. One nurse (while laughing): ‘sorry, I just can’t take you seriously, you don’t look like a doctor, you look 19 at best. How old are you? You’re going to really struggle to get anyone to take you seriously’.
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Me: "Oh yeah, part of the reason I chose GP is because I want to be able to manage chronic disease". Also me: "Oh, I see you haven't had an asthma review for a while. please book in with the practice nurse".
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worth clarifying.1) The individual in question had/has no level of oversight of me, it was an informal chat.2) It became abundantly clear during this selfsame chat that they were very burnt out and waiting to retire.
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Good morning to everyone except the consultant who told me that working Less-Than-Full-Time is selfish and unfair on everyone else 🙄.
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This tweet brought to you by the Rudi Virchow and Paul Farmer fan club. (also basically just a repackaged @AperolFitz tweet).
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I find it wild that I have had more formal teaching on Langhan's giant cells than on treating asylum seekers; by a factor of infinity
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RT @Belis8686: @thefourthcraw C) Arrange for the canary to complete an online module on resilience training and a mandatory mindfulness ses….
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Anyone working in healthcare right now
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The people at *that* protest are definitely the same people who get all shouty when you tell them that cosmetic surgery isn't NHS funded.
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