Nicola Newall
@newall_nicola
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Officially graduated (virtually) as Dr Newall MBChB today! Congratulations to class of 2020 & thank you
@aberdeenuni_smd
for the best experience I could have asked for! Now to begin FiY1 in
@NHSGrampian
before heading to London
@ImperialNHS
. Off to celebrate with my flatmate 👩🏻🎓👩🏻⚕️
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I guess it’s true, good things come to those who wait! Biggest yes ever! Neurosurgery ST1 incoming at
@QSNeurosurgery
🧠
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Finally finished/survived first medical SHO nights just in time to celebrate my birthday 🎂🥳 …with one giant nap 😅
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First day as FiY1 Doctor completed ✅ and I even got to spend it in my favourite speciality ☺️
#neurosurgery
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Survived first week of FY1 and first weekend on medical take 🥳👩🏻⚕️ Off to celebrate the remaining 2.5 hours left of my birthday lol 😂🎉🥳🎂
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IT’S OFFICIAL!! Dr Nicola Newall MBChB, BSc Honours. 👩🏻🎓🥳👩🏻⚕️
Graduating in the most unexpected way but looking forward to joining the amazing
#NHS
workforce during this time.
No news of any
#graduation
ceremony so here’s a memory from my first degree to make it feel more real 🎉
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The acute medicine team gifted the juniors these pens with our names printed 🥰! Thoughtful surprise and nice way to brighten up the weekend ☺️
@ImperialNHS
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And the next
#neurosurgery
chapter has begun ♾️🧠!
Thrilled to be starting the
@ucl
@UCLIoN
MRes in Neurosurgery and working alongside this amazing team for another year
@QSNeurosurgery
@hani_marcus
@drmohdkamel
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A little word of encouragement in the neurosurgery doctors room in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
@NHSGrampian
👩🏻⚕️😊🧠
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Received this sweet message from a student and it makes me so happy ☺️🥰
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Absolutely THRILLED to be allocated to my
#1
choice of foundation school for the FY programme: North West London 🥳. So excited for this next chapter 🧑🏻⚕️☺️ 🏴->🏴
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Last day on Ward 205 Neurosurgery as FiY1 😞. Truly grateful for all the support, guidance, encouragement and mentorship over 4/5 years. Really lucky to have such inspiring and supportive mentors! Thank you for the best start to FY I could have asked for! Will miss this place!🧠
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Please tell me I’m not the only one who always leaves work e-learning to the very last minute and ends up having to do it in bulk 🤷🏻♀️. This evening’s plans again...
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Wrote a little article on external ventricular drains (EVD)! Have a little scroll to learn more about what an EVD is and why they’re used 🧠. Don’t forget to check out the
@realbrainbook
website to read some more blog posts, lots of interesting topics to explore 🤓
#neurosurgery
Acute Hydrocephalus can be fatal and must be treated as an emergency. There are many different ways to manage this and one of them is inserting an EVD. Article by
@newall_nicola
and illustrated
@Merlin_Draws
#hydrocephalus
#MedEd
#PreMed
#Nsurg
#SoMe
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Final day as an F2 at Charing Cross ✅ ! Thank you
@ImperialNHS
/ CXH for a fantastic first two years as a Doctor! Couldn’t have done it in a better place 🤩!
Massive thanks to
@Imperial_EM
for a great last job - best rotation in F1/2!
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If you want to know more about extra ventricular drains (EVD), what the procedure of insertion entails and how they work then check out the blog post I wrote for
@realbrainbook
. Have a little look around the website too for some more helpful resources 😊🧠
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🧠 1 more week to go 🧠 Excited to reveal our list of neuro anatomy topics and tutors for our upcoming
@ICNeuroSoc
x
@BLneuroscience
neuro anatomy course! Sessions will be weekly so make sure to sign up to keep up to date with times and days via Can’t wait
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Congratulations
@aberdeenuni
on ranking
#2
in the
@guardian
ranking of medical schools ‘21! Strong Scottish performance overall ☺️ 🏴
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Very much looking forward to this! We’ve put together a great set of neuro-anatomy topics over the course of the next 13 weeks which will be taught by neurosurgery SpRs and consultants! More details to follow soon!
#MedEd
@ICNeuroSoc
@BLneuroscience
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Christmas morning made better with this view from Charing Cross! Happy Christmas everyone 🥰🎄
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Please tell me I’m not the only FY1 who felt completely overwhelmed on the first day today lol
#FY1
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Had the best time I’ve had since starting FY1 this weekend on call!
Lots of patient r/v’s, lots of teaching and lots of learning ☺️.
Now off on a week of annual leave (aka catching on work lol). Low key very excited to complete my job list ✅
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Got some new medical students on the ward during handover week. Didn’t feel like I had enough time to teach being a new start and learning everything 😞.Remembered the amazing juniors I had teach me so I’ve organised a teaching plan for them for the next couple of weeks ☺️
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My aim throughout medical school has been to encourage more females and males to consider neurosurgery as a career. Today I received this lovely email from one of my professors who taught me in year 2/3.
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BMA, how did you know I’d love this? Looks like I have a new pen for my neurosurgery rotation 👌🏻☺️ 🧠
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Very keen to get involved in medical student teaching during FY. Does anyone have any experience/ advice on how to go about organising this? Is it best to do it though medical school/ medical societies/ NHS Trust? I’m
@ImperialNHS
for F1/2
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Monday went from bad (after sitting a terrible SJT exam lol) to great after finding out my abstract got accepted for the ASiT conference 🎉🧠
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Thank you
@HLA_int
for giving us the opportunity to display our research on our experience of delivering
#neurosurgery
CbDs over Twitter! Proud to be part of the
#conference
and in developing
#innovative
approaches to learning during Covid-19
@realbrainbook
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New jobs this morning 🥳 Excited to be joining Charing Cross Hospital and Hammersmith for F1/F2. Anyone who’s been there please share some tips 😊
#NWLondon
#medtwitter
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What an inspiring and fantastic Q+A with Dr.
@johnboockvar
this afternoon!
Thank you for sharing your experiences and your invaluable advice!
#lenoxhill
#brainbook
#neurosurgery
@realbrainbook
@AlexAlamri
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Only a couple more days to go until our next neuroanatomy lecture 🥳! Join us on Tuesday 9th at 6:30pm where the wonderful Mr
@drtintin99
from
@neuro_at_ic
will be going over the visual pathway and the anatomy of the occipital lobe! Who's joining🙋♀️?
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Someone I haven’t spoken to in 6/7 years sent me this message today and it’s definitely made my day ☺️
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Well done to the
@TheLancet
for introducing this policy 👏🏻 Steps in the right direction towards equality
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Who wants to know what a
#cranioplasty
is and what the
#procedure
entails? Check out
@realbrainbook
latest
#video
below. Very informative with lots of great illustrations taking you through the procedure
#brainbook
#neurosurgery
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🪡 🧠 Only two places left for the upcoming Aberdeen White Matter hands on dissection course
📅 17th-18th June
Details on how to sign up below ⬇️
@MSNNeuro
@INSNeurosurgery
@realbrainbook
@ICNeuroSoc
@OgstonSociety
@NeuroAberdeen
@anastasios_giam
@PragneshBhatt18
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Thank you greatly to Mr
@GiulioAnichini
for the fantastic lecture this evening on the frontal and parietal lobe! Very comprehensive and learned so much anatomy/ clinical application in the hour! Join us next Tuesday for Mr
@drtintin99
lecture on the occipital lobe 🧠
#MedEd
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Turn up to Liaison Psychiatry shift and find this! How do I stop myself from eating all of this? 🤩
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So my friends wrote my year book entry & showed me it before sending off. It’s pretty clear that a) I spend 99% of my time in a library and b) I’m addicted to skinny flat whites. A creature of habit it seems LOL 😂😂
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Saturdays are spent creating some learning material for the Y4 Aberdeen
#neurosurgery
curriculum 🧠🤓
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Next up in our neuroanatomy series we have Mr
@Doctor_Yoda
from
@RlhNeurosurgery
delivering a session on the basal ganglia! Make sure to join us this week at 6:30pm on Tuesday to learn more!
@ICNeuroSoc
@BLneuroscience
@chidera_ota
#MedEd
#nsgy
Link:
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Happy
#InternationalWomensDay
! Grateful to all the inspiring women in my life pushing boundaries, breaking barriers and supporting each other’s goals and achievements!
#IWD2021
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My flatmate got us both these personalised mugs with our names on them to celebrate us graduating and to use when we both move away. I’m a little in love with it 🥰
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Less than 2 days to go until our first
@ICNeuroSoc
x
@BLneuroscience
neuro-anatomy teaching session 🧠! If you haven’t already, make sure to sign up to get the link for our course ! Who else is excited for this? 🙋🏻♀️🤩
#MedEd
#Neurosurgery
#anatomy
#MedTwitter
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Getting sent photos from back home on the west coast of Scotland and I cannot wait to be back on this beach/ in this sea ☺️🏄♀️
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Last day of my 5th year
#neurosurgery
placement (an 8 week
#Nepal
elective and an 8 week
#Aberdeen
placement was still not enough for me lol)! Thanks for the best
#placement
and greatest
#experience
I could have asked for as a medical student 🧠
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Thank you
@ICNeuroSoc
for inviting me to talk on CT head interpretation this evening! I hope it was useful! Enjoyed delivering the presentation, looking forward to the subsequent weeks on neuro trauma ☺️🥳🧠
#Nsgy
#MedEd
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Came across this on here and thought it was a wonderful idea by the ICU dept at York teaching hospital. It’s especially helpful for patients family and friends to get an understanding of what/ why this equipment is being used on their loved ones
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It can often be difficult to know what you should be doing throughout
#medical
school to make your
#CV
stand out for
#neurosurgery
. Neurosurgery is a competitive field so if you want to find out how to stand out then watch
@realbrainbook
latest video.
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Finally getting to explore London (obviously find a coffee place with a view lol)
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So my
#goal
in 2020 is to stop being so hard on myself and be kinder to myself. 2019 was one of the best years I’ve had and one of the years where I’ve worked the hardest. Reflecting back these are the 5 things I’m most proud of and will remind myself of these going into 2020
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This orange sky brightening up my walk back home from work tonight ☺️
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Massive thank you to Mr
@DebayanRD
for the excellent talk on the temporal lobe anatomy this evening! Very thorough and we all learned a lot 🧠! Make sure you join us next Tuesday for a lecture on the thalamus by Mr Rhannon Lobo!
#MedEd
#anatomy
#nsgy
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An exciting opportunity to join the
@realbrainbook
team!
If you’re interested in neurosurgery/ the neurosciences make sure to apply now! Fantastic charity to be a part of!
Looking forward to our upcoming year and the exciting new things we have planned 🤩 🧠
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My flatmate & I met our neighbours downstairs for the first time yday. They asked what we were celebrating & after telling them they delivered these beautiful flowers& chocolates to our door this morning!Some people are so lovely and we absolutely appreciate this lovely gesture🥰
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Delighted to see some of the history vignettes we created from our ‘History of neurosurgery in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary’ project up on display on the neurosurgery ward! Nice way to learn how the unit developed and who contributed to early Aberdeen neurosurgery ☺️!Vignettes 2 of 5
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Fantastic week spent at SMH
@ImperialNHS
with the great
@neuro_at_ic
team for
#neurosurgery
taster week! Always an amazing learning experience here 🧠
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Finishing up F1 on a fantastic Liaison Psychiatry rotation at
@ChelwestFT
with the most amazing team!
See you again soon Charing Cross
@ImperialNHS
for F2 🤩!
P.s if anyone has any advice for the night acute medicine SHO please share 😅
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Had the best elective in neurosurgery thanks to everyone at Annapurna Neurological Institute & Allied Sciences in Nepal. If anyone is interested in neurosurgery in Nepal or global neurosurgery check out my journey on
@realbrainbook
😊🧠🇳🇵
(2) I got to work alongside this amazing
#team
who
#taught
me so much and reinforced my desire to pursue
#neurosurgery
. Thank you to everyone who followed my
#tweets
. I hope you’ve all enjoyed them as much as I enjoyed my
#adventure
😊
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It’s my last day in isolation 🥳 and I’m finally catching up with my twin sister over FaceTime who I haven’t seen in person in almost a year! 🥰 Can you tell I’m excited 🎉
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Who wants to find out how
#neurosurgeons
#navigate
their way in the brain to accurately localise and resect
#pathology
such as
#brain
#tumours
? Check out
@realbrainbook
latest collab with Tom Scott to find out how 🧠
#neurosurgery
#Brainbook
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Day has been brightened up by seeing my paper finally published! Cannot wait to share this with those interested in the development of surgery/ neurosurgery. If you fancy a read here's the link! I promise it's really interesting 🎉🧠
@NHSGrampian
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Getting inspired by all the baking on here so jumped on the bandwagon and made some brownies 👩🏻🍳🍫
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Join us TOMORROW (Monday) at 6:30pm for our next neuroanatomy lecture! We have Mr
@GiulioAnichini
from
@neuro_at_ic
delivering a lecture on the frontal and parietal lobe 🧠!
@ICNeuroSoc
@BLneuroscience
@chidera_ota
#MedEd
#neurosurgery
Link to lecture:
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Thrilled to share our latest paper on our experience with our live twitter
#neurosurgery
CbDs from last year!
We’ve thoroughly enjoyed delivering them with our fantastic moderators and looking forward to continuing this educational experience
#MedEd
#nsgy
We're proud to share out latest group effort, publishing the outcomes of our
#Neurosurgery
CbD pilot last year.
We love delivering them with our expert moderators and hope you continue to enjoy them!
#MedEd
#tweetorial
#MedTwitter
#nsgy
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Newest accessory 🧠 (here’s to no longer cracking my phone)!
If you’d like to support
@realbrainbook
charity too and its mission then head over to where you can donate/ shop or you can pledge on
@Patreon
☺️
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Ways to study cranial nerve anatomy: an old Gray’s copy from my grandfather vs 3D anatomy. 🧠
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🎬🎨Calling all video animators 🎨🎬
🔍We’re looking for a video animator to help produce a short 1-2 min video for our upcoming research project
📅 Deadline for video production July 1st
📲 DM if interested/ please share around
@avaletopoulou
@dzkhan94
@hani_marcus
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Our next neuroanatomy lecture will be this WEDNESDAY at 6:30pm! We welcome the return of Mr
@GiulioAnichini
for a talk on the limbic system! Who’s excited? 🙋🏻♀️🧠
@neuro_at_ic
@ICNeuroSoc
@BLneuroscience
@chidera_ota
#MedEd
#nsgy
#neuroanatomy
Link:
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Visiting speciality to my ward today told me she recognised me from my nice outfits in the hospital, which obviously has made my day/ week/ month lol
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Got thanked by my team for looking after one of our patients so well yesterday and honestly those were the BEST words to hear after a very long and busy week 🥰☺️! Ngl really beginning to like acute medicine (will never take me away from neurosurgery though lol 🧠)
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Less than 2 days to go until our next neuroanatomy lecture ⏰! Join us 6:30pm Tuesday for Mr
@DebayanRD
talk on the temporal lobe 🧠 Link to event:
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Giant thank you to Miss
@RoseIngleton
for the very thorough and fantastic lecture this evening on the brainstem and cranial nerves! Make sure you tune in next Tuesday for Mr
@oscar89mac
lecture on the cerebellum 🧠
#MedEd
#nsgy
@RlhNeurosurgery
@ICNeuroSoc
@BLneuroscience
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Really missing home on days like this. Counting down the days until I can get back here with my paddle board.
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Coffee obsession continues into my new hospital job. Now referred to ‘skinny cortado girl’ in the coffee shop lol
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Giant thank you to
@drtintin99
for the fantastic lecture this evening on the visual pathway! Very comprehensive and I most certainly learned a great deal about this fascinating system! 🧠
Make sure to join us next week for
@DebayanRD
talk on the temporal lobe anatomy
#MedEd
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Honoured to be a part of this incredible team ☺️🧠
(8) Our team has grown from nothing to an incredible group of dedicated, driven people who all share the same values and goals
@GargiSamarth
@mak_haq
@VacekAdam
@chloefisher1999
@InesTheMedic
@BranGSmith
@newall_nicola
@neurogwen
to name just a few
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Sunday spent helping
@NeuroAberdeen
with some neuro trauma teaching for year 4 finals revision
@aberdeenuni_smd
🧠☺️ Thank you to everyone who participated- you all did a fantastic job!
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Excellent BNES 2022 meeting today! Thank you to
@ukneurosurgeon
and
@halliday_jane
Fantastic keynote on technological advances in endoscopic pituitary surgery by
@hani_marcus
An event with lots of great presentations and discussion- looking forward to
#BNES2023
@kingsskullbase
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Had a great day/ time helping organise this course
@QS_SimCentre
!
Massive thank you to our fantastic faculty for the excellent lectures/ practical teaching!
@hani_marcus
@AnoukBorg
@ag_kolias
@ProfBaldeweg
@AbhineyJain
, Mr Neil Dorward, Inma Serrano
@QSPituitaryUnit
Our high fidelity pituitary surgery simulation station!
@upsurgeon
@QSNeurosurgery
@QSPituitaryUnit
@ag_kolias
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