Crafting your Medical CV

Crafting your Medical CV   Dear Friend, Hope you had a nice week. Although the summer is still a while away, this is the time of the year when many of you might be applying for summer programmes – this might be a work placement, an internship or something like a...

How I break bad news

How I Break Bad News   Dear Friend, Hope you are having a lovely weekend. This past week I completed my geriatrics 6 month rotation – I have now started my rheumatology placement. This should be very interesting and give me exposure to a lot of interesting...

How I built my first website

How I built my first website   Dear Friend, Well done to everyone for making through January. I always find that January tends to drag on a little – it’s long, dark and cold and the Christmas hype has disappeared. But things tend to get better from...

FY3 – Worth the hype

How I revise for exams   Dear Friend, Hope you all have had a lovely weekend. Whether you’re in medical school or foundation year, many of you will be applying for your job next year. It was the same for me last year as an FY2 when I was applying for internal...

Medical training pathways

Medical Training Pathways Dear Friend, Well done for getting through this past week. Monday 15th January is known as Blue Monday which is theoretically the most depressing day of the year. Which means, from this point onwards, it should just get better.  This week, I...

How I revise for exams

How I revise for exams   Dear Friend, Hope you have had a nice week. The past week has been a long week for me, as I was working 4 on-call shifts (12 hours) in a row on the medical take. For those of you who aren’t familiar with this, the medical take is seeing...

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