Registrar training can be a real minefield to navigate. It feels like a truly all consuming process that can leave you struggling to pick up the pieces and figure out if you’re coming or going. I go into pretty honest detail in my own review of my first year of training which I’d recommend readingContinue reading “Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery in The NHS: How to Approach Registrar Training”
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Why “Deloading” is the Next Big Thing You Need to Try
We’re seemingly in the midst of a “hustle culture” storm, and it’s becoming increasingly ludicrous. Who can wake up the earliest, who can sleep the least, who can work the longest hours, who can make the most money, who can show off the most aggressively superfluous lifestyle.
Life Update: Exams, Podcast, Life
It’s been a while since I’ve written anything recently. In a way, one could describe it as a lack of creative juice or volition. Yet it’s more likely due to the busy nature of the recent weeks gone by. Whilst life has been busy, I’ve simultaneously had lots of new and exciting things to workContinue reading “Life Update: Exams, Podcast, Life”
What is an AP Resection?
What is an AP resection? How is it different from an anterior resection? Why are there so many names? An AP resection stands for an abdominoperineal resection. Let’s break it down: Abdominoperineal resection = abdomino (abdominal) + perineal (of the perineum – the saddle region which extends from the external genitalia to the anus) +Continue reading “What is an AP Resection?”
What is a Post-Take?
What is the “Post-Take”? What is the “Take”? I started this week on the general surgical post-take so I thought what better than to theme this week’s blog post on this topic. You may have heard the above phrases bandied about either whilst in Medical School or during your training. In summary, it is essentiallyContinue reading “What is a Post-Take?”
Vasudev Zaver 