Learning how to perform an arthroplasty (a joint replacement) is a mandated part of the Trauma & Orthopaedic (T&O) Surgery national curriculum. As it stands, the T&O Specialty Advisory Committee (SAC) have advised that 80 operations as the first surgeon constitute the indicative number of arthroplasties that must be completed during Registrar training. This numberContinue reading “I Completed 80 Arthroplasty Operations! My Experience of the Learning Curve”
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Ace the Medical Conference: Top Tips to Maximise your Experience
As you can see, a conference, by way of convention, is a gathering of people who share a similar interest. This inherently offers a multitude of opportunities because the raison d’être for the conference is to appeal to people like you. It accordingly makes it all the more easier to connect with other people atContinue reading “Ace the Medical Conference: Top Tips to Maximise your Experience”
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It was an icy cold winter morning, frost shimmering on hedgerows and driveways, concealing the hazardous black ice that lay underneath. I tried to mount my bike to ride up the hill but to no avail; the tyres simply defied friction. I conceded to trudge up the hill and push my bike instead, lugging theContinue reading “Paperboy”
Vasudev Zaver 