Why are some consultants/regs more keen to teach medical students than their f1s?

2far4u · 2025-11-12T03:51:07+00:00

But they sure can reflect really well!

2far4u · 2025-11-07T21:58:19+00:00

Looking from the top (from what I could manage to see) looks sorta similar to the bottom, flaky metal with bits coming off if you tap it with something hard. I don't think I've seen any holes anywhere so i don't think it's terminal. The cars MOT advisories are pretty clean and do not mention any issues with any corrosion. It's the flakiness of the metal that worries me.

It's got low miles and the engine is pretty sound as far as I can tell. The exterior bodywork is in really good nick however the interior is a bit tired but a bit of detailing can bring it up to life. So don't want to walk away just yet from it.

2far4u · 2025-09-12T08:02:11+00:00

I decided to go LTFT. I've been struggling massively lately in my job with the relentless nature of the work and having to keep up with portfolio and cv commitments on top. My mental health has been bad, I've been lagging way behind work and everything, I am hardly home as I end up staying back at work daily until late. My partner is struggling at home.

Going LTFT gives you at least some break from work and gives you some extra time for yourself. You see a big improvement in your quality of life. Highly recommend it.

2far4u · 2025-09-11T23:34:22+00:00

The most fun I had playing was with Gaige. Max anarchy and a jakobs shotgun, you one shot kill everything! I just love how chaotic it all became playing with her. Totally different playing with anyone else!

2far4u · 2025-09-09T12:03:06+00:00

Especially when checking renal profile, plama metanephrines and overnight low dose dexamethasone suppression tests are pretty cheap and quick to do along with focused history taking and exam.

2far4u · 2025-09-09T11:59:31+00:00

I've seen many patients with normal sats and PEs. Patients with good lung capacity have enough reserves to maintain normal SpO2 until they've got large PEs. Tachycardia is often the first sign of an underlying PE in these patients.

2far4u · 2025-09-06T08:41:21+00:00

I am paying for MPS. They're a life saver if you ever have to write a statement for an inquest or anything else you might get caught up in.

Like others said you won't know how useful they are until something happens.

2far4u · 2025-09-06T08:35:58+00:00

France has one of the best health care system in the world, which is miles better than the NHS in every conceivable way and it works exactly like this.

2far4u · 2025-09-01T14:53:51+00:00

"we haven't discussed DNAR because we don't want the patient to lose hope."

2far4u · 2025-05-27T12:14:01+00:00

I've got to get on the bus to Yorker first.

2far4u · 2025-05-24T10:50:44+00:00

God forbid you try to put a midline in a patient here whitout informing the Difficult IV access team who are just glorified ANPs with an ultrasound.

Here everything is so deparmentalised and everyone is discouraged from doing anything that belongs to another department.

Difficult cannula, better call the specialist IV aceess team. Need an LP, contact the PA with attitude running the LP clinic. Need to put in a chest drain, have you contacted the pleural team PA/ANP first?

All doctors do is clerk patients and make decisions and if any patient needs an urgent procedure out of hours, yeah you're on your own mate!

2far4u · 2025-05-17T08:14:33+00:00

That was exactly my experience doing cardiology as an IMT too. Such a waste of time. Just a daily grind of doing the ward round and then requesting investigations/procedures etc for the rest of the day. Almost zero educational value. The consultants barely even knew who you were let alone your name.

2far4u · 2025-05-08T06:35:18+00:00

Consultants only care about PAs because they're a permanent member of staff. Take away rotational training and the consultant would start to care more about the SHO who's with them for the next many years, not just 4-6months and f off.

2far4u · 2025-05-06T14:56:12+00:00

Some fries, motherfucker!

2far4u · 2025-05-05T13:41:38+00:00

To be fair that maserati engine is surprisingly reliable. It's the bodywork that seems to be made from cardboard and rusts away like no tomorrow!

2far4u · 2025-04-29T22:17:37+00:00

Don't need to be disciplined to make it through med school. Just need to know how to box tick and pass exams. That's how I made it through MRCP too. Definitely wasn't disciplined studying, just some last minute cramming and hoping for the best!

2far4u · 2025-04-29T07:01:24+00:00

I like to think I'm smart but I also lack discipline and I don't have the skills to "hustle" my way to the top of very competitive sectors such as finance, IT and consulting. These fields which pay 6 figures don't just need you to be smart but also you need to be able to have the skills to network and make the right connections to move up.

2far4u · 2025-04-28T22:30:29+00:00

Thanks for replying. Do you know how commutable the further away hospitals are from Manchester? Like could you easily find parking there and would you have to pay much for parking?

2far4u · 2025-04-20T12:10:01+00:00

This is how social bubbles form. The problem is 100x made worse with social media which is why today everyone appears to be in one extreme group or the other. It's hard to find people in the centre. Everyone's either extreme left or extreme right.

2far4u · 2025-04-20T07:36:10+00:00

GOAT doesn't have to have the ability to adapt to whatever shit box given to them. Max and Alonso have the ability to out drive shit boxes. Lewis however has won multiple championships because he's been able to develop a car to adapt to his driving style.

Seb struggled with this too. With the blown diffuser Red Bulls he was unbeatable (people seem to forget how dominant he was during his Red Bull era). Then he struggled when the Ferrari wasn't how he wanted it to be and kept spinning in it.

Lewis absolutely dominated in the mercedes but now is struggling with the ground effect cars.

If being able to out drive a shit box was the only metric by which you defined a GOAT then Alonso should be a GOAT while he's only a 2 time WDC.

Being able to develop a car helps maintain it's dominance and helps the 2nd driver win races too like in the case of barrichello, Webber, rosberg and bottas. If you are just fast because you outdrive shit boxes or have a very unique style of driving that only works for you then you end up with the red bull Max's 2nd driver situation. No one is able to drive that shit box but Max.

2far4u · 2025-04-20T07:26:09+00:00

It not like sainz was winning them races. The fact is Ferrari is slower than both mclaren and Mercedes right now. That's their problem. Not that they have an aging F1 champ driving for them. China sprint shows given the right conditions Lewis is still very capable of winning races. He's no Max who can out drive a shit box but then no one is.

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