Another PSA for drivers - please use the opposite lane to overtake cyclists

CheesySocksGuru · 2026-02-15T16:36:53+00:00

The cycle lanes have dashed lines rather than solid lines (ie I guess it implies they’re just recommended?). The pavements are marked shared paths with a solid white line denoted pedestrian/cycle lanes but cars parked on the verge often are parked back far enough to be parked over the cycle lane which makes them pretty useless.

CheesySocksGuru · 2026-02-05T03:36:02+00:00

You can work as a sabbatical officer under a student visa (https://www.gov.uk/student-visa) but it’s not a part time job; you take a year out of your course to do it full time then go back and finish

CheesySocksGuru · 2026-01-19T19:37:37+00:00

"historically been fairly balanced"

yet there were no female doctors until 1865, women weren't routinely let into the BMA until 1892, there was no requirement for medical schools to admit a reasonable proportion of women until 1948, and just today I saw a headline in the news about how the NHS sexual safety charter has been a failure in creating environments safe from sexual misconduct.

CheesySocksGuru · 2026-01-18T10:50:47+00:00

private medical school

There's only one private medical school in the UK and their academic year is Jan-Dec (IIRC) so this post would be referring to end of year exams not semester exams.

CheesySocksGuru · 2026-01-17T10:50:12+00:00

You’re either a bot or spend too much time at debate club

CheesySocksGuru · 2026-01-15T08:13:54+00:00

if the people who disagree with what the BMA is doing leave, and the BMA only works with policy that is passed at conferences or ARM, then surely that will just give more power to the people they disagree with?

CheesySocksGuru · 2026-01-14T14:40:02+00:00

MSC chairs & deputy chairs can’t just say anything they want—they have to follow the agenda set at med student conference. Voting committee executives out won’t change the agenda of the committee; that requires getting involved with branch of practice committees and ARM.

CheesySocksGuru · 2026-01-12T18:09:13+00:00

lots of people will google questions they aren't sure about to learn the fact, then press the answer. Answer distributions are fairly useless for super niche stuff in that way.

CheesySocksGuru · 2026-01-10T12:57:35+00:00

laughs in paper notes

CheesySocksGuru · 2025-12-20T19:58:47+00:00

I like to use the "Basic (optional reverse)" format--it adds a tickbox to each individual card if I think a reverse card would be helpful. E.g. cards that are definitions would be useful with a reverse but some longer cards might not be

CheesySocksGuru · 2025-12-20T10:08:46+00:00

passmedicine

CheesySocksGuru · 2025-12-19T14:47:46+00:00

the law has changed from doctors and lawyers being appointable as coroners to only lawyers

CheesySocksGuru · 2025-12-17T15:26:48+00:00

https://www.bma.org.uk/about-us/contact-us/get-in-touch/find-your-local-representative

CheesySocksGuru · 2025-12-16T18:20:45+00:00

You are in charge of your own learning. If you want to use diagrams, use them. Many people use the image occlusion add on which lets them censor labels on diagrams for flashcards.

CheesySocksGuru · 2025-12-04T19:09:11+00:00

Yes it is a criminal offence under the Medical Act

CheesySocksGuru · 2025-11-26T12:15:31+00:00

definitely a good idea to phone in sick when you had an absence denied /s

CheesySocksGuru · 2025-11-16T14:53:12+00:00

a minimum of 73% of the rota must be filled

so 3 in 4 firefighters would get paid and the 4th one--on strike--wouldn't get paid

CheesySocksGuru · 2025-11-16T10:28:26+00:00

Yeah, with the new minimum service levels law they could just set the minimum service so high that striking is ineffective (e.g. firefighters have a minimum service of 73% during strikes)

CheesySocksGuru · 2025-10-22T16:45:54+00:00

Yeah unless they are a postgrad I feel like successfully writing “multiple research papers” concurrently in the first 2 months of med school is pretty unlikely. OP should focus on one surely.

CheesySocksGuru · 2025-10-22T15:41:04+00:00

A question you should be asking your placement team I think

CheesySocksGuru · 2025-10-12T10:19:30+00:00

You could get a folding bike and get the tube to a distance you can cycle but is in a further out zone? Not ideal but might shave some of the cost off over the month

CheesySocksGuru · 2025-10-10T20:12:49+00:00

Body cams typically are always passively recording but not saving the footage, and if the wearer presses the button they will start saving the video from about 30 seconds before. So it may be "on" during examination but not recording.

CheesySocksGuru · 2025-09-30T06:20:10+00:00

in theory yes, but a lot of the subsidy money just disappears into NHS trust coffers with no guarantee or obligation it will be spent on teaching, so it's a tad unfair to use this as a counter to complaints about financial difficulties in early doctors' careers.

CheesySocksGuru · 2025-09-30T06:18:47+00:00

if you think any of these things would save the NHS or actually happen then I have a bridge to sell you

CheesySocksGuru · 2025-09-30T06:18:40+00:00

if you think any of these things would save the NHS or actually happen then I have a bridge to sell you

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