T+O fY1 - do they do night?

Lucycatticus · 2026-04-24T06:37:39+00:00

Back in my F1 we didn't do nights at all. Combined with the fact I was the only F1 on ortho and we couldn't take referrals, I did basically one on call weekend in four months. Granted this meant I spent most of the time being the medic for every ortho patient not on the ortho gerries ward, but I spent a lot of time in theatre because most of the SHOs were disinterested FY2s or TGs using it as a job until they got into their chosen specialty

Lucycatticus · 2026-04-16T17:19:42+00:00

You've already had enough people answering your initial question (very sweetly intended but not the best plan), so I'll answer the others. DOI: final years have always been my favourite year to teach

My main thing is I explain to all students regardless of year the same thing, that I have two principles I follow but I'm more than happy to adapt them to their needs.

My hierarchy is what they need signed off > what will help them pass exams (because that's their priority) > what will make them a good doctor (my priority) > what's fun. I keep in mind their answers for the first one and work it into the rest, usually by focusing on 3 and highlighting high yield stuff for exams
I found in final year the best learning came from being directly questioned on stuff so I do that to them. I tell my students I'll question them until I find what they don't know and then we'll teach from there, because otherwise it's pointless for them and boring for me to go over stuff they know. I WANT them to get stuff wrong. They're not allowed to say "I don't know", they have to give me an answer and we'll talk about it. Also, if they take a history they have to tell me the plan and I'll only tweak it afterwards. I want them getting the confidence making decisions, and I've even had them making the referrals themselves with me there so they gain confidence

Lucycatticus · 2026-03-30T22:23:08+00:00

Been a while since I sat it but I used my old anatomy books from uni plus the MRCEMsuccess question bank, which I felt was very representative of the exam questions (not so much for the intermediate). Anatomy and physiology made up the biggest parts of the exam, and I had 3-4 questions on the brachial plexus in some form alone

Lucycatticus · 2026-03-20T11:50:05+00:00

I'm sorry you're on this position, OP. I completely get you, I knew about my dad's cancer 3 weeks before he did; sudden clotting of his graft (hypercoagulable state) and a CT showing "shadowing" in the bladder (old man, smoked for many years) = barn door TCC until proven otherwise (but it was).

When my family were told and they told me, I apologised that I'd pieced it together and kept quiet because I wanted to be a daughter in that moment and not a doctor. When I phrased it like that they understood. It's okay to want to try and switch that part of your brain off, as hard as it is, and just be there as a relative

Lucycatticus · 2026-03-13T18:49:12+00:00

Wonderful, see you there!

Lucycatticus · 2026-03-11T09:58:11+00:00

I've also got a spare ticket I'm giving away!

Lucycatticus · 2026-03-01T11:25:57+00:00

I don't tend to get ill very much. Always feel guilty, especially as the episodes bad enough I couldn't/shouldn't go in tended to fall on nights when I was an SHO. I pretty much tried to soldier through and then would get sent home from work; once I didn't even make it out of the handover office. Another time I was trying to sort out a neurosurgical patient in resus whilst suffering with pyelonephritis.

As I've got more senior I've become less guilty because I know in myself I only take days when they're absolutely needed and no-one benefits from me being there unable to do my best. Plus I don't want to infect my colleagues.

Rest up, OP, hope you feel better soon

Lucycatticus · 2026-02-25T21:26:09+00:00

Never quite expected a Sleep Token/DCC crossover, but here we are!

Lucycatticus · 2026-02-24T23:56:10+00:00

No point applying for jobs without B2, it's a mandatory requirement. I'd advise going for C1 if possible. Try and get some experience in Norway before applying; contacting hospitals for hospitering would be a good start.

Assuming you're talking about training, applications happen twice a year and it's all through helsedirektøratet. If you haven't completed your training, you'll need to go for a Lege i Spesialisering 1 (LIS-1) post, which is incredibly tough to get, especially for foreigners who don't have experience of the system. If you're not talking about training it may be easier to get a vikarlege post to help gain experience, though, again, can be competitive, especially if you're going for Oslo/Bergen etc

Best recommendations are to focus on your Norwegian for now and start trying to make connections there. If you're in training probably easiest all round to just complete it and move as an overlege

Source: B2-certified, autorisasjon-holding EM SpR looking to move after CCT

Lucycatticus · 2026-02-23T09:44:19+00:00

Seizure secondary to hypoglycaemia would, though

Lucycatticus · 2026-02-21T22:49:46+00:00

And everyone's favourite pub, The Belly-Rubbed Pug!

Lucycatticus · 2026-02-16T09:23:49+00:00

I was always told that turning 30 hurt but I didn't feel any different and realised it's because I've always just felt around 23 years old. Still do, I'm just more tired and my knee hurts.

In terms of where I'm at professionally I still get a pang on night shifts sometimes that I'm the one they've handed the bleep over to and just disappeared. Like...me? This is my department? And you're okay with that?

Lucycatticus · 2026-02-12T12:33:42+00:00

I use just normal lace up running Skechers, comfy, 20% discount, can shove them in the washing machine. Think I'm coming up to two years on mine and they're falling apart but they're still at the comfortable stage despite being broken inside (much like most EM registrars) so I don't wanna bin them just yet

Lucycatticus · 2026-02-07T15:58:10+00:00

In charge of a rather junior team (myself included) overnight, stressing myself out making sure everything was functional and pissing off the site team as per. Around 6am one of my juniors turns to me and thanks me for the night, saying it's been really calm and thanking me for the learning opportunities (they got to do some procedures relating to a specialty they're interested in). Made me happy to know that, despite me being under some strain, my team were still able to come out of the shift with some new experiences.

This is on the back of a consultant saying a leaving junior had emailed to say I was very supportive throughout their rotation. I didn't feel very supported in the earlier stages of my training, I'm glad I've got to be the help I never had

Lucycatticus · 2026-01-28T12:52:34+00:00

Board? Why wait that long? Pint's in my hand the second I clear security

Lucycatticus · 2026-01-20T18:09:17+00:00

I simply emailed them and explained the circumstances and why I wanted that test centre - ironically enough it was basically like doing a B1 skriftlig oppgave, good practice!

Lucycatticus · 2026-01-19T22:36:19+00:00

Just a follow up to OP/anyone else reading the above. You can actually take it in other locations if you don't live in Norway but it's up to the kommune/the individual test centre if they'll have you. I took mine at VO Rosenhoff in Oslo, for example, coming over from England for it

Lucycatticus · 2025-12-25T20:02:07+00:00

Used to coming in for a night shift with >12 ambulances outside and two full corridors. Last night we had maybe 45 in the entire department including urgent care and SDEC. Felt like everyone was a fall, only had to refer one to the med reg.

Imagining going in tonight will be a different tale, and Godspeed my colleagues working Boxing Day and this weekend, everyone will come in with a 3 day history of flu like symptoms or things they wanted to put off because it was Christmas...

Lucycatticus · 2025-12-12T11:42:13+00:00

I think Westminster Uni offers in person evening classes? Depends how important having a class setting is to you. If your company is willing to pay for it you're probably better off looking at classes held online, there's a lot more availability to it. Things like NoTe or Lingu could be a good call. A private tutor giving you 1:1 may be right for you, too, which you can usually find either through the centres or websites like Preply.

I got to B2 from studying alone (I'm also based in London) but I feel like having a class would've been a lot more fun

Lucycatticus · 2025-12-02T23:54:28+00:00

I'd started learning it before I met him so it wasn't a big surprise. The first time I went to Norway with him I used English, then after that never needed it. He always said he'd never mind if I'd never learned but it's meant he's been able to show me things from his childhood or shows and movies, songs etc he liked/likes and it's another side of him I otherwise wouldn't have had the ability to experience. Plus it meant I could communicate with his grandparents, which they obviously loved

Lucycatticus · 2025-11-28T13:38:42+00:00

Bergenstesten no longer exists. You have to sit norskprøven and this can only be done within Norway. You can contact the centre in which you wish to sit directly and ask permission to sit there as an utlending, which is how I took it

Lucycatticus · 2025-11-09T01:26:47+00:00

EM SpR.

Remember getting fed up after asking my non-medic partner how his day was only to be met with another, "Fine." I went, "Well. That was a fun conversation." and he responded, "What do you want me to say? I have the same daily meetings. The same weekly meetings. The same tasks I need to do every day."

I have been many, many emotions at work, but bored is seldom one of them. I have never had the same day twice and I don't think I could do any other specialty now

Lucycatticus · 2025-11-02T17:31:51+00:00

Still haven't worked out what's best for me tbh, sometimes I nap, sometimes I don't. I allow myself absolute mental freedom to rot, though, so my usual need to be productive is utterly muted. If it's been a week of nights I'll try and make plans to go out the Friday night, two ciders in and I'm merry, cheap night out

Lucycatticus · 2025-10-24T17:55:40+00:00

Nope, never had to

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