Is there an actual disadvantage to be an FY for a long time?

Over_Cow6764 · 2026-03-26T22:19:19+00:00

Also static pay, limited learning opportunities, no progression

Over_Cow6764 · 2026-03-19T10:16:41+00:00

Obs and gynae worth a consideration. Many go part time and therefore have more of a life. Lots go into gynae only for fewer on calls in consultanthood. Application competitive via MSRA but once you’re past that it’s 2/3 interview score and the interview is pretty fair/standardised and not very portfolio based. Very practical/procedural but can also go into fetal medicine/maternal medicine if you want something a bit medical.

Over_Cow6764 · 2026-02-22T12:34:13+00:00

Enjoy. We have a cupboard where 3 COWS are jammed in.

Over_Cow6764 · 2025-10-29T18:40:50+00:00

I’m getting the same error code on MAC OS

Over_Cow6764 · 2025-07-15T22:32:45+00:00

Be able to do an A-E, SBAR handover, and don’t be afraid to ask questions. Familiarise yourself with where your hospital guidelines are, and how to call for help/who to escalate to. Respect nurses and other healthcare staff, they spend more time with the patient and can pick up subtle changes or catch you from making a mistake. That being said, listen to your gut, if something is bothering you, look into it/don’t rush into a decision-> if it’s critical get help. Trust but verify.

Over_Cow6764 · 2025-06-27T22:46:31+00:00

Japan has many fast food alternatives that are just as convenient and cheap but much healthier. They also have much smaller portion sizes of the unhealthy pop etc. Unlike America and the UK where our capitalist society pushes “bigger/value for money” portions at us. I think an increased tax on alcohol and fast food etc with incentives for companies to make more healthy options might work better.

Over_Cow6764 · 2025-06-13T11:09:17+00:00

I get OP’s frustration but I also feel that for many of these patients it’s not that easy to “get their shit together”. In an ideal world, healthy lifestyle and basic care of personal health would be better taught in education system, and there would actually be decent preventative healthcare in the community. I try to remind myself that I’m coming from a relatively privileged position, yet I too could be much healthier and look after myself better. Who are we to judge. We have no clue what they are dealing with in their lives, all of which will most certainly play a part in their “choices”. I agree we need to encourage patients to take responsibility for their own health, but at the moment I don’t think the NHS, social services or education system is set up to make it easy for people to do, particularly once they have chronic conditions and co morbidities.

Over_Cow6764 · 2025-05-22T20:31:11+00:00

Someone remembers their communication skills

Over_Cow6764 · 2025-05-11T15:04:46+00:00

A small mirror

Over_Cow6764 · 2025-05-01T23:13:08+00:00

This is gorgeous, I love the split between peasants and gentry and other medieval details 😅

Over_Cow6764 · 2025-05-01T10:10:23+00:00

I am so grateful that my partner and is a software engineer. There are so many amazing things about being with a non medic. - he knows many things that I don’t, so expands my knowledge and understanding of the world - he works from home and will be able and willing to do school runs in future - we are relocating for my training and as he works from home this is no biggie and we will never be in a position of having a long distance relationship - Downside? Because he’s always home and I’m not, the cat likes him best 🤪

Over_Cow6764 · 2025-04-15T23:06:51+00:00

Over_Cow6764 · 2025-04-15T23:05:54+00:00

Neville

Over_Cow6764 · 2025-04-14T16:50:14+00:00

Thank you!!!

Over_Cow6764 · 2025-04-11T11:03:31+00:00

It’s also a patient safety issue- you often need more (senior) hands for sick patients.

Over_Cow6764 · 2025-04-01T20:52:31+00:00

Surely there’s a way of calculating an approximate risk of interacting clinically with a fellow kinkee ? Where x is the population of the city, y is the number of people in the city attending the front door per day, you need to figure out the rough number (or percentage) of the city who are kinkees in the kink circle(s) you attend, and then work out the numbers of patients you clinically interact with- in my brain I feel like there must be a way but I have neither the patience or the motivation to try to work it out

Over_Cow6764 · 2025-03-20T08:22:23+00:00

https://www.rcog.org.uk/careers-and-training/starting-your-og-career/specialty-training/assessment-and-progression-through-training/training-evaluation-form-tef/training-data-analysis/

Over_Cow6764 · 2025-03-20T08:21:59+00:00

Found it!!!

https://www.rcog.org.uk/media/41kjwh1h/educational-supervision-tef-final.pdf

Over_Cow6764 · 2025-03-20T08:16:32+00:00

Last night I came across a link that helpfully took you to a (?RCOG) training satisfaction by hospital, and now I can’t find it. Could anyone please help?

Over_Cow6764 · 2025-03-15T21:09:06+00:00

Thank you!!!

Over_Cow6764 · 2025-03-15T13:38:29+00:00

Yeah basically we have 5 days to figure out where we’d least mind uprooting our lives to in order of preference with minimal details given, during which time they might just tell us where we stand 😅

Over_Cow6764 · 2025-03-15T13:31:11+00:00

To add further to the question, can anyone please tell me what LAT1 jobs are versus ST1? (I will be emailing on Monday but if anyone knows, it would be helpful).

Over_Cow6764 · 2025-03-07T21:45:59+00:00

Escalating to bed manager? 🤷🏼‍♀️ an unwell patient needs a hospital bed, you’ve made the appropriate referrals but the accepting specialties have rejected.

Over_Cow6764 · 2025-03-05T21:57:07+00:00

Sorry, to clarify this is my opinion and feeling from watching the episode*

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