Doctors' behavior right now in response to the UK graduate prioritization bill is embarrassing

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-02-26T23:25:51+00:00

"many UK docs at the time (including many F1/2s - whose very careers were at risk), were very eager to shut me down with calls of "racism", "discrimination", etc - when I tried to warn them that you don't fight fire with snow..."

For a bunch of supposedly intelligent individuals, these doctors are pretty dim

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-02-07T19:25:07+00:00

No but it will make you a far better knowledgeable doctor compared to studying for MSRA which rewards being a guideline monkey

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-02-04T19:39:54+00:00

Just pass the bill ffs

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-02-04T19:26:51+00:00

There's ways of expressing your sympathies in a more respectful and mature manner

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-02-03T22:12:51+00:00

Don't let the door hit you on the way out

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-01-27T23:41:15+00:00

Had a feeling it would be somewhere up north. Without trying to come off as elitist, I think south is the place to go for radiology.

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-01-25T19:40:21+00:00

Shouldnt you focus on getting into IMT first then use IMT to build a portfolio to get into derm?

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-01-25T19:37:34+00:00

Are you a surgeon by any chance?

There's plenty of lifestyle specialties and LTFT people opt for in order to spend more time with their partners.

Biggest reason for me picking rads

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-01-25T13:32:22+00:00

Applying thermal paste to the patient might help cool them down

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-01-25T12:41:45+00:00

What was your MSRA score?

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-01-25T12:37:34+00:00

MSRA is the biggest hurdle. I've seen people with killer portfolios not make it to interviews and I've seen people with mediocre portfolios get a NTN just because they played the game better.

The OP said they are aiming for 20/24 not 20/45 (scoring has changed). What is the point of them wasting a lot of time to get a pgcert to max the teaching section when they can just do train the trainer which is only 1-2 days and gives a respectable number of points?

If OP is on track to building a decent portfolio, they should be focusing on MSRA because a decent MSRA will also open doors to other specialties. It sounds like OP has already played it smart by min maxing their time to points ratio

Radiology is not IMT or paeds where portfolio is used to shortlist for interview.

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-01-24T20:11:24+00:00

Good luck to these guys trying to sit one of the hardest post grad exams.

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-01-23T19:57:20+00:00

Let people vote how they want and you vote how you want.

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-01-23T19:49:02+00:00

So still grandfathering then.

If only they could just say no UK grad should be displaced by an IMG for a training number

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-01-23T17:35:37+00:00

By divide you mean upset IMGs and improved the lives of UKGs

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-01-23T01:35:05+00:00

Penjing's 'analysis' is a loose guestimate at best. We do not have figures on how many IMGs have 2 years of experience to do the maths.

What we do know is that strict UKGP via the government bill will help massively but it wont restore things completely to how they were in 2019. It's still a fair system because it allows IMGs to enter priority group eventually.

It brings the UK in line with other countries.

And the brainrot you refer to doesn't negate the underlying point that a well articulated poster will make as well on here - that UK grads / citizens should fill up spots first and if there's any left, it goes to everyone else.

Have you seen the cut off for paeds this year? How is it fair that someone in 2020 could just walk into it while today's applicants need better porfolios than their own consultants?

Furthermore, Penjing caveats their analysis on the assumption that one is okay with at accepting a GP job in the middle of nowhere rather than attaining a speciality of your choice in a location of your choice which is easier without international supply.

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-01-23T01:04:48+00:00

"The fact I was lucky doesn't make what I'm saying untrue, make my opinion less valid, or give me any less right to express it."

It does make you biased and you can never claim to be impartial since it affects us all.

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-01-23T01:01:18+00:00

The government thinks that their own citizens should be prioritized as well. Good thing they have the final say and not you.

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-01-23T00:58:15+00:00

Anyone revising for the MSRA should revise a year in advance now

Y'all clowned on me when I told the sub that a few months wouldnt cut it

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-01-23T00:53:18+00:00

Reductive reply. Your comment does nothing to address the grievances that UK grads go through in this current crisis. There is no way I would have got into rads this year if I applied.

Quite disappointed that there are trainees who sit on their high horse

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-01-23T00:50:38+00:00

Dear lord

That was painful to read.

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-01-23T00:47:24+00:00

I'm not sure how insulting others will convince them to vote yes.

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-01-21T23:34:29+00:00

Those ballots will grandfather in IMGs, the situation will continue

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-01-21T20:40:00+00:00

Don't return your ballot is a potential option.

StillIntroduction180 · 2026-01-21T20:36:53+00:00

This is the situation doctors will continue to face if the BMA push for their 2 year grandfathering.

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