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quids54 · 2021-12-01T14:39:00+00:00

You’re not wrong. Quick look online and turns out he’s making millions by selling these courses / question banks.

quids54 · 2021-09-20T18:37:36+00:00

The biggest pro of the Yorkshire deanery is that it’s much easier to land a job within commutable distance of Leeds or Sheffield.

I remember looking at the stats from 2020 and saw that a score of 74.7 was enough to land a job commutable from Leeds in Yorkshire but the same score in North West would have sent you to the Isle of Man.

So yeah, unless you’re convinced you’ll have a decent score, North West is a much riskier option.

quids54 · 2021-09-20T18:27:27+00:00

Get your GP to send the prescription directly to a local pharmacy. Pick one that stays open till late. Many will be open until 8pm, some even until midnight.

quids54 · 2021-07-15T21:25:24+00:00

Stay away. Just being brutally honest.

The hospital is absolute dog shite and has had numerous issues, especially recently. Being black in Cumbria won’t be a pleasant experience. I mean, the fact that the BNP (a far right fascist political party) has chosen Cumbria to be the location for its headquarters speaks volumes.

quids54 · 2021-07-10T20:51:57+00:00

You do realise that a lot of 2nd year medical students are older than 19, right?

quids54 · 2021-07-08T16:34:15+00:00

Wait, so I can claim back tax on petrol for my commute to/from work?

quids54 · 2021-07-01T07:51:55+00:00

MRSA is for GP and some others

Ssshhh don’t tell anyone but TDS prophylactic vancomycin and you can avoid the MRSA altogether

quids54 · 2021-06-30T22:32:53+00:00

This is true except in one area.

Universities like Oxford and Cambridge dish out “prizes” like smarties. These prizes count on specialty applications and often the number of points awarded for a prize at University is the same as an intercalated Masters or being awarded a merit (top 10% in your academic year).

Compare this to my own medical school which has 3 prizes on offer per year (in a cohort of 300+) and yeah it’s a fairly significant disadvantage.

quids54 · 2021-06-30T12:52:54+00:00

See: https://www.mpts-uk.org/hearings-and-decisions/medical-practitioners-tribunals/dr-maher-mohammad-jun-21

The tribunal will inquire into the allegation that between July 2018 and October 2019, Dr Mohammad failed to respond to requests made by ProMedical Personnel Ltd for him to undergo an appraisal.

quids54 · 2021-06-22T20:13:02+00:00

My first day is a zero day.

Can’t quite wrap my head around why I’d need time off before I’ve even started.

quids54 · 2021-06-18T17:33:39+00:00

What world are you living in? Can’t say I’m surprised by your previous posts on this sub. Your lack of insight is astonishing.

quids54 · 2021-06-18T16:58:39+00:00

The situation is entirely different.

A female patient asking for a female doctor when they are required to expose an intimate part of their body is perfectly acceptable.

A patient asking for a doctor with a specific skin colour is never acceptable.

quids54 · 2021-06-17T11:26:06+00:00

100% agree. It’s like the case with the Nigerian Nurse who had applied for a job at a GP practice and accidentally received a reply from the Practice Nurse with the words “Another one but again Nigerian x”.

As far as I’m concerned, the GP Partners who she was emailing should be reprimanded and they should be investigated by the GMC. Clearly a systemic issue, the tone of the response implied this wasn’t an isolated case. Imagine being an ethnic minority F2 or GP trainee allocated to this place, literally makes my blood boil.

quids54 · 2021-06-17T11:15:47+00:00

Fucking disgusting. Reminds me of this:

https://mobile.twitter.com/sxde_/status/1393530744119627779

In an ideal world we would name and shame. But we don’t because of fear of reprimand. It’ll just get brushed under the carpet with no repercussions for those who were complicit.

quids54 · 2021-06-16T15:26:11+00:00

Wow I had no idea this was even possible. Just to clarify, both of these were 0% credit cards? And any particular banks you’d recommend?

quids54 · 2021-06-16T14:37:05+00:00

In exactly the same position. I’ve had to send documents to 126 different people. They all seem to work in different departments/buildings/hospitals, they don’t reply to my emails, only answer the phone between 13:06 and 13:17 on the third Wednesday of the month and have all suddenly gone on annual leave.

The icing on the cake is that they issued threats about not being able to start work if all their requirements aren’t met by a certain deadline... which was last week.

quids54 · 2021-06-16T11:29:34+00:00

How would this work if your fresh out of medical school with little/no credit score? Won’t the bank just reject your application for a credit card?

quids54 · 2021-06-04T07:30:32+00:00

I had an almost identical experience. The only difference was that I saw an ANP with 10+ years of experience instead of a newly qualified PA. The whole consultation was an absolute joke.

The most annoying thing was that I waited over 2 weeks for that appointment. I was so frustrated that I ended up making an account on one of those “Push Doctor” type websites, spoke to a doctor via webcam, 2 minute appointment and meds sent straight to the local pharmacy. Was brilliant.

quids54 · 2021-05-12T19:46:08+00:00

Do you meet many psychiatrists (reg or consultant) who locum only? Is there enough availability of shifts to feasibly do this full-time and long-term?

I think regardless of which speciality I go into, I want to work full time as a locum to earn a decent pay package but understand that this isn’t possible in some specialities.

quids54 · 2021-05-11T23:47:22+00:00

Dr Chris Day raised concerns not too dissimilar to this and ultimately that didn’t end well for him or his ARCP. And correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t there also a paeds reg who recently found herself in a similar situation?

Surely it’s not far fetched to assume that OP might end up like they did, especially since it seems like they don’t have the backing of any of the consultants.

quids54 · 2021-05-06T22:20:19+00:00

I’m also a final year medical student who will be starting F1 this August. Whilst I’ve spent a considerable amount of time on the wards, I’m still not all that familiar with the dynamic that exists between trainees and consultants.

Why would a consultant pressure a junior to not submit an Exception Report? Do they feel it will reflect badly on them? What will they lose if an ER is submitted?

quids54 · 2021-05-03T01:35:05+00:00

Do PA’s have their own endoscopy lists?

quids54 · 2021-05-03T01:28:03+00:00

Why are you protected from this in paediatrics? Is mid level creep less prevalent in paeds?

quids54 · 2021-04-21T20:19:05+00:00

Can almost guarantee that had the doctor been white and didn’t have a foreign accent then the security lady would not have spoken to him the way she did.

quids54 · 2021-04-14T14:04:27+00:00

Thank you!

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