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April 2020

Improving Mentorship During the COVID Crisis.

21 April 2020

The Surgical Director and I have both provided blog entries recently regarding surgical training during the current COVID-19 crisis.  We all know that there is little, if anything, about daily life that hasn’t been impacted during these turbulent and tragic times.  As surgeons much of daily life is being focused on ‘service provision’ work that mig…

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Listening

14 April 2020

A surgical trainee saw a new patient and told me about a woman who was fit for surgery and had good targets. We returned to the consultation room together and I asked ‘What is troubling you at present?’ It was sad to hear this seventy-six-year-old lady presenting for coronary artery bypass surgery telling us that her husband has dementia and regula…

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Embracing the Change

1 April 2020

When I was asked to write a short blog and reflection by the Director of The Faculty of Surgical Trainers I spent some time considering how I might try and convey some positivity in regards to surgical training during the current COVID-19 crisis.  As with other areas of medicine and surgery that deal with the airway and respiratory system, we know …

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System Disruptions: 19th August 2017

Due to essential systems maintenance and upgrades there will be interruptions to some on-line services on Saturday 19th of August.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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