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As an FY1, you will be called to review patients who are hypoxic. Here we will discuss...
Ophthalmology provides a great deal of variety by combining medicine, surgery &...
Femoral puncture is typically used to acquire blood from a patient in an emergency...
As a junior doctor, you will often be called about patients with raised blood pressure...
Sutures are placed to aid with wound healing following a traumatic laceration or...
Ascitic aspiration (tap) is routinely performed for every patient admitted with ascites...
Expect many bleeps about hypotension from concerned nursing staff. It is a useful...
You may well be asked to take blood from a PICC line or be called to see a patient...
As the FY1, you will see patients with liver dysfunction either on the take or deranged...
As an FY1 you should not be expected to make decisions regarding treatment escalation...
These patients have the potential to become haemodynamically unstable extremely quickly;...
If the thought of conducting an intimate examination or attempting to wield (without...
As a junior doctor, you will frequently look after patients prior to and after their...
Whilst on call or in A&E you may be asked to assess somebody who is suspected...
AF is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia you will encounter. In this article,...
In this article, we cover the main ENT situations you are likely to encounter either...
FY3 refers to time spent out of training after completing the foundation programme...
Non-invasive ventilation is a way of providing ventilatory support to patients in...
This article is supplementary to the webinar on the same subject, which you might...
Serum calcium concentration is tightly regulated between 2.1-2.6mmol/L. Severe hypercalcaemia...
Dying is a natural process and unfortunately, something that we all come across in...
GP training is one of the most popular pathways. In this article, we discuss how...
A pneumothorax is defined as the abnormal collection of air between the visceral...
We asked on social media what your favourite podcasts were & these were rated...
As we all rotate so frequently between departments, many of us like to get our seniors...
Pancreatitis is a condition characterised by the inflammation of the pancreas. These...
Welcome to FY1. In your first few months, you will find your learning curve is steep...
As an FY1 it is likely that you will manage paediatric patients during their admission,...
What does your future hold? Have you thought of a specialty that you want to pursue?...
This article aims to give basic information on the assessment of dental trauma to...
In whichever specialty you work, you will encounter large numbers of patients with...
As a doctor, you may come across patients with complex airways. They should be found...
The Multiple Specialty Recruitment Assessment (MSRA) is a computer-based exam increasingly...
Overview of how much junior doctors earn with a broad range of salaries depending...
As gynaecology issues uncommonly present on the ward, many doctors have difficulties...
A lumbar puncture uses a fine needle inserted between the vertebrae in the lower...
A very quick guide to common issues prompting referrals to maxillofacial surgery...
In this guide, we’ll walk you through how to set up local, regional and national...
Junior Doctors in the UK are increasingly moving to Australia after FY1, for FY3...
The impact you have on yourself and the impact you have on people around you
Although...
Many FY2 doctors spend time in General Practice as part of the Foundation Programme....
INTRODUCTION
This article covers common gastroenterological presenting complaints...
Our referral cheat sheet is our most popular resource with over 50,000 downloads!...
We’ve created a pay calculator to help you better understand your salary, how...
Surgical training has a variety of work to get involved in as well as having many...
Anaesthetics is a very hands-on specialty. Day-to-day work will have a mix of practical...
As a doctor, you will frequently be called for a drowsy patient. They can vary from...
Balancing your workload as a junior doctor whilst teaching medical students effectively...
Scenario: You are bleeped by one of the staff nurses to review a patient on the orthopaedic...
Each month, your pay and any deductions will be summarised to you in the form of...
FY1s are usually most apprehensive about being on call, but it is also the shift...
On the one hand, you wear a Disney lanyard, with a pocket stuffed with stickers,...
Hyperglycaemia is something you will encounter frequently. In this article, we focus...
The deteriorating patient is often the worst nightmare for new FY1s. I remember...
With the recent removal of additional degrees counting for points towards all specialty...
Hyponatraemia (serum Sodium <135 mmol/L) is one of the most common electrolyte...
This article is about claiming tax relief on essential things for your job –...
Here’s a list of apps that are in order of how essential we find them. There’s...
Here we assume you know the basics, and instead we focus on the common pitfalls with...
Radiology is a very exciting and innovative field of medicine. Radiologists have...
In this article, we will look at more practical aspects of how to read an ABG and...
Do you have an interest in human behaviour? Did you go into medicine to speak to...
In this article, we discuss why you should apply to O&G training, how to build your...
