It is a truth universally acknowledged that a short woman in possession of fluctuating curves must be in want of heels. […]
Junior doctors
Mark Lewis is working on his CV
With the Great Application Race slowing down to a halt, I wonder briefly if I’ll miss the continual compulsive checking of various deanery websites to confirm the closing dates and […]
Ann Donnelly: Synapses and syntax
I look around at four pairs of bright eyes, eager for knowledge, pens poised, and I gulp with nerves. In my post as clinical assistant in neurology, one of my […]
Bruno Rushforth: Blog 2
I’m starting an appreciation society. Not for the new batch of dedicated, keen consultants now facing the threat of shift-work or even redundancy; not for the put-upon middle grades caught […]
Mark Lewis and the Great Application Race
Week 1 Of the 2008 Great Application Race is Over! No one has any idea who holds the yellow jersey or even if there really is one to win at […]
Bruno Rushforth’s first blog
It’s that time of the year again: stroppy diktats from medical staffing about not working one minute past 5pm; developing RSI from scribbling in tiny boxes; and testing the very […]
Zarrin Shaikh: Small achievable targets
Happy new year all! Having spent every Christmas or New Year’s Eve since qualifying on call, I was consumed with guilt when I suggested to my supervisors that I was […]
No New Year’s resolutions for Mark Lewis
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a good festive season and is not feeling too bloated with over-indulgence! […]
Zarrin Shaikh’s first blog
It’s hard to discuss this year without mentioning Modernising Medical Careers. I was one of the unlucky members of “the lost tribe” that were stung very badly. I’m a clinical […]
Seasonal cheer (Mark Lewis)
Christmas, a time for giving and receiving, or of course, for night shifts. […]