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Trainee Talk
You'll all know that in the first couple of weeks, apart from getting to grips with a new hospital, new culture, new colleagues and whole new specialities, it's also the time to build relationships with new supervisors.
I had the chance to get to know one of my new supervisees, Dr Phien Vo, South Thames F2 in T&O (@STFS1) at our Initial Educational Supervisor's Meeting. Here's Dr Phien Vo with Mr Monk (@jonny_monk) and here's what we talked about:
Phien: "the first couple of days of T&O were a bit overwhelming, finding out where we had to be and what we had to do. Once the Service Plans* started that really helped a lot, giving us specific teams and roles and we now all really know what we're doing and what our responsibilities are.
"The staff are all really nice and the nurses have been so friendly, helping with things like all the new codes - everything seems to have a code!
"I've been really looking forward to the step up from F1 and in particular I want to experience theatres and scrubbing in. I have already been in clinic with Mr [Jon] Monk, he is so enthusiastic and such a great teacher. He's asked me back to his Fracture Clinic tomorrow and I'm really looking forward to that. I've already sent him a CBD!"
So terrific to hear from someone whose professed interest is a career in gastroenterology throwing herself into our speciality and taking every opportunity to learn new skills.
As surgical trainers, we're well aware that the majority of Foundation doctors assigned to us are 'conscripts' not 'volunteers'. It makes an enormous difference to us, especially to the quality and quantity of advice and teaching imparted, if we have trainees who engage & want to learn as many transferable skills as they can.
*Service Plan
We're trialling a new way of working in T&O harking back to the firm structure and traditional one-to-one training. A weekly plan gives every junior doctor a very structured week with opportunities to lead, have protected time in theatre and go to clinics. Early feedback is very encouraging: watch this space for updates on how it rolls out.
Surgeon of the Week
This week my education superstar is Orthopaedic Surgeon Arshad Khaleel, seen here with Sr Leyni Lugtu (she gets in on all the free hugs going around):
Arshad's enthusiasm for imparting knowledge is legendary. A trainer with unsurpassable energy, Arshad has been running the Chertsey FRCS Revision Course for 15 years and has supported the careers of a legion of South West Thames registrars. He is our research and audit project generator and publishing powerhouse and is my absolute most favouritest person to go National Selection interviewing with: here's our Leeds Thai restaurant selfie (Note to T&O colleagues: Chaophraya, it's totally brilliant and the single biggest reason to make the loooong trip to Elland Road to do the interviewing http://chaophraya.co.uk/)
Forthcoming Attractions
Since we're talking about our upcoming civil partnership with RSCH @royalsurrey, it seems appropriate to highlight local courses at the Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit (MATTU):
Basic Surgical Skills Course
Registrar Ready
Laparoscopic Suturing
Hand and Wrist FRCS Revision
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