Category: Humans of the Foundation Programme
On call: panic mode activated
Profoundly dreading my first on-call, that also happened to be my first-ever shift as a doctor. I couldn’t help but […]
Starting F1 as an IMG: A Journey of Growth
Starting F1 can only be described as wonderfully terrifying and terrifyingly wonderful. Add to that the experience of being an […]
Redefining Progress: My Less Than Full Time (LTFT) Foundation Journey
Having my daughter in my final year of medical school was arguably one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. […]
A Sharp Scratch
You’re going to feel a sharp scratch – don’t Worry about a thing. I’m a professional, I do this every […]
The First Daffodils of Spring: Confirming Death as an FY1
When faced with death one enters this mental space of uninhabited neutrality; Perhaps it’s a form of protection or perhaps […]
Meeting local people through music
14 years ago at age 10 I attended a local brass band concert and was truly inspired, ever since then, […]
FY1 Diary Entries
Entry 1 I sat alone in the doctor’s office staring wryly at the ugly, part- broken bleep I had placed […]
Language, History, and Art. My non-medical side of a doctor’s life
Throughout my artistic career, I have dedicated myself to portraits. was interested in the human form, especially facial expressions. However, […]
What the *****
Medical school is like cycling with stabilisers. On-call shifts are like taking off those stabilisers and being expected to ride […]
Nightshift
Poem The world becomes quiet The moon retires the sun, Yet the hospital is humming The night shift has begun. […]