One of the reasons so many people hate school and education is because of the lies that they were told when they were younger. They were told that keeping their head down and not speaking up was a good thing. They were told that they would be given a good job for the rest of their… Continue reading What’s It All For?
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Exams
Amiodarone - check LFTs, U&Es, TFTs, CXR before starting, then LFTs and TFTs every 6 months... 2nd month of life - DTaP/IPV/Hib, Men B, PCV, Rotavirus vaccination... T2DM diagnosis- symptomatic and fasting glucose >7.0, random >11.1 or HbA1c 48 (6.5%)... I don't think any doctor has ever looked back at exams and thought that it… Continue reading Exams
Innovation Is Dead
Just thinking about all those great scientists and doctors from the past is so inspiring! Just in the last 100 years we've created the vaccine for polio, sent humans to the moon, the range of medications we have has vastly increased and then there's IT - the Internet is, in my opinion the next industrial… Continue reading Innovation Is Dead
NHS Startup Part VIII – Approval
Getting approval from NHS England and the CCG for our software.
How To Destroy The NHS In Five Easy Steps!
Mr Hunt makes yet another appearance on my blog! :p So, I could spend my time ranting at/about Mr Hunt. There are plenty of reasons to do so. Yesterday he announced that he will be making doctors work for at least four years in the NHS after they graduate. Obviously, this is a really lame… Continue reading How To Destroy The NHS In Five Easy Steps!
NHS Hacks
What happens when clinicians working in the NHS collide with coders and software developers? Awesome stuff is what! That's the whole point of NHS Hacks - different fields working together in a "hackathon" to create a working prototype of an idea which could really improve patient care. The hackathon starts off with clinicians pitching an… Continue reading NHS Hacks
NHS Startup Part VII – Don’t Make Me Think
So I met with my software developers today and I think they've pretty much nailed it. It was actually really incredible, because I hardly gave them any direction in what I wanted the app to look like. I just told them what functionality I wanted in detail and told them to be as creative as they… Continue reading NHS Startup Part VII – Don’t Make Me Think
NHS Innovation Expo & Updates!
Sorry it's been a bit quiet around here guys! It's been really busy for the last couple of weeks! Essentially, I've got a lot of frogs in my bowl at the moment and I'm trying to make sure that nothing jumps out! I've been studying for an exam I will be doing in October. If… Continue reading NHS Innovation Expo & Updates!
It’s Messy
University was this: Patient comes in, you listen to them, you do some tests, you give them treatments and then you've fixed them. Real life is this: Patient comes in, they talk about things in a way that you can't understand (e.g. "it burns behind my knees all the time, except when I'm doing something),… Continue reading It’s Messy
Are We Going Around In Circles?
I was having induction at my new Family Practice a month ago. This was so I understood how the practice worked before I started seeing my patients on my own. Insanely insightful seeing all these patients go on their journey after being seen by the doctor. Doctors have to collect data and trial a lot of… Continue reading Are We Going Around In Circles?
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