Catherine Ashton

Consultant Geriatrician / Periop Medicine with a keen interest in medical education. Big golden retriever fan.

[Catherine Ashton @CatherineAshton]

@TheEMboardround Didn’t do it so no personal experience but wish I had looked into it. You’ve got so much clinical experience, you can definitely afford to have a job that’s non-clinical in foundation. If you enjoy it, it will be a good stepping stone to future academia, if you don’t nothing lost

[Catherine Ashton @CatherineAshton]

@FourteenFish Please satisfy a curious group of Consultants and tell us how the name Fourteen Fish came about… 🙏🏼

[Adam Calthrop @TheEMboardround]

Does anyone have contact details for a rural generalist in New Zealand who would be willing to take an elective medical student next summer?

I’m asking around and prettymuch all of the urban hospitals do their electives via med schools who require £700 ish admin fees…

[Catherine Ashton @CatherineAshton]

@DoctorFitz I was just looking at X for some inspiration about how to make a clin gov talk, less dull. Here is the answer! 😂

[Catherine Ashton @CatherineAshton]

@becshakir @Sarahmillette1 @RCRadiologists @tomroques @DrStephenHarden @RemaJyothirmayi @BreastDocUK @OUHospitals Sorry for slow reply! I’ll DM you. I’ve been doing some work on this @OUHospitals thinking about how we improve IMG induction focusing on 4 main areas - settling in the UK, how the NHS works, working in the NHS (with focus on patient safety) and career progression for IMGs

[Dale Kirkwood (he/him) @KirkwoodDW]

This is such a beautiful articulation and defense of the EM doc from a Geriatrician.

The burnout data speaks for itself. Atleast on shift, no other speciality is working as hard as regularly. Be it day (except GPs) or nights. It's relentless. And often it verges on dangerous.

[Catherine Ashton @CatherineAshton]

@ShvaitaRalhan @Sarahmillette1 @ecpulford @kthwoodie

[Catherine Ashton @CatherineAshton]

Come and join us for a year ⁦@OUHospitals⁩ as a #periop fellow! As a previous fellow I promise that it’s an amazing opportunity, incredibly well supported and really fun! Applicants from any allied specialty considered (not just #geriatricmedicine)! https://t.co/VDkR57sJfZ

[Catherine Ashton @CatherineAshton]

Come and join us for a year ⁦@OUHospitals⁩ as a #periop fellow! As a previous fellow I promise that it’s an amazing opportunity, incredibly well supported and really fun! Applicants from any allied specialty considered (not just #geriatricmedicine)! https://t.co/VDkR57sJfZ

[Mohamed Draz @MSDraz]

If you have IMG doctors in your team

You need to read this

IMGs need more:
- Attention
- Help
- Support
- Empathy

Here is why:

[Catherine Ashton @CatherineAshton]

@AskPayPal @DevWriterBiggs @AskPayPal I am having same issue in UK. Not receiving authentication code via SMS. Never had this issue before and receiving SMS from others.

[Catherine Ashton @CatherineAshton]

@CharSquires Wow! I am super impressed!

[Joanna Poole 💙 (@jopodr.bsky.social) @Jopo_dr]

Not often a paper really
Stuns me but I’d not considered type 2 MIs etc perioperatively very significant (and routine trops a bit silly) but look at the differences in death and MACE at just one year!

[Sean Ninan @sean9n]

A short story in geriatrics. Why the GIRFT triple assessment matters. CFS, 4AT, NEWS. https://t.co/X4XSZMukSx

[Catherine Ashton @CatherineAshton]

@charlotte_tjh @celiagregson @Dr_Boabrahamsen All of our fragility fractures get 40000 units oral colecalciferol, once weekly for 7 weeks, regardless of site of fracture. If vit D levels ~40s then we try and recheck whilst IP, if discharge delayed waiting for care / rehab bed etc. Not heard of anywhere giving IM.

[Catherine Ashton @CatherineAshton]

@sarahmckel Woweeee! Super proud mum time!

[Catherine Ashton @CatherineAshton]

Come and join us!!

[Sarah Griffiths @sarahmckel]

Join our fab Geriatric Dept at OUH. Leadership job is live. 60% clinical, 40% non clinical for management, teaching, research or QI projects depending where your interest lies. Really lovely supportive bosses and wonderful colleagues in an expanding dept.
https://t.co/b91FjcYgL1

[Catherine Ashton @CatherineAshton]

Does anyone have experience of developing or participating in an IMG induction process in a UK hospital? Would be useful to hear experiences 🙏🏼 Please share!

[Charlotte Squires @CharSquires]

A bonus of working with older adults is often the amount of good life advice you often get by osmosis. This is lovely ❤️

https://t.co/S31iPLyVfZ