Maryum.

High on chaye mostly.

[Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 @parthaskar]

If you are a medical graduate who HAS NOT yet come to the UK- and have done your medical degree abroad eg: India, Pakistan, Nigeria etc ?

Then I would seriously advise about thinking whether to pay @gmcuk your money for PLAB

If you do- please do so with clear understanding of what comes next.

Your chance of getting a speciality post is pretty low.

You may have to work for 2- maybe 5 years- (yet to be decided) when you are ready

That work will be doing what others don't want to do-in general- with low to nil opportunities of training and progression.

Anyone else suggesting so is mostly- lying.

I would ask @RCPhysicians @rcgp @AoMRC @gmcuk to clearly advertise that- rather than exploit for money

If you want to come to the UK for work as a doctor?
Do so fully informed.

NB:

The above is not the fault of local graduates- but squarely down to @NHSE_WTE making a mess of training and enough places- along with GMC for keeping PLAB running at full tilt- while also supporting lesser trained professionals doing roles & jobs of doctors.

The focus has been to reduce dependence of foreigners - yet doing so on the cheap- both financially and training wise- the impact of which falls on the population.

@Garethiacobucci via @bmj_latest reports:

https://t.co/NN96FP49Ou

#NHSFacts

[Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 @parthaskar]

September

Bring me a bit of respite.

From the sudden bursts of emptiness, the constant aching and intermittent feeling of any brightness.

Bring me days when it hurts less.

Please.

[gaurav @gaxrav]

moved to a new city with 23 kg suitcase and a sandwich my mom made. refused to bring it at first, felt like extra weight.

first night, alone and hungry, tiny room, no idea where to get food. found that squashed little sandwich, enjoyed every bite of it, fell asleep with a smile.

[Ur1stMedMemePlug @ur1stmemeplug]

"You behind, interpret this ECG result"

[Ann L. Jennerich, MD MS ATSF @aclong111]

One of the funniest things said to me in fellowship was when a group of us were catastrophizing about failing an epidemiology exam for our master’s degrees.

An ID fellow quietly said:

“Yeah, that would be the worst. Then you’d just be… a pulmonary critical care doctor.”

A perfect reminder that academic medicine can make already-accomplished people feel like they are always one missed benchmark away from failure.

[Anita Leirfall @anitaleirfall]

Laptop students typed almost word for word, capturing more total content but processing almost none of it as they went, while the handwriting students physically could not write fast enough to transcribe a lecture in real time, forcing them to decide what actually matters…

[Shycollie @shycollie]

@Papa_Heme There’s always two experts in the room, one is an expert on the disease and treatment the other is an expert on her values, life goals, and risk tolerance. The two experts have to make a plan together that works

[Heisenberg ⚕️ @augsby]

The best medical students don’t always make the best doctors.
Memorising textbooks doesn’t teach you how to sit with a frightened patient.
How to read a room. How to hear what isn’t being said.
Medicine is an art wearing a science uniform.

[naina @shutupnaina]

you know the nap is gonna be good when the ac is at 22 and the room looks like this

[Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 @parthaskar]

When- as a specialist- you see a patient who says something negative about their GP?

Don't smile and go along with it.
Explain why it's difficult for GP to give them the access and care they need

And how we work to a narrow area of expertise compared to the broad area they do.

Times are tough enough- and the least we can all do?
Is help our own doctor colleagues.

Just a personal view.

[Trudy Wu, MD @TrudyWuMD]

Incredibly touched by this. Please take a minute to read today. An important message for physicians everywhere

[Dr. Rawan Hamamreh @HamamrehRawan]

Medicine teaches you empathy, then systematically destroys it.

[Jonathan @jabberwock951]

YES. The NHS schedules so much stuff over lunch.

I don't want to attend an MDT. I don't want to have teaching or go the resident doctor's forum. I don't want to talk to anybody. Don't make me eat lunch in my car, because I will.

[Saf @DaftSaf]

Whoever decided med students need to do research to be doctors need to publicly shamed

[αdil @ixadilx]

Become so used to unqualified people leading our country that discovering Iran's leaders are well educated and skilled in diverse fields feels genuinely surprising.

[Syeda Laila Jaffri 🇵🇰 @Mohtermalaila]

The Iranian government should be appreciated for the way it took up the case of the children of Minab. It also kept their sacrifices in mind during negotiations, and even came to the talks wearing black clothing to represent mourning and to honor the children’s sacrifices.

[Jenni @hashjenni]

I don’t think people around the world realize how bad the attack on Lebanon was today. It’s BAD. Like 9/11 BAD. Hospitals are overflowing and do not have enough blood. We still don’t know what the death toll is.
This is TERRORISM. Pure and Simple.
April 8. Never forget.

[A.Y.O @YusufAsunmogejo]

Hello Lola, I am a Muslim, and our spiritual tradition has a very deep approach to raising children. I want to share some tips from our scholars that will be beneficial to you regardless of your faith.

First of all, our theology teaches the concept of Fitrah. This means that every child is born with a pure heart. At six years old, she is not a criminal mastermind. She does not have a wicked soul.

If she doesn’t have all these, then what is happening? The truth is that she is just lacking impulse control and testing boundaries. By this, if you look at her as a manipulator, you will fight her. However, if you look at her as a pure soul making mistakes, you will be able to guide her.

Secondly, for every problem anyone faces today, it has been solved in history. The only problem is how to locate them.

A classical scholar named Al-Ghazali wrote about child psychology over 900 years ago in his famous book “Ihya Ulum al-Din.” In his section on disciplining children, he gave a practical rule I want you to adopt going forward.

He advised that parents should never push a child into a corner where they are forced to lie. When you ask a question you already know the answer to, her survival instinct kicks in. She cries and she lies to defend herself because she is scared of you. Stop interrogating her. Just look at her and state the fact. Say, I know you took this, and we are going to return it right now.

Again, another scholar and sociologist Ibn Khaldun addressed this exact behavior in his masterpiece titled: “Al-Muqaddimah.” He warned that when a child is raised with harsh punishment, they learn deceit, trickery, and lying to protect themselves. This is why she is covering her tracks and crying to manipulate you. The fear of a harsh reaction is making her a better liar.

Lola, do not attach a label to her. Do not ever call her a thief. If you attack her identity instead of her action, she will internalize it and grow into that dark label. Tell her the action is wrong but protect her dignity.

Make her return the item. Do not fall for the tears. Hold her hand, walk her back to wherever she took it from, and make her hand it back and apologize. The discomfort of returning a stolen item teaches a much better lesson than beating her will ever do.

Finally, I don’t know if you are a Muslim, but never underestimate the power of your own words. In our faith, we believe the prayer of a parent for a child goes straight to God without any barrier. Pray over her. Pray for her heart to be content and for her character to be straight.

Keep doing this consistently and the habit will break.

Allah knows best.