Aoife Duignan

Irish doctor in Scotland
Co-founder of @_MeFB

[Aoife Duignan @aeduignan]

@beckimarshRA @GaslingSarah @RCoANews Pros and cons. Often reduced travel costs, familiar, comfortable environment. Can disadvantage those without a quiet environment with good WiFi.

[Aoife Duignan @aeduignan]

@beckimarshRA @GaslingSarah @RCoANews It's often as expensive to run online exams due to need for lower ratios of invigilators to candidates. Usually run through external (costly) software, but allows demand for places to be met more achievably than physical centres.

[Aoife Duignan @aeduignan]

@CharSquires Yes. Toucan still in use...

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@CharSquires @sh_abbers Definitely used to happen to me too!

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@CharSquires @drlynnmccallum Mat did have a successful spell of that while naptrapped by a poorly toddler recently...but I think sleep deprivation was my limiting factor for productivity on mat leave!

[Aoife Duignan @aeduignan]

@DrJoBeswick Sainsbury's often have it in a world foods aisle.

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@bykatewomersley Yes! I wondered the same in Harrison Park today... Very much the opposite ratio in Dublin when I was little!

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@DrHelenHare @bykatewomersley Never heard of this before today!

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@HollyerMarcus Me too... I used to think there was a verb "to misle"...

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@DrHelenHare @ASTC108 @Doctor_Erin_ And there is a get out clause that some specialties use to insist on 100% OOH to maintain service cover. This can be useful for training or detrimental depending on your stage of training.

[Aoife Duignan @aeduignan]

@mancunianmedic @HugoResp It's clunky and often unintuitive. Every board has set it up and integrated local systems differently. Some aspects work well. Others less so. I've used a big US corporate version elsewhere and definitely preferred it.

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@LucyPearce13 @jupiterhouse1 @DanLasserson @lucypgeridoc @emmavardy2 Ah. Seems to be the backbone of the Scottish antibiotic formularies!

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@DrHelenHare @doctorrah @Valeria_Watt I had it happen too for a patient with a molar pregnancy. I think it's called the hook effect.

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@andrewpunton Usually months... Once over a year!

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@CharSquires @beans2er @djbeckett @arrowkmr @weeSAMScotland We had this in Newcastle too. It seemed to work well. I do think it probably works better as a supplement rather than replacing the main letter, however.

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@CharSquires I fainted in an OT clinic the last time I had my grip strength tested! Glad you had a much better outcome!

[Aoife Duignan @aeduignan]

@CharSquires Ooh, I've thought about this! I suspect he's going to sound Scottish though... Not necessarily a bad thing!