There is increased awareness amongst the medical royal colleges of the challenges of returning to work after a long period away, and the need for this to be a structured, managed process.
After two amazing years at Southampton Neuro ICU and 50,000 miles on the clock, I am moving back to London to be closer to my girls. Thinking about succession planning for my post has allowed me to enthuse to the Wessex ICM trainees about how rewarding my job has been here.
Whilst revising for the Final FFICM viva, I found myself rather frustrated with the lack of suitable material to assist and direct my revision. I promised myself (perhaps rather foolishly) that, should I pass the FFICM on my first attempt, I would make it my mission to publish an SOE revision text book.
Outside of medicine my passion has always been in the arts, ever since I was a young girl and learnt various art forms from my Grandmother. Ever since then, art has become my escape and my solace outside of my day job.
We’re thrilled to be able to run WICMEL again for 2021 (application window closes 30 May.) We had 4 fabulous WICMEL fellows from our 2019 programme and we wanted to share their thoughts on the programme. In part one we’ll hear from Dr Caroline Ferguson and Dr Debbie Kerr.
My passion for aviation was born when I was little. Every August I used to watch a magnificent Harrier display in the North West Coast of Spain where I grew up.