There is an awful lot written about the benefits of having a mentor and being mentored but I have seen less about the pros and benefits of being a mentor.
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.
I love Emergency Medicine, possibly not the most appropriate start to a FICM blog, but it is true. I love the variety, the pace, but most of all I love the people, be they patients or staff, and the teamwork.
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.
“I could take a look at that!” were the fateful words I uttered which led me and my colleagues on a journey of discovery into ICU follow-up and ultimately in us establishing a new service in our hospital.
I perhaps haven’t chosen to take the most straightforward route through training by having three children during the latter half but as I come into the home straight before CCT, I also don’t have any regrets.