I'm a second year GEM and this is genuinely the first time I've understood the types of shifts I can expect when F1 rolls around, in regards to normal day/ward cover/on call. 😂 I've asked a few times on placements and got vague answers but you explain things brilliantly. By far the best insight into medic life here in the sunny UK I've seen. Its a real niche area on UA-cam so keep up the videos, they're really good!
Ah thanks so much, I'm really glad you said that because when I was editing the video I very nearly edited that whole section out because I wasn't sure if it was just really boring listening to me tell you what hours I do haha. I was so confused about on-calls as well. No one tells you this stuff!! Basically it's any shift that isn't your normal working day. How is GEM going for you?
Fantastic video! I was a ward nurse for 7 years so it’s fascinating to see the doctor’s point of view. Especially interesting to see your jobs list. Can’t wait to be the one doing the bloods/cannulas and discharge letters instead of having to ask someone else to do them :)
Yes very different roles, in my ward / hospital anyway :) I was on an orthopaedic surgical ward but always with a fair amount of general surgery and medical borders too. A large part of the day as a nurse was doing the drug rounds and administering medications, and also providing personal care for the patients eg. Washing, dressing, toileting and mobilising, and taking observations, monitoring infusions, drains, catheters and removing as necessary. Also wound care / dressings, blood transfusions, co-ordinating admissions and discharges, ensuring adequate food and fluids going in for each patient and coming out the other end! talking to patients and relatives and answering queries, providing information and reassurance. Liaising with the other members of the multidisciplinary team to organise the input we wanted for the patient eg doctors (mainly junior doctors for discharge letters, cannulas, medication adjustments, or for help if the patient was deteriorating), physios, occupational therapists, pharmacists, social workers, speech and language therapists, phlebotomists, diabetes specialist nurse, pain team etc. I enjoyed it but never enough time to get everything done that you wanted to so would always miss breaks and stay late. Have since been a recovery nurse and practice nurse which I have preferred to ward nursing. But I’m happy I did it as it taught me so much!
Hi doctor. Sarah. Hope you are doing well. 3 months ago I lost a family member. Its devastating and hard to carry on. Watching videos. Helps me. You are such a. Caring person. Helping people. I am a subscriber and enjoy your content. Thanks.
Hi Dale, I am so terribly sorry for your loss. I hope you have good people around you that you can talk with. Losing someone close is incredibly hard to deal with. I'm glad you're finding some comfort and distraction in watching videos. I am taking a break at the moment but I will be back with more videos in a couple of months 😘
Thanks so much! I was wondering whether to even post this because I found it so boring to watch back because I felt like I was just at work again haha! What do you do day to day?
I'm a student mental health nurse in Scotland. Don't want to become a doctor, but it's interesting to see the perspective of the doctor in what you do!
Thank you for posting your experiences. I’ll be doing my F1 hopefully next year if exams work out well and it’s great to see what is in store. All the best with everything
Wow this is a great idea for a video, yes I'll try to make one sometime soon. My days off are generally filled with visiting friends and fulfilling my Etsy orders, as well as filming and editing youtube videos :) plus all the usual household adult things... food shopping, cleaning the house, doing the washing etc
Hi Sarah, this is the first ever video I watched on your channel and I can’t resist but to subscribe. 😄 your video gives necessary information for whoever yet to experience medical doctor life in uk. I am wondering how is the ward round system there. In my country, junior doctors, SHO and all the other resisdents except consultants have to see the patients in the morning. And then it would be like around 10am or 11am, consultants will come and we start the round. Is it necessary to do your own round before the actual ward round there ?
just want to say a hUGE THAN YOU to you doctors and nurses......in 2014 and 2017 i was in hospital and seen how fantastic you all are.......AMAZING PEOPLE ARE DOCS AND NURSES
Hi there, how have you found your experience so far working as a doctor? Currently studying a levels and want to apply for uni to study medicine for 2021. But I’m not sure how I’ll cope with work load etc. Is it really as difficult as everyone makes seems and is it truly manageable?
Hey! Starting medical school this year after a long and stressful journey. Was wondering if you have any tips for us new med students! Thank you (Also this was a great video, could you do another one similar to it showing the difference between f1 and f2 :) )
Tom Smith thanks for your comment and GOOD LUCK with starting med school. Yeah I’ve been thinking about filming a video about how I found starting med school so I will do that over the next few weeks :) To be honest F1 and F2 are pretty similar but I just feel a hell of a lot more confident now!
I subscribed yesterday and I'm really enjoying your videos! :-D I'm applying to graduate entry medicine at Nottingham like you did! How did you find the GAMSAT? That's my biggest concern right now as I didn't do Chemistry or Biology A-Level D:
I love your day in the life videos! They make me weirdly excited thinking that this could be me some day haha. I was wondering what your opinions are on work experience before going to med school and how important you feel it is?
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoy them. It's so exciting looking forward into the future and thinking about what you might be doing. Are you applying as an undergraduate or graduate entry? Either way, work experience is really important, both for the fact that it will give you an idea of what you'll actually be doing and whether medicine is right for you, but also becasue most universities require it in some form or another to show that you're committed to medicine. GEM courses generally require you to have longer periods of work experience/ care work / voluntary than undergraduate courses
Dr Sarah Nicholls Hi, the main university course I’ve been working towards is the bmbs graduate entry medicine at Nottingham but I’ve ordered some prospectuses to see what other universities require. (Nottingham also has this same course but with a foundation year, I’m not sure if it’s just the GCSE and A level boundaries that are lower though, so I’ll have to look into that!) I have some work experience coming up at the QMC in March and I’m thinking about going to a local nursing home but I need to get into a better routine with my GCSEs first, once Ive sorted my life out though I hope to go to a nursing home regularly. There’s also a Young Doctor Programme that they do in Manchester and London, I don’t know if you’ve heard of it, but it sounds interesting and I might try to do that next year :) Wow I keep editing this lol, but I also wanted to know if you would recommend being familiar with university tests such as the GAMSAT early on so it might be less stressful nearer the time or whether you think that would just be a waste of time?
Oh amazing! It sounds like you're on the right track then getting lots of experience and balancing it with your GCSEs. I'm working in the QMC at the moment so get in touch in March, I might end up seeing you on the wards! I haven't heard of the young doctor programme but anything like that sounds like good fun and shows that you're committed :)
Dr Sarah Nicholls I will do! I think I’ll mainly be on ward E16. I’ve just got sorted with a maths tutor so I think I’m going try and reach out to a nursing home next week, but I’m not the most confident person so don’t hold me to it hahha, but I’m excited to get a real insight into what it’s like to work in this industry :)
This is awesome! Some can't handle surgery hours; so my question to you, was that hard to adjust to or were you already acclimated prior? Lastly, GOD BLESS you on the commute! An hour maybe but ANOTHER 30 minutes is crazy! How do you handle being on 24 hr call days? It can be every other day, I know some who work like basically 6-7 days a week. Interesting to get a non US perspective! ;)
Comoelita Melendez hello! Thank you for your lovely comment. It was definitely hard for me to get used to the hours but I’m adjusting well. As juniors we are no longer required to do 24 hours on call. We work 13 hours on call and you are busy for that whole time though! Overall it’s manageable though and I love it :)
Hi Sarah, your channel keeps motivating me as I prepare for the GAMSAT test. Just over two weeks to go. Thank you. Anyway have you decided what speciality to undertake?
Hello! Nice to hear from you again :) good luck with the GAMSAT!! Eek so soon now... I'm most likely going to do GP. The other two specialities that have really interested me are psychiatry and anaesthetics (all so different!) My plan is to take some time out in a year's time to try and make up my mind and then apply for speciality training. Which uni/s have you applied to?
Dr Sarah Nicholls psychiatry is fascinating; I've worked in mental health services for a few years now and have enjoyed my time. Not really sure what more anaesthetics entails apart from the obvious 🤔 So I'm applying to Nottingham; I've got a 2:2 and Nottingham is the only university I can apply to for the 4 year GEM. Also applying to Plymouth and Exeter, however, these will be 5 year courses.
Thanks for the video. I am graduating this April and I am applying for GMC ... People like to tell horrible stories about NHS , is it really that hard Sarah? By the way, you are very beautiful.
I wanted to be a doctor so so so bad. All my life. I studied I worked hard I saved for med school. And sadly it wasn’t for me because I didn’t expect what it was. I’m a psychiatrist and I am so happy in my job I couldn’t of asked for a better place to be. I love psychiatry it’s the best thing I’ve done. Also well done for you going out and risking your life at this time.
Maybe it’s different where you are, but in my country psychiatry is a specialty in medicine, but still a doctor? Do you mean like what we’d call a psychologist?
Yh same. Here a psychiatrist is classified as a doctor as they can prescribe medicine but a psychologist focuses more on psychotherapy but here you can either be a clinical psychologist (which is a doctor) but you can also be a forensic psychologist (which is not a doctor).
@@drei000 There are lots of youtube videos about auscultation (what to listen for through a stethoscope) - they will explain it much better than I can on here!
In my experience yes it is. Every single department I’ve worked in has been understaffed, the hospitals are all full and we have very little funds to play with! Obviously I’m relatively new to the role so I have little to compare it to but everyone with more experience than me says it’s the worst they’ve ever seen it. But we carry on! And we try our absolute hardest to work to the best of our abilities to keep patients comfortable and safe and provide the best care we can.
Hi Sarah, congrats on starting F2! Was wondering if you joined your medical society at uni and if you found it useful? I'm a grad starting in September :)
Cuuy Min thank you! I didn’t join the medical society actually. But I was social secretary so I organised all the nights out 😂 but definitely check out the med society, I’m sure it would be useful!
Hi Sarah. I have question. I am from pakistan and did my med degree in pakistan. Now i have applied for GMC registration. They have a clinical test before that is called PLAB 2. In plab 2 we are assesed in 3 areas. One of them is interpersonal skills, which i unfortunately failed. Can you please guide me how can i improve that. Thank you.
Hi Sarah thanks for the video, very insightful and fun to watch! I've just applied to Medicine (2nd time!) and waiting on a response. Id love to know - What specialisations were you interested in as you started med school and why? And have you changed your mind about them while going through med school and f1, and why? Personally I'm interested in GP and psychiatry because of the community setting and opportunity for longer consultations respectively. Would love to hear a response, all the best Abi
Abi Lark hi Abi! I’ve been interested in most specialities through med school and foundation years and I’ve always tried to imagine myself doing each one. Through med school I love anaesthetics and O&G, but I loved GO the most and thought I was on the straight and narrow path for doing that after F2. I’m now starting to think about core medical training or emergency medicine though because I’m really enjoying the hospital environment and live working in a big team 😊
hi, just found your channel and your videos are awsome !! I am foreign medical graduate, i am done with licencing with General medical council , but i am really scared to moveand workin U.K..i have heard junior doctor life is very hard in UK,alsoliving standards are not upto the mark ,specially for junior doctors... kindly give some insight into it.. ( plus really worried about smallhousings in UK, is that true doctors cant afford to live in good sized housing ) ..
Hello! It's really hard for me to say what it's like as I haven't worked abroad before. I think since the new contract our working times have improved and there is stricter regulation on the number of hours we can be asked to work / number of days in a row. I have had varying experinces even in my short time as a doctor, so maybe you could do some locum shifts in different wards / different hospitals and see how you find it? Our pay is reasonable and if you are doing locum work it should be fairly wel paid. Living conditions are variable. If you are going to stay in doctors accommodation it is usually a simple room with a shared kitchen. With the doctor's salary you should be able to afford somewhere to rent privately fairly easily :)
Hello dear.first thing ur so pretty 👌🏻 secondly I’m doing my internship from India nd planning to pursue my further studies in uk. Are there jobs available in NHS for fy2 ??
Ben Hopkins hey Ben :) so far my favourite places have been Psychiatry and the acute admissions units. In December I start working in A&E and I’m really excited for that. Right now I’m on community health care of older people... quite a change from general surgery!! Are you interested in medicine?
I am 15 and currently a St John Ambulance cadet and when I am older I would like to do emergency medicine and specialise in pre hospital emergency medicine or become a specialist paramedic. I have a medical background aswell because my mum is a senior clinical urology specialist nurse at the countess if Chester hospital and my uncle is a lecturer of major trauma to paramedics and doctors.
Hey I would like to study Medicine and I just finished GCSEs. Today was Results Day! I got 2 9s, 4 8s, 2 7s, 2 6s, 1 A and 1 B. Basically I got 6 A*s, 3 As and 3 Bs. People are saying I can't do Medicine because all the Unis will reject me regardless of my A-Levels as I got the 3 Bs in GCSE, as there will be other people with the same A-Levels as me and will have better GCSEs :( Please help :(
Siam Sama those results are amazing! Well done you!! I hope you’re really proud of your achievements, you got better results than I did. Try not to listen to the people who tell you you can’t do things. Just work your hardest to get the things in life that you dream of :)
@@BisAndTrisBrah Wow thank you. Unfortunately, I may not do the A-Levels, but the IB and the same logic still applies. I've already got a long time volunteering sorted out, so that's a start.
Prof Sid watkins was THE f1 doctor. Absolute legend. Apparently it was a very exciting job indeed! Just found your channel btw, I'm entering medicine myself so I appreciate the videos greatly.
I am sorry but I had to address the fact how beautiful you look even on work.....like I am a medical student but haven’t seen someone even near....well keep making videos you do 👍
I'm a second year GEM and this is genuinely the first time I've understood the types of shifts I can expect when F1 rolls around, in regards to normal day/ward cover/on call. 😂 I've asked a few times on placements and got vague answers but you explain things brilliantly. By far the best insight into medic life here in the sunny UK I've seen. Its a real niche area on UA-cam so keep up the videos, they're really good!
Ah thanks so much, I'm really glad you said that because when I was editing the video I very nearly edited that whole section out because I wasn't sure if it was just really boring listening to me tell you what hours I do haha. I was so confused about on-calls as well. No one tells you this stuff!! Basically it's any shift that isn't your normal working day. How is GEM going for you?
You are the one who is motivating the youths to be a doctor ..... good work
Fantastic video! I was a ward nurse for 7 years so it’s fascinating to see the doctor’s point of view. Especially interesting to see your jobs list. Can’t wait to be the one doing the bloods/cannulas and discharge letters instead of having to ask someone else to do them :)
Della Mantle ah that’s great, thank you! Do you think that from your experience the role of nurses and doctors on the wards is very different?
Zed not yet - applying next year :)
Yes very different roles, in my ward / hospital anyway :) I was on an orthopaedic surgical ward but always with a fair amount of general surgery and medical borders too. A large part of the day as a nurse was doing the drug rounds and administering medications, and also providing personal care for the patients eg. Washing, dressing, toileting and mobilising, and taking observations, monitoring infusions, drains, catheters and removing as necessary. Also wound care / dressings, blood transfusions, co-ordinating admissions and discharges, ensuring adequate food and fluids going in for each patient and coming out the other end! talking to patients and relatives and answering queries, providing information and reassurance. Liaising with the other members of the multidisciplinary team to organise the input we wanted for the patient eg doctors (mainly junior doctors for discharge letters, cannulas, medication adjustments, or for help if the patient was deteriorating), physios, occupational therapists, pharmacists, social workers, speech and language therapists, phlebotomists, diabetes specialist nurse, pain team etc. I enjoyed it but never enough time to get everything done that you wanted to so would always miss breaks and stay late. Have since been a recovery nurse and practice nurse which I have preferred to ward nursing. But I’m happy I did it as it taught me so much!
@@dellamantle355 Hello Della, I was curious - did you have a successful application?
Vic Costa well life took a surprising turn and I ended up having a baby who is now 4 months old so I didn’t apply, maybe in the future
Thanks for making these videos Sarah, they are a great insight to what's to come for those who are starting their careers off as a Doctor.
saman awan you’re welcome! It’s such a crazy transition time, I really want to show what it’s actually like!
Nice video ! I'm trying to get to UK as well after doing plab ! I'm documenting my journey too so its nice to see ! How the life is .
Hi hows the plab going
So interesting to see what a day in the life looks like for junior doctors, thanks for sharing Sarah! x
Hi doctor. Sarah. Hope you are doing well. 3 months ago I lost a family member. Its devastating and hard to carry on. Watching videos. Helps me. You are such a. Caring person. Helping people. I am a subscriber and enjoy your content. Thanks.
Hi Dale, I am so terribly sorry for your loss. I hope you have good people around you that you can talk with. Losing someone close is incredibly hard to deal with. I'm glad you're finding some comfort and distraction in watching videos. I am taking a break at the moment but I will be back with more videos in a couple of months 😘
Q: When you go home after work, is there doctor’s work to do at home, or do you have the day/evening to yourself?
No work at home
lolugbenga oh cool
Loved this video! Me and my partner were fascinated! It gives me so much insight which is useful
That’s so lovely! Thanks for watching :) are you a healthcare professional / hoping to be one?
I love these videos Sarah - so fascinating getting a behind the scenes of what a Dr's day looks like! x
Thanks so much! I was wondering whether to even post this because I found it so boring to watch back because I felt like I was just at work again haha! What do you do day to day?
I'm a student mental health nurse in Scotland. Don't want to become a doctor, but it's interesting to see the perspective of the doctor in what you do!
Ah thank you! Good luck with your mental health nursing training! We need more of you guys!!
Clear message, clear structure, easy to understand, thank you
Thank you, Monika
Hello Dr Sarah.It was so nice to see your vlog.Will apply for UK soon after completing my undergrauate studies.
Thank you for posting your experiences. I’ll be doing my F1 hopefully next year if exams work out well and it’s great to see what is in store. All the best with everything
Ben B thanks for watching, Ben! Eek I hope it all goes well for you, exciting times ahead! 👨⚕️
dear Sarah could you do your day off vlog?:) how do you recover from hard work and how you stay sane and happy:) down time is sooo important
Wow this is a great idea for a video, yes I'll try to make one sometime soon. My days off are generally filled with visiting friends and fulfilling my Etsy orders, as well as filming and editing youtube videos :) plus all the usual household adult things... food shopping, cleaning the house, doing the washing etc
I thoroughly enjoyed this video ! Thank you for this .
Hi Sarah, this is the first ever video I watched on your channel and I can’t resist but to subscribe. 😄 your video gives necessary information for whoever yet to experience medical doctor life in uk.
I am wondering how is the ward round system there. In my country, junior doctors, SHO and all the other resisdents except consultants have to see the patients in the morning. And then it would be like around 10am or 11am, consultants will come and we start the round. Is it necessary to do your own round before the actual ward round there ?
Is it true a 70% is an A in the Uk? What % do you need to make to pass and be licensed?
I'm really curious about the working hours. How many night shift do u do per week?? And what is the working hour when there's no night shift??
just want to say a hUGE THAN YOU to you doctors and nurses......in 2014 and 2017 i was in hospital and seen how fantastic you all are.......AMAZING PEOPLE ARE DOCS AND NURSES
Is it fine to pursue FY1 in UK ? Would you recommend it?
Hey! Could you please make a video related to information on conducting a clinical audit...
Hi there, how have you found your experience so far working as a doctor? Currently studying a levels and want to apply for uni to study medicine for 2021. But I’m not sure how I’ll cope with work load etc. Is it really as difficult as everyone makes seems and is it truly manageable?
BlackAmex Vlogs don’t be rude.
to Maisy, it’s difficult but it’s definitely manageable
just finished med school. will be working at QMC/lincoln county for f1 and f2 respectively. any advice?
Video is well put together & very informative. Thanks! Take care
T M thank you so much 😊
Hey! Starting medical school this year after a long and stressful journey. Was wondering if you have any tips for us new med students! Thank you (Also this was a great video, could you do another one similar to it showing the difference between f1 and f2 :) )
Tom Smith thanks for your comment and GOOD LUCK with starting med school. Yeah I’ve been thinking about filming a video about how I found starting med school so I will do that over the next few weeks :)
To be honest F1 and F2 are pretty similar but I just feel a hell of a lot more confident now!
Can you please tell me after plab do we directly get fy1 or do we have to do our internship first
hello dr.
do we need to pay fees during F1 and F2 for IMGs ? if yes how much do we need to pay during fellowship?
Thankyou:)
Walk In you u will be working mate during ur FY1 and FY2 years. so u get paid by the nhs during Ur foundation years :)
I subscribed yesterday and I'm really enjoying your videos! :-D I'm applying to graduate entry medicine at Nottingham like you did! How did you find the GAMSAT? That's my biggest concern right now as I didn't do Chemistry or Biology A-Level D:
Great ....
Makes me remind of my internship days
I love your day in the life videos! They make me weirdly excited thinking that this could be me some day haha. I was wondering what your opinions are on work experience before going to med school and how important you feel it is?
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoy them. It's so exciting looking forward into the future and thinking about what you might be doing.
Are you applying as an undergraduate or graduate entry? Either way, work experience is really important, both for the fact that it will give you an idea of what you'll actually be doing and whether medicine is right for you, but also becasue most universities require it in some form or another to show that you're committed to medicine. GEM courses generally require you to have longer periods of work experience/ care work / voluntary than undergraduate courses
Dr Sarah Nicholls Hi, the main university course I’ve been working towards is the bmbs graduate entry medicine at Nottingham but I’ve ordered some prospectuses to see what other universities require. (Nottingham also has this same course but with a foundation year, I’m not sure if it’s just the GCSE and A level boundaries that are lower though, so I’ll have to look into that!)
I have some work experience coming up at the QMC in March and I’m thinking about going to a local nursing home but I need to get into a better routine with my GCSEs first, once Ive sorted my life out though I hope to go to a nursing home regularly. There’s also a Young Doctor Programme that they do in Manchester and London, I don’t know if you’ve heard of it, but it sounds interesting and I might try to do that next year :)
Wow I keep editing this lol, but I also wanted to know if you would recommend being familiar with university tests such as the GAMSAT early on so it might be less stressful nearer the time or whether you think that would just be a waste of time?
Oh amazing! It sounds like you're on the right track then getting lots of experience and balancing it with your GCSEs. I'm working in the QMC at the moment so get in touch in March, I might end up seeing you on the wards! I haven't heard of the young doctor programme but anything like that sounds like good fun and shows that you're committed :)
Dr Sarah Nicholls I will do! I think I’ll mainly be on ward E16.
I’ve just got sorted with a maths tutor so I think I’m going try and reach out to a nursing home next week, but I’m not the most confident person so don’t hold me to it hahha, but I’m excited to get a real insight into what it’s like to work in this industry :)
Amethyst Equestrian I hope you have a great time! All the experience will make you more confident. Throw yourself into it and enjoy :) best of luck x
Thank you for this!!!
This is awesome! Some can't handle surgery hours; so my question to you, was that hard to adjust to or were you already acclimated prior? Lastly, GOD BLESS you on the commute! An hour maybe but ANOTHER 30 minutes is crazy! How do you handle being on 24 hr call days? It can be every other day, I know some who work like basically 6-7 days a week. Interesting to get a non US perspective! ;)
Comoelita Melendez hello! Thank you for your lovely comment. It was definitely hard for me to get used to the hours but I’m adjusting well. As juniors we are no longer required to do 24 hours on call. We work 13 hours on call and you are busy for that whole time though! Overall it’s manageable though and I love it :)
Hi Sarah, your channel keeps motivating me as I prepare for the GAMSAT test. Just over two weeks to go. Thank you. Anyway have you decided what speciality to undertake?
Hello! Nice to hear from you again :) good luck with the GAMSAT!! Eek so soon now...
I'm most likely going to do GP. The other two specialities that have really interested me are psychiatry and anaesthetics (all so different!) My plan is to take some time out in a year's time to try and make up my mind and then apply for speciality training.
Which uni/s have you applied to?
Dr Sarah Nicholls psychiatry is fascinating; I've worked in mental health services for a few years now and have enjoyed my time. Not really sure what more anaesthetics entails apart from the obvious 🤔
So I'm applying to Nottingham; I've got a 2:2 and Nottingham is the only university I can apply to for the 4 year GEM. Also applying to Plymouth and Exeter, however, these will be 5 year courses.
Thanks for the video. I am graduating this April and I am applying for GMC ... People like to tell horrible stories about NHS , is it really that hard Sarah?
By the way, you are very beautiful.
You inspire me. Thank you.
Do you want my MRI of the knee to have a look at it, although I am sure you have lots of resources.
Good luck for FY2, Sarah!
Ah thank you so much! So far so good :)
Ppl say staff in the NHS are overworked, I wish I could leave work at 5:20PM!
We work shifts!
@@SarahNicholls I know! And how soon after your shift were your out!?!
I wanted to be a doctor so so so bad. All my life. I studied I worked hard I saved for med school. And sadly it wasn’t for me because I didn’t expect what it was. I’m a psychiatrist and I am so happy in my job I couldn’t of asked for a better place to be. I love psychiatry it’s the best thing I’ve done. Also well done for you going out and risking your life at this time.
Maybe it’s different where you are, but in my country psychiatry is a specialty in medicine, but still a doctor? Do you mean like what we’d call a psychologist?
Yh same. Here a psychiatrist is classified as a doctor as they can prescribe medicine but a psychologist focuses more on psychotherapy but here you can either be a clinical psychologist (which is a doctor) but you can also be a forensic psychologist (which is not a doctor).
Great video which stethoscope do you have? Many thanks in advance
Thanks! I have the Littman classic :)
@@SarahNicholls Thank you, thank you, what do you look for when listening? Many thanks in advance
@@drei000 There are lots of youtube videos about auscultation (what to listen for through a stethoscope) - they will explain it much better than I can on here!
@@SarahNicholls Thank you thank you
Thanks can you recommend the stethoscope? is the stethoscope the Littmann Classic 3?
Great video doctor, I currently hoping to get into UK by writing plab and be in your place one day 😊🤞❤️
If you r an F1 doctor, then this is ur 1st year of practice then how can you be a General Surgeon?
can you please tell me about the duties of st1/2 ??
I'd like to hear your opinion on news headlines that title the NHS at "crisis" or "breaking point"
In my experience yes it is. Every single department I’ve worked in has been understaffed, the hospitals are all full and we have very little funds to play with! Obviously I’m relatively new to the role so I have little to compare it to but everyone with more experience than me says it’s the worst they’ve ever seen it.
But we carry on! And we try our absolute hardest to work to the best of our abilities to keep patients comfortable and safe and provide the best care we can.
What residency are you doing
I’m doing health care of the elderly at the moment but I think I want to be a GP
Hi Sarah, congrats on starting F2! Was wondering if you joined your medical society at uni and if you found it useful? I'm a grad starting in September :)
Cuuy Min thank you! I didn’t join the medical society actually. But I was social secretary so I organised all the nights out 😂 but definitely check out the med society, I’m sure it would be useful!
such a nice video... I liked the end part :)
Ajinkya Gaikwad thank you 🤗
Hi Sarah. I have question. I am from pakistan and did my med degree in pakistan. Now i have applied for GMC registration. They have a clinical test before that is called PLAB 2. In plab 2 we are assesed in 3 areas. One of them is interpersonal skills, which i unfortunately failed. Can you please guide me how can i improve that. Thank you.
Have you passed plab 2?
Nice to see how u work there. Thank you :)
these videos are SO interesting
Ah thank you so much that's really sweet :)
Hi Sarah thanks for the video, very insightful and fun to watch! I've just applied to Medicine (2nd time!) and waiting on a response. Id love to know - What specialisations were you interested in as you started med school and why? And have you changed your mind about them while going through med school and f1, and why? Personally I'm interested in GP and psychiatry because of the community setting and opportunity for longer consultations respectively. Would love to hear a response, all the best Abi
Abi Lark hi Abi! I’ve been interested in most specialities through med school and foundation years and I’ve always tried to imagine myself doing each one. Through med school I love anaesthetics and O&G, but I loved GO the most and thought I was on the straight and narrow path for doing that after F2. I’m now starting to think about core medical training or emergency medicine though because I’m really enjoying the hospital environment and live working in a big team 😊
Is the doctors accommodation free?
hi, just found your channel and your videos are awsome !! I am foreign medical graduate, i am done with licencing with General medical council , but i am really scared to moveand workin U.K..i have heard junior doctor life is very hard in UK,alsoliving standards are not upto the mark ,specially for junior doctors... kindly give some insight into it.. ( plus really worried about smallhousings in UK, is that true doctors cant afford to live in good sized housing ) ..
Hello! It's really hard for me to say what it's like as I haven't worked abroad before. I think since the new contract our working times have improved and there is stricter regulation on the number of hours we can be asked to work / number of days in a row. I have had varying experinces even in my short time as a doctor, so maybe you could do some locum shifts in different wards / different hospitals and see how you find it? Our pay is reasonable and if you are doing locum work it should be fairly wel paid. Living conditions are variable. If you are going to stay in doctors accommodation it is usually a simple room with a shared kitchen. With the doctor's salary you should be able to afford somewhere to rent privately fairly easily :)
thank you so much for giving such a useful information..
Hello dear.first thing ur so pretty 👌🏻 secondly I’m doing my internship from India nd planning to pursue my further studies in uk. Are there jobs available in NHS for fy2 ??
What hospital u work in
Where is your favourite place to work in the hospital e.g. ICU, A&E ect and what is your speciality?
Ben Hopkins hey Ben :) so far my favourite places have been Psychiatry and the acute admissions units. In December I start working in A&E and I’m really excited for that. Right now I’m on community health care of older people... quite a change from general surgery!!
Are you interested in medicine?
I am 15 and currently a St John Ambulance cadet and when I am older I would like to do emergency medicine and specialise in pre hospital emergency medicine or become a specialist paramedic. I have a medical background aswell because my mum is a senior clinical urology specialist nurse at the countess if Chester hospital and my uncle is a lecturer of major trauma to paramedics and doctors.
Joe: *an educated medical school graduate now a doctor*
also joe: "my glasses wipey thing"
You try to give the video more brightness it will be great if you do
how much do you get payed
Any video as an FY2?
Yes I have a few, here is one:
ua-cam.com/video/HUh2XzDkQZ8/v-deo.html and I have a few others as well. Enjoy!
You are the best
ibrahim mamondy thank you so much 💫😊
Thank you for the video , I like it 👍
hussain embarek thanks for watching!
would love to see more videos with that handsome snack who had the cameo at 7:45
Joseph Parsons I think everyone would but he’s so camera shy! 😂
Hope nights go well this weekend! X
Great Video! Thanks for sharing. If you or anyone in your network is looking for work in Australia, we can help.
Excellent doctor💕 ....with love from Kerala , God’s own country
a nice video sis
Thank you ❤️
no problem sis
What a pretty lady
That list is TINY! Especially considering it’s a team! A nurse’s list for a shift is much much longer lol
I wanna work as GP i uk...i am a 2 all most 3 year student 😊
ibro khan that’s awesome! Good luck with your training!
👏👏👏✌✌ complimenti ❤🇮🇹
for some reason I thought F1 mean't the motosport F1......silly me!
Haha oops I should have made it more clear 😅😅😅
Same
Hey I would like to study Medicine and I just finished GCSEs. Today was Results Day!
I got 2 9s, 4 8s, 2 7s, 2 6s, 1 A and 1 B.
Basically I got 6 A*s, 3 As and 3 Bs.
People are saying I can't do Medicine because all the Unis will reject me regardless of my A-Levels as I got the 3 Bs in GCSE, as there will be other people with the same A-Levels as me and will have better GCSEs :(
Please help :(
Siam Sama those results are amazing! Well done you!! I hope you’re really proud of your achievements, you got better results than I did. Try not to listen to the people who tell you you can’t do things. Just work your hardest to get the things in life that you dream of :)
You can definitely study medicine with that. Go for it 💪
Thanks guys, this gives me a bit more of a reassurance...
@@BisAndTrisBrah Wow thank you. Unfortunately, I may not do the A-Levels, but the IB and the same logic still applies. I've already got a long time volunteering sorted out, so that's a start.
Siam Sama I got into medicine with similar GCSE’S 2 years ago. Don’t listen to the idiots that tell you otherwise
dont use mobile while driving
UK physicians are more interesting than American doctors... and more beautiful
General Surgery? I was expecting Formula 1 races. D'oh.
Haha! Sorry to disappoint 😂
And here I was thinking "why the hell does Formula 1 (the sport) need a general surgeon"...
You're being followed
あなたの最初の誕生日プレゼントは何ですか？
Thought you meant a formula 1 doctor.......
Sorry to disappoint. That would be a much better video!! 😂
Prof Sid watkins was THE f1 doctor. Absolute legend. Apparently it was a very exciting job indeed! Just found your channel btw, I'm entering medicine myself so I appreciate the videos greatly.
Hi found this great story podcast it’s called spark - true stories live
Enjoy 👍
Thank you so much! Forgot to tell you, I listened to the one you recommended about fake doctors in India, it was really interesting!
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
What a babe
I am sorry but I had to address the fact how beautiful you look even on work.....like I am a medical student but haven’t seen someone even near....well keep making videos you do 👍