#ScotlandsDoctors… Celebrating SAS doctors: a positive and rewarding path to follow 18 Oct 2024 With specialist, associate specialist and specialty doctors being celebrated during SAS week, I wanted to share my own experience of the role and how my career has developed. There’s no…
#ScotlandsDoctors… Lockdown: One Year On… 23 Mar 2021 A year ago today, as the reality of wave one of the Covid pandemic was fast dawning on us, I was asked to appear on a live TV news show…
#ScotlandsDoctors Becoming a doctor in the time of Covid19 28 Jul 2020 My first degree was in Physiological Sciences, but I was always working towards applying to medicine and becoming a doctor. During work experience I met many doctors who inspired me further to…
#ScotlandsDoctors I am an IMG and I am proud of it 28 Jul 2020July 28, 2020 From medical school onwards, my life has been one of toil, though also one packed with thrilling journeys. I joined NHS two years ago in Cambridge where I found myself…
#ScotlandsDoctors My inspiration, and my advice 7 Dec 2019December 6, 2019 There are two doctors who come to mind immediately when I think about who has been my inspiration in medicine. The first was my first consultant when I was a…
#ScotlandsDoctors My most memorable experience in medicine 4 Dec 2019 When I reflect on my 35 years in medicine, a great many memories come back to me, each one as pertinent as the one before. But I wanted to talk…
#ScotlandsDoctors Why I became a GP… 3 Dec 2019December 3, 2019 While I was going through medical school, I loved every different speciality I encountered. In Edinburgh, we had rotations for each speciality, with a final for that subject at the…
#ScotlandsDoctors Why I chose to study medicine… 2 Dec 2019December 3, 2019 When I was at secondary school, back in the 70’s, we didn’t have work experience, university trips or “so you want to be a doctor” organised sessions. That’s why, back…
#ScotlandsDoctors Meet the doctor: Cieran McKiernan #ScotlandsDoctors 28 Aug 2019August 27, 2019 In our latest #ScotlandsDoctors blog, we talk to an extraordinary physician about his career in Scotland. Who are you? My name is Cieran McKiernan and I am a Consultant in…
#ScotlandsDoctors Why I’m proud to be one of #ScotlandsDoctors 23 Aug 2019 Too often, we don’t appreciate what we’ve got until we don’t have it. My elective in Uganda opened up my eyes to the benefit and importance of the NHS. There,…
#ScotlandsDoctors… What advice would you give to others about entering medicine? #ScotlandsDoctors 21 Aug 2019August 21, 2019 I think the most important things are that firstly, you know what you’re getting yourself in to, secondly, that you are passionate about what you do, and thirdly that it…
#ScotlandsDoctors Why I chose to become a GP #ScotlandsDoctors 20 Aug 2019 As part of 4th year medicine in Aberdeen, we spent 4 weeks in a GP practice. I was allocated to Ardach Health Centre in Buckie, on the Moray Firth. This…
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