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The Specialised Foundation Programme (SFP – formerly known as the AFP or academic...
The academic station generally begins with a personal question and is your opportunity...
You will have a total of 10 minutes of interactive time. Prior to the station, you...
We’ve created a junior doctor pay calculator which will help you better understand...
Audits & QIPs are a way to identify issues, drive changes and assess the effects...
Our referral cheat sheet is our most popular resource having been downloaded thousands...
If you’re worried about not getting your top choice, you shouldn’t worry....
Your eportfolio is a tool to store and record evidence that demonstrates your progress,...
Almost every patient admitted to hospital receives IV fluids at some point in their...
Each month, your pay and any deductions will be summarised to you in the form of...
There are certain situations where you need to prescribe IV fluids which vary from...
It takes time to get used to the ward round. Particularly, when patients are being...
This article is about claiming tax relief on essential things for your job. Understanding...
The PSA is aimed at final year medical students and those graduating overseas to...
FY1s are usually most apprehensive about being on call, but it is also the shift...
As an F1, you will quite frequently get bleeped to review a patient who has had a...
Here’s a list of apps that are in order of how essential we find them. There’s...
Hyperglycaemia is something you will encounter frequently. In this article, we focus...
Here we assume you know the basics, and instead we focus on the common pitfalls with...
As an FY1, you will be called to review hypoxic ward patients. Here we discuss common...
In this article, we will look at more practical aspects of how to read an ABG and...
Hyponatraemia (serum Sodium <135 mmol/L) is one of the most common electrolyte...
The deteriorating patient is often the worst nightmare for new FY1s. I remember...
When assessing pain, ensure you begin by taking a history to characterise the pain...
SLEs are supervised learning events that include Mini-CEX (mini clinical evaluation...
As a doctor, you will frequently be called for a drowsy patient. They can vary from...
When I supervise and teach FY1s, prescribing is in the top three things they are...
I’m going to try and be as generic as possible so that hopefully these tips work...
When I left medical school, I thought my only difficulty would be the actual medicine,...
It is common for FY1s to feel anxious & feel like they’re not ready to...
AKI is very common affecting around 20% of inpatients & it is important to recognise...
For new doctors, prescribing anticoagulants can be daunting. A few simple rules can...
Balancing your workload as a junior doctor whilst teaching medical students effectively...
Management of low blood sugar in conscious & unconscious patients, finding common...
Here we focus on blood tests requests for a variety of common scenarios you might...
Acute confusion, otherwise known as delirium, is very common in hospitals: 20-30%...
Frequently patients wish to self-discharge from hospitals. This article pertains...
Medical documentation should authentically represent every consultation and is primarily...
Requesting scans can be a scary daily occurrence for new doctors. It is one of few...
Writing a discharge summary is a task you are likely to carry out every day, and...
As an FY1 you will frequently see hypokalaemia and most trusts have guidelines that...
As a junior doctor, you will frequently look after patients prior to and after their...
With the recent removal of additional degrees counting for points towards all specialty...
As a new F1 in August, it can feel like quite a daunting task to verify a death,...
In this article, we focus on the interpretation of a CXR. Have a low threshold to...
It is important for junior doctors to understand what the discharge planning process...
Hyperkalaemia can cause life-threatening emergencies particularly cardiac arrhythmias....
Sepsis is an infection with evidence of organ dysfunction. Septic shock is when a...
Handover occurs between shifts to ensure everyone is up to speed with patients. The...
Constipation is one of the most common complaints in hospital, especially on the...
In the UK, there are different contracts for each of the different regions: Northern...
You will frequently get calls regarding nausea & vomiting: many patients present...
You may well be asked to take blood from a PICC line or be called to see a patient...
Mental Capacity is the ability to make your own decisions at the time at which the...
After a patient has died you may be asked to complete the death certificate. It may...
A lot of your time as an FY1 will be spent on the phone to various other specialities....
As we all rotate so frequently between departments, many of us like to get our seniors...
This is a tricky area to cover as it can be challenging to us both personally and...
As a junior doctor, you will have face situations where you have to convey potentially...
Everyone will receive a complaint – this is inevitable. Usually, these are...
In all specialities of medicine patient clinical recordings, whether this is photographs...
FY1 is a great opportunity to explore new specialties and start to gain an idea of...
Welcome to FY1. In your first few months, you will find your learning curve is steep...
We asked on social media what your favourite podcasts were & these were rated...