There is a song by the Amateur Transplants called ‘Finals Fantasy’ which describes in humorous detail how stressful clinical exams can be. Having not done...
“How do I apply for expenses?” I asked one of the secretaries. The Royal Gwent Hospital was so far from home that I had been...
People seem to be interested in medicine for different reasons. There does seem to be a spectrum in ophthalmology in which people range from ‘do...
I started my training as an ophthalmologist in the Wild West of Carmarthenshire where I did my first laser procedure, first phacoemulsification and first slit-lamp...
Swansea University invited me to an Away Day. There was a whole day of lectures planned at a hotel conference suite just outside Swansea but...
As I was travelling along a deserted road on a Sunday last month I saw in my peripheral vision a disconcerting flash of light behind...
Who are the reps? Every one of us knows the friendly face of the local randomprost eye drop representative or the nice man from that...
It is quite worrying how many registrars reach the final years of training without choosing a subspecialty. Sometimes this is because they love everything and...
One of the most fascinating aspects of being a consultant is seeing the workings of the machine that is medical training from the other side....
Over the past two years I have attended quite a number of medical educational seminars and ‘workshops’ and have been a bit shocked at how...