Learning surgery and cooking. Army ST6 General Surgery in Severn Deanery. all views my own.

Joined January 2021
Always good to pass on the opportunities and support that I have received in my research journey!
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… Last year I was deployed and received a message asking me to assist an incredible Doctor in his research. Today, I am proud to share that I’m now published as an academic author for the first time. Research is a powerful tool for change, and contributing to work that strengthens Defence leadership and healthcare practice is a milestone I’m honoured to reach. A huge thank you to Hugo for bringing me into this vital project. His commitment to meaningful research and his confidence in my contribution made this achievement possible. (I’m now off to try and print it so I can frame it!)
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Very pleased to report my article on our pilot of Registrars as Clinical supervisors for FY2s has finally been published. Our results were used to inform changes to the foundation programme in England and now all registrars ST6 or above can take on the role of CS for FY2 Doctors!
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Thrilled to get our project on the (lack of) consensus for supervision coding in general surgery over the line and published. Started in 2022 with @RosieSimson , took 4 journals, lots of redrafting and finally accepted in July last year, now online publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/epri…
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What a pleasure organising Association of Defence General & Vascular Surgeons (ADGVS) conference at the @LDN_TC London Trauma Conf. Fantastic day, great dinner. Such a pleasure to be joined by @mlebairdMD from @USArmy! Great colleagues, great discourse, great collaboration 💪🏽
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Important and thought provoking article by @TriScalpel which is of relevance not just for those of us working in the DMS but probably any large organisation. militaryhealth.bmj.com/conte…
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Pancreas Duck designed by William aged 12 😊
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We are working hard to understand the state of Colonoscopy training for Colorectal trainees. Key findings from Colonoscopy training survey: ‼️only 30% of trainees have a dedicated training list 🆘 29% may have to extend CCT to achieve Colonoscopy numbers Barriers to training👇 ⬆️service provision ⬇️ lack of dedicated training lists ⬇️ access to training lists due to other HCP/trainees Complete results to follow soon! We are working closely with stakeholders to improve training in colonoscopy by identifying long term, sustainable solutions to barriers to training. @ACPGBI statement acknowledges the importance of protecting training opportunities to adequately train our future consultant workforce 👇
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'High fidelity' doesn't mean better. Here a lower physical fidelity model is absolutely achieving the learning outcomes of stoma formation. 💪💪
Working on stoma simulation for our GI fundamentals course later in the year. 👍 #SurgEd
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I love it when a member of our team gets their first journal publication! Well done @RuthGuest5 for this work done on deployment last yr. It highlights challenges of fem hygiene in austere environments. Already changed logistics & planning for ops/exs. doi.org/10.1136/military-202…
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💥 Maintaining the Military Surgical Skillset ▶️ Delivering high-quality military healthcare: ‘no need for fancy subspecialties’ bit.ly/496seR1 ▶️ Mitigating Skill Fade bit.ly/3SIOA5o ▶️ Organ Retrieval & the Military Skillset bit.ly/496seR1
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Such an interesting article to research and write looking at an operating list from 1985 at a Military Hospital in Nepal. 20 cases covering 11 different specialties all with one surgeon and anaesthetist! That is 'General' Surgery. militaryhealth.bmj.com/conte…
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Particularly thanks to @douglas_bowley for his support with the process.
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Calling all UK Service Personnel! Join our study looking at Drinking and Wellbeing in military personnel: redcap.link/drinkingandwellb… Please retweet! @RoyalNavy @BritishArmy @RoyalAirForce @womenindefence @MilitaryBanter @kcmhr @navy_women @ArmySgtMajor @DMS_MilMed
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Fantastic day @RCSnews yesterday for the @DMS_MilMed Colt Foundation Research meeting. Congratulations to all the prize winners, especially Surg Lt Cdr Cara Swain @TriScalpel, for winning the lightning presentation category for her PhD work about educational use of LTT.
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🌟🌟🌟 The Winners! Essay prize - Capt Patel QIP poster prize winner - Flt lt Neville Colt Prize - Mrs Boyd Research poster - Miss Ridall Research lightning prize - Surg Let Cdr Swain Research Colt foundation prize - Surg Lt Cdr Laura Cottey 🌟🌟🌟
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